GET legislation.gov.uk HTTP 200114 ms7.2 KB$0.000042 captured Aug 8, 2026
legislation.gov.uk, as data
One API turns any legislation.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 114 ms
- Page size
- 7.2 KB of markdown, 85 lines
- Fields
- Title, Department, Date, Description and 1 more
- Captured
- Aug 8, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This legislation.gov.uk page cost $0.000042 to fetch.
## Search Legislation* Browse Northern Ireland Legislation## Legislation originating from the EU* Browse legislation originating from the EU* Legislation originating from the EU)What legislation do we hold and how can you use it?## New LegislationStay up to date with newly enacted legislation for the UK, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as it is publishedto this site using our free subscription feeds, or by browsing new legislation by publication date.All Bills currently before the UK Parliament are listed on theUK Parliament website in theParliamentary Business, Bills & Legislation section.They are published on this site once they receive Royal Assent.## Legislation published recentlyNo new legislation published today### Legislation published on 7th August 2026* Scottish Statutory Instrument (1)## Finding your way around legislation.gov.ukLegislation.gov.uk carries most (but not all) types of legislation and their accompanying explanatory documents. You can read about whatwhere you can obtain copies of legislation we don’t hold andhow legislation works. To find an item of legislation you canbrowse by legislation type and category or useour advanced search to explore by title or keyword in text.## Understanding Legislation* How parliaments have changed over time and created different legislation types* How legislation is numbered and cited* How legislation can extend and apply to different parts of the UK* How legislation comes into force* Our editorial practice and timescales for incorporating changes* Legislation originating from the EU## More help* Guide to Revised LegislationWhat Spider does on legislation.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.
114 ms · $0.000042Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Whole site
Follows legislation.gov.uk's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.
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://legislation.gov.uk/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://legislation.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://legislation.gov.uk/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What legislation.gov.uk costs
Multiplied from the measured 7.2 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 legislation.gov.uk.
The capture above took 114 ms and cost $0.000042. The same call takes any URL on legislation.gov.uk.