GET ssa.gov HTTP 200150 ms7.6 KB$0.000229 captured Aug 7, 2026

ssa.gov, as data

One API turns any ssa.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: 7.6 KB of markdown, 152 lines
Fields: Benefit type, Amount, COLA adjustment, Eligibility age and 4 more
Captured: Aug 7, 2026

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Free balance on signup, no card. This ssa.gov page cost $0.000229 to fetch.

response 200 · 150 ms · 7.6 KB

* Request a number for the first time#### Record* Update contact information* Update citizenship or immigration status## Other services#### Businesses and employers* Verify Social Security numbers#### Representative payees* File Representative Payee Report* Information about being a payee* Designate a representative payee in advance#### Appointed representatives* Register to be a representative* Start or manage claim or appeal#### Government services* Prison and fugitive felon reporting* Pension benefits reporting#### Social Security performanceImproving performance to serve our customers#### Save time with SSA’s electronic submission service!#### Social Security Fairness ActSocial Security Fairness Act: Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) update.#### Important changes to your online accountYou need to sign in to your account with Login.gov or ID.me.#### Frequently Asked QuestionsWe have answers for your frequently asked questions.### Latest newsSocial Security Administration Marks 70th Anniversary of the Disability Insurance ProgramThe Social Security Administration (SSA) celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, marking the agency’s commitment to supporting Americans with disabilities. SSDI was enacted on August 1, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the...Visit our Communications CornerStay on top of the latest Social Security news for the media, advocate community, and the public.

POST /scrape · ssa.gov/index.md · markdown · Showing 31 of 152 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on ssa.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 · $0.000229

/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 ssa.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://ssa.gov/", "return_format": "markdown"}'

from spider import Spider

app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://ssa.gov/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])

import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";

const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://ssa.gov/", {
  return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);

plain request · no browser, no selectors

What ssa.gov costs

Multiplied from the measured 7.6 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured

This page, once 7.6 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000229

This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.006864

1,000 pages this size 7.5 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.23

10,000 pages this size 74.5 MB at the measured price ≈ $2.29

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 $0.000229. The same call takes any URL on ssa.gov.

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