GET open.ac.uk HTTP 2001.4 s22.5 KB$0.000138 captured Aug 7, 2026
open.ac.uk, as data
One API turns any open.ac.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 1.4 s
- Page size
- 22.5 KB of markdown, 131 lines
- Fields
- Title, Content, Date, Source and 2 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This open.ac.uk page cost $0.000138 to fetch.
I do ask everyone to number each top level section, other than the opening table of contents and the closing summary of references. The reason for this is that numbering makes it easy to provide cross references between each of the sections without having to write too many words.Before summarising the suggested structure, I have three tips for students:1. Ensure that your report is as readable as possible (but do make sure it remains a formal report). The project marker may be unfamiliar with the subject that you are writing about. Take time to set the scene and explain concepts that may be unfamiliar to a reader.2. Do have a look through the OU Skills for Study resources (OU website). In particular, I’m a fan of The Good Study Guide which you can find through the OU study booklets page (OU website). The Good Study Guide offers some really helpful advice about researching and writing.3. Think of the project report as a ‘technical narrative’, or a ‘technical story’. It is also a story that can contain other narratives. There is a story about your planning, a story about your reading, a story about what has been done, and what has been learnt. Make your technical story as interesting as you can.Onto my suggested structure (which has been developed from official guidance from the module team). Within the structure, I also highlight how each section relates to each of the module learning outcomes:### Project TitleBegin with a title page where you give your project a short and descriptive title. A good rule is: no more than 10 words, but ideally around 6. Present the title in the Word Title Heading style. Underneath the title, do leave your name and your student number.This first page links to the following learning outcome:**LO2 (Project Goals)** Identify and refine the goals and content of your project which should be within the area of your chosen specialist route, if applicable.### ContentsWhat Spider does on open.ac.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.
1.4 s · $0.000138Page 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://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=294239", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=294239", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=294239", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What open.ac.uk costs
Multiplied from the measured 22.5 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.
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