GET gov.uk HTTP 200344 ms6.1 KB$0.000149 captured Aug 7, 2026
gov.uk, as data
One API turns any gov.uk page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.
- Render mode
- Plain HTTP, no browser needed
- Response
- HTTP 200 in 344 ms
- Page size
- 6.1 KB of markdown, 146 lines
- Fields
- Title, Department, Date, Description and 1 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This gov.uk page cost $0.000149 to fetch.
## Cookies on GOV.UKWe use some essential cookies to make this website work.We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.HMRC account: sign in or set upeVisas: access and use your online immigration statusUniversal Credit account: sign inPersonal tax account: sign in or set upCheck your State Pension forecast### BenefitsIncludes eligibility, appeals, tax credits and Universal Credit### Births, deaths, marriages andcareParenting, civil partnerships, divorce and Lasting Power of Attorney### Business and self-employedTools and guidance for businesses### Childcare and parentingIncludes giving birth, fostering, adopting, benefits for children, childcare and schools### Citizenship and living in theUKVoting, community participation, life in the UK, international projects### Crime, justice and thelawLegal processes, courts and the police### Disabled peopleIncludes carers, your rights, benefits and the Equality Act### Driving and transportIncludes vehicle tax, MOT and driving licences### Education and learningIncludes student loans, admissions and apprenticeships### Employing peopleIncludes pay, contracts, hiring and redundancies### Environment and countrysideWhat Spider does on gov.uk
Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.
Page to markdown
Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.
344 ms · $0.000149Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Rendered capture
Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.
The call behind the panel
This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://gov.uk/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://gov.uk/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://gov.uk/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What gov.uk costs
Multiplied from the measured 6.1 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.
1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.
Point this at the rest of gov.uk.
The capture above took 344 ms and cost $0.000149. The same call takes any URL on gov.uk.