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GET senate.gov HTTP 200150 ms11.3 KB$0.000084 captured Aug 7, 2026

senate.gov, as data

One API turns any senate.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
Plain HTTP, no browser needed
Response
HTTP 200 in 150 ms
Page size
11.3 KB of markdown, 81 lines
Fields
Title, Department, Date, Description
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This senate.gov page cost $0.000084 to fetch.

response 200 · 150 ms · 11.3 KB
## Learn About the Senate</a>Explore the Senate's Constitutional foundations, its unique role in America's governmental system, and its rich history.## Art & Artifacts</a>Browse the art and artifacts of the U.S. Senate Collection.## Senate StoriesPresented to enlighten, amuse, and inform, our new Senate history blog explores the forces, events, and personalities that have shaped the modern Senate.## Senate Chamber DesksDiscover the histories, traditions, and arrangements of senators' desks.## States in the SenateFind your state's senators and learn about your state's place in Senate history.## Women of the SenateLearn about the varied and important roles played by women in Senate history, from the first women to gain key staff positions to the female senators who have held positions of power and influence.## Inaugurations at the U.S. CapitolExplore the inauguration-related objects in the U.S. Senate collection.## Plan a Visit to the CapitolYour visit to the historic U.S. Capitol begins as you enter the Capitol Visitor Center. The visitor's center is located below the East Plaza of the Capitol between Constitution and Independence Avenues.# Floor Proceedings### Friday, Aug 07, 2026* Senate Calendar (latest issue)* Executive Calendar (latest issue, PDF)### Previous MeetingThe Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 9:43 p.m.* Congressional Record (latest issue, PDF)* Senate Floor Proceedings, 2014 to Present# Scheduled Hearings### Today, Aug. 07, 2026* No committee hearings scheduled### Thursday, Sep. 17, 2026### Lindsey Graham In Memoriam* Senator Graham's Senate Website* Official Senate Photo: Senator Graham’s Desk in Memoriam### Research Tools
POST /scrape · senate.gov/index.md · markdown · Showing 32 of 81 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on senate.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.

150 ms · $0.000084
/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 senate.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://senate.gov/", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What senate.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 11.3 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 11.3 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000084
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.00252
1,000 pages this size 11.0 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.08
10,000 pages this size 109.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.84

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 150 ms and cost $0.000084. The same call takes any URL on senate.gov.

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