Gov Scraper
Spider read nidirect.gov.uk in 150 ms without a browser and returned 303 lines of clean markdown, including the section "Translation help".
## Translation helpFor queries or advice about Child Maintenance, contact the Child Maintenance Service.For queries or advice about claiming compensation due to a road problem, contact DFI Roads claim unit.For queries about your identity check, email nida@nidirect.gov.uk and for queries about your certificate, email covidcertni@hscni.net.For queries or advice about criminal record checks, email ani@accessni.gov.ukApplication and payment queries can be emailed toema_ni@slc.co.ukFor queries or advice about employment rights, contact the Labour Relations Agency.For queries or comments about a GP practice, contact the practice directly. If information about the GP practice is missing, outdated or wrong, email Business Services Organisation (BSO) at: professionalsupportteam@hscni.net.For queries or advice about birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates and research, contact the General Register Office Northern Ireland (GRONI) by emailgro_nisra@finance-ni.gov.ukFor queries about your GRONI account, email [gro_nisra@finance-ni.gov.uk](<mailto:gro_nisra@finance-ni.gov.uk?subject=GRONI account>).For queries about the High Street Spend Local Scheme, emailHSSS.mail@economy-ni.gov.uk.* Car tax, vehicle registration and SORNcontact the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Swansea* Driver licensing and tests, MOT and vehicle testing, contact the DVA onlineIf your query is about another topic, select ‘Other’ from the drop-down menu above.For queries about your identity check, email nida@nidirect.gov.uk.For queries or advice about passports, contactHM Passport Office.For queries or advice about Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs), including parking tickets and bus lane PCNs, emaildcu@infrastructure-ni.gov.ukFor queries or advice about pensions, contact theNorthern Ireland Pension Centre.If you wish to report a problem with a road or street you can do so online in this section.The 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 nidirect.gov.uk.
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://nidirect.gov.uk");
// 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.nidirect.gov.uk", {
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 nidirect.gov.uk costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000161 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
Run it keyless, no account
More Government scrapers.
U.S. Department of Labor Scraper
A directory listing for the United States Department of Labor, including agency name, address, contact information, and links to social media and important notices.
State.gov Technical Difficulty Scraper
A page from state.gov displaying a technical difficulty message.
FBI Homepage Scraper
Extract site metadata, navigation, articles, and content from the FBI's official website.
Start scraping nidirect.gov.uk.
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.