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GET pacer.uscourts.gov HTTP 200108 ms7.5 KB$0.000228 captured Aug 8, 2026

pacer.uscourts.gov, as data

One API turns any pacer.uscourts.gov 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
Headless browser required
Response
HTTP 200 in 108 ms
Page size
7.5 KB of markdown, 130 lines
Browser steps
3 observed on the live page
Fields
Case number, Case title, Court, Filed date and 4 more
Captured
Aug 8, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This pacer.uscourts.gov page cost $0.000228 to fetch.

response 200 · 108 ms · 7.5 KB
How much does it cost to access documents using PACER?Access to case information costs $0.10 per page.Depending on format, billable pages are calculated in two different ways. For HTML-formatted information, a billable page is calculated using a formula based on the number of bytes extracted (4,320 bytes = 1 billable page). For PDFs, the actual number of pagesis counted (1 PDF page = 1 billable page).The cost to access a single document is capped at $3.00, the equivalent of 30 pagesfor documents and case-specific reports like docket report, creditor listing,andclaims register. Thecap does not apply to name searchresults, reports that are not case-specific, and transcripts of federal court proceedings.NOTE: If you accrue $30 or less of charges in a quarter, fees are waived for that period.75 percent of PACER users do not pay a fee in a given quarter.The $0.10 per-page charge is based on the number of pages that result from each search and accessing each requested report or document online. The charge is not based on printing that search or document. Read some examples of how charges are generated:* Enter party name "johnson, t" and receive two pages of matches. The charge is $0.20.* Enter case number 01-10054 and select Docket Report. The docket is 10 pages, so the charge is $1. You may enter a date range to limit the number of pages by displaying entries for the date range rather than all entries in the report.* Select a link within the docket report to view a document. ThePDFdocument is five pages, so the charge is $0.50.This charge applies to the number of pages that results from any search, including a search that yields no matches(a charge of $0.10, one page,for no matches).Read the fee schedule for electronic public access services. Find out when PACER is free, tips to limit fees, or options to access records if you cannot afford PACER fees.## Announcements### July 8, 2026
POST /scrape · pacer.uscourts.gov/index.md · markdown · Showing 12 of 130 lines · captured Aug 8, 2026
browser steps pacer.uscourts.gov
  1. Open pacer.uscourts.gov in a real browser
  2. Wait for the page to finish rendering
  3. Collect the repeated result blocks .views-row

What Spider does on pacer.uscourts.gov

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.

108 ms · $0.000228
/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 pacer.uscourts.gov'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://pacer.uscourts.gov/", "return_format": "markdown", "request": "chrome"}'
browser render · this target needed a browser, so the call asks for one

What pacer.uscourts.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 7.5 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 7.5 KB in a headless browser, measured $0.000228
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.006828
1,000 pages this size 7.3 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.23
10,000 pages this size 73.1 MB at the measured price ≈ $2.28

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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The capture above took 108 ms and cost $0.000228. The same call takes any URL on pacer.uscourts.gov.

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