GET semafor.com HTTP 200117 ms29.5 KB$0.002134 captured Aug 7, 2026
semafor.com, as data
One API turns any semafor.com 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 117 ms
- Page size
- 29.5 KB of markdown, 369 lines
- Fields
- Headline, Author, Published date, Section and 3 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This semafor.com page cost $0.002134 to fetch.
Intelligence for the New World EconomyPolitics ## Miller’s opponent takes a Sanders-esque view of scandal Brian Poindexter told Semafor that he believes voters want him focused on the cost of living, not his opponent. Courtesy of Poindexter for Congress[## Schumer sees Senate map expanding deeper into red territoryThe Democratic leader’s chosen candidates lost in two primaries. But he told Semafor he’s only adding to his midterm target list.](https://semafor.com/article/08/06/2026/schumer-sees-senate-map-expanding-deeper-into-red-territory)Annabelle Gordon/Reuters[## View / The US has a sanctions problemTim McDonnell](https://semafor.com/article/08/06/2026/the-us-has-a-sanctions-problem)[## View / Elon Musk rattles the telecom industryRohan Goswami](https://semafor.com/article/08/06/2026/elon-musk-rattles-the-telecom-industry)## The World at a Glance**Scientists unveiled new AI-made viruses **by using models to build entirely new genomes, raising concerns about potential future human health threats.](https://semafor.com/article/08/07/2026/scientists-unveil-new-ai-made-viruses)[2**Chinese AI model Kimi K3 bypassed its constraints, **the latest in a slew of incidents raising concerns about safety.](https://semafor.com/article/08/07/2026/chinese-ai-model-breaks-through-safety-constraints)[3**Argentina’s pivot to become an energy supplier is gathering pace**, with shale production up 28% from the same time last year.](https://semafor.com/article/08/07/2026/argentinas-shale-boom-gains-momentum-as-crude-becomes-lead-export)[4Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has **kept lines of communication with President Donald Trump open **since taking the role.](https://semafor.com/article/08/06/2026/feds-warsh-balances-political-market-pressure)[5What Spider does on semafor.com
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.
117 ms · $0.002134Page 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://semafor.com/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://semafor.com/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://semafor.com/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What semafor.com costs
Multiplied from the measured 29.5 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.
Point this at the rest of semafor.com.
The capture above took 117 ms and cost $0.002134. The same call takes any URL on semafor.com.