Houstontx Scraper
Spider read houstontx.gov in 332 ms without a browser and returned 81 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "Welcome to Houston", "Popular City Pages" and "NEWS".
# Welcome to Houston## Popular City Pages* Public Feedback: Parking Regulations and Enforcement Revisions* Mayor's Office of CommunicationsThe State of the City is Strong### NEWSMayor Whitmire Addresses ICE ShootingMayor Whitmire's Statement on ICE ShootingMayor Whitmire: Outlook Improvement Reflects Houston's Fiscal ProgressMayor Whitmire and City Council Pass FY 2027 BudgetMayor Whitmire Thanks Public-Private Partners for Donation to Power Protection InitiativeMayor John Whitmire Announces Proposed Fiscal Year 2027 Budget### EVENTSHouston Shakespeare Fetival, thru August 8Abilities Expo, thru August 2Mayor's Back 2 School and Health FairHouston Disaster and Recovery Expo, August 22Houston Solid Waste Management has launched HTX Collects, a mobile app that will allow residents to stay better connected with the City’s waste and recycling collection programs.This portal provides detailed information about the City of Houston’s finances. You can visualize the allocation of these funds, or you can explore the raw data.311 Houston Help and Info puts your City government at your fingertips –- one contact, via the channel of your choice, phone or email -- and you get answers or have your service problem solved.HTV Houston Television cablecasts 24/7 and provides live programming of City Council and council committee meetings. HTV Houston Television is headquartered in a multi-faceted production facility on the first floor of City Hall at 901 Bagby.The Open Data Portal is the platform to host City-wide open data. The Open Data Portal’s goal is to encourage civic engagement and collaboration, improve transparency, and facilitate access to public information.Usted puede utilizar este sitio para tener acceso a recursos, herramientas e información sobre los departamentos de la Ciudad las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana.Updated: Thu Jul 23 09:20:01 AM CDT 2026The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on houstontx.gov.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://houstontx.gov");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const spider = new Spider({ apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY! });
const result = await spider.scrapeUrl("https://www.houstontx.gov", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(result);Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What houstontx.gov costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000094 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
- Free balance on signup
- No card required to test
- Balance never expires
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Start scraping houstontx.gov.
You already have the call. A key raises the rate limit and turns on browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency. Balance never expires, and top-ups go through secure checkout.