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GET macports.org HTTP 200223 ms4.6 KB$0.000026 captured Aug 7, 2026

macports.org, as data

One API turns any macports.org 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.

target profile from the capture
Render mode
Plain HTTP, no browser needed
Response
HTTP 200 in 223 ms
Page size
4.6 KB of markdown, 55 lines
Fields
Business Name, Address, Phone, Category and 2 more
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This macports.org page cost $0.000026 to fetch.

response 200 · 223 ms · 4.6 KB
# The MacPorts ProjectWe provide a single software tree that attempts to track the latest release of every software title (port) we distribute,without splitting them into “stable” Vs. “unstable” branches, targeting mainly macOS Ventura v13 and later(including macOS Tahoe v26 on both Intel and Apple Silicon).**thousands** of ports](https://ports.macports.org/) in our tree, distributed among different categories, and more are being added on a regular basis.### Getting startedFor information on installing MacPorts please see the installation section of this site andexplore the myriad of download options we provide and our base system requirements.If you run into any problems installing and/or using MacPorts we also have many options to help you, depending on howyou wish to get get in touch with us. Other important help resources are our online documentation,A.K.A The MacPorts Guide, and our Trac [Wikiserver & bug tracker](https://trac.macports.org/).**Latest MacPorts release: 2.12.5**### Getting involved: StudentsA good way for students to get involved is through the Google Summer of Code. GSoC is a program to encourage students' participation in Open Source development and offers a stipend to work on the project with an organization for three months. MacPorts has been participating in the program since 2007! We shall participate next year as well. You may find past GSoC projects here.We have a list of ideas with possible tasks for MacPorts and additional information about the process at wiki/SummerOfCode. We are always open to new ideas. Research on the idea, draft an initial proposal and get it reviewed.### Getting involvedThere are many ways you can get involved with MacPorts and peer users, system administrators & developers alike.Browse over to the “Contact Us” section of our site and:* Explore our mailing lists, either if it is for some general user support or to
POST /scrape · macports.org/index.md · markdown · Showing 20 of 55 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on macports.org

Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.

/scrape

Page to markdown

Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.

223 ms · $0.000026
/fetch

Page to JSON

Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.

/crawl

Whole site

Follows macports.org's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.

/links

Link graph

Every internal and external URL on a page, before you decide what to fetch.

/screenshot

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.

request scrape.sh
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://macports.org/", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What macports.org costs

Multiplied from the measured 4.6 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 4.6 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000026
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.000793
1,000 pages this size 4.5 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.03
10,000 pages this size 44.8 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.26

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 macports.org.

The capture above took 223 ms and cost $0.000026. The same call takes any URL on macports.org.

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