GET handle.net HTTP 200121 ms3.2 KB$0.000029 captured Aug 7, 2026
handle.net, as data
One API turns any handle.net 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 121 ms
- Page size
- 3.2 KB of markdown, 21 lines
- Fields
- Business Name, Address, Phone, Category
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This handle.net page cost $0.000029 to fetch.
HDL.NET® Information ServicesThe Handle.Net Registry will allot prefixes of the form "20.500" followed by four or more digits (i.e., 20.500.1234). Users who are allotted a prefix from the HNR will have their associated prefix handle records registered with the HNR to enable HDL.NET resolution services for their identifiers. Please click here to request CNRI to allot a prefix or renew a previously allotted prefix. Once a prefix is allotted to a user, the system will store, index, provide access to, and resolve the corresponding prefix handle record.**A new version of the Handle.Net software, referred to as HN_v9, is now available for download. Version 9 includes many improvements, features and tools that were unavailable in previous versions of the software, as described in the Release Notes. Of particular note is a significant improvement in performance when Java 9 or later is used to run the software. Older versions of the HN software will continue to work, but users relying on those versions are encouraged to upgrade to HN_v9 to take advantage of the latest set of improvements.**Existing prefix holders whose current agreements are about to expire may renew their agreements and maintain their current prefixes.CNRI has conducted tests to measure the performance of the Handle.Net server software. CNRI also made available the testing software. The software can be downloaded here.The testing methodology, results, and testing software details are discussed here.Contact the HNR Administrator: hdladmin@cnri.reston.va.usCorporation for National Research Initiatives 1895 Preston White Drive Reston, Virginia 20191 703.620.8990 June 4, 2025HANDLE.NET, HDL.NET and HDL are trademarks owned by CNRI. Handle System, Global Handle Registry and GHR are trademarks owned by the DONA Foundation.What Spider does on handle.net
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.
121 ms · $0.000029Page 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://handle.net/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://handle.net/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://handle.net/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What handle.net costs
Multiplied from the measured 3.2 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 handle.net.
The capture above took 121 ms and cost $0.000029. The same call takes any URL on handle.net.