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GET smithsonian.org HTTP 200384 ms11.8 KB$0.000194 captured Aug 7, 2026

smithsonian.org, as data

One API turns any smithsonian.org 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 384 ms
Page size
11.8 KB of markdown, 229 lines
Fields
Title, Authors, Abstract, Journal and 1 more
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This smithsonian.org page cost $0.000194 to fetch.

response 200 · 384 ms · 11.8 KB
Smithsonian Collection SpotlightTake an American road trip through our collections to celebrate America’s 250th birthday.In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable desk.National Museum of American HistoryOn August 6, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act that prohibited racial discrimination in access to voting.Put yourself in the scene! Download high-res images to use as your video meeting or desktop background.Along with the Ruby Slippers, the Smithsonian has some fabulous footwear in the collections.Six Animals the Smithsonian Has Helped Save from ExtinctionConservation efforts help bring endangered species back from the brink.Cake Is Art: Creative Cakes Inspired by Museum CollectionsIn this video series, follow along as two cake artists get inspired by their visits to several Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C.Scientists from across the Smithsonian research the natural history of Earth and how it has changed and adapted over time.American music flourishes within a wide variety of traditions drawn from our multicultural heritage.Explore and download 3D models of Armstrong's spacesuit and other Apollo 11 objects.Race Cars and Motorsport History in the CollectionsExplore motorsport history through landmark vehicles, planes, and the innovators who helped shape racing.Starting with solar studies in 1890, the Smithsonian has been exploring questions spanning from our atmosphere to deep space.## Sidedoor PodcastThe Smithsonian's flagship podcastsneaks you through the side door to hear stories you won't find anywhere else.American Aspirations: A Nation in PursuitIf you had to tell the story of the United States through just a handful of things, where would you begin?The Secret of Lincoln's Watch*Sidedoor* digs into the family story of a secret message etched inside Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch.The Curse of the Hope Diamond
POST /scrape · smithsonian.org/index.md · markdown · Showing 24 of 229 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on smithsonian.org

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.

384 ms · $0.000194
/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 smithsonian.org'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://smithsonian.org/", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What smithsonian.org costs

Multiplied from the measured 11.8 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 11.8 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000194
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.005808
1,000 pages this size 11.5 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.19
10,000 pages this size 114.9 MB at the measured price ≈ $1.94

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 384 ms and cost $0.000194. The same call takes any URL on smithsonian.org.

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