GET thewest.com.au HTTP 200148 ms97.7 KB$0.003589 captured Aug 7, 2026
thewest.com.au, as data
One API turns any thewest.com.au 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 148 ms
- Page size
- 97.7 KB of markdown, 1,123 lines
- Fields
- Title, Content, Date, Source
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This thewest.com.au page cost $0.003589 to fetch.
## EntertainmentGame of Thrones author 'struggling with depression' George R R Martin says the past 12 months have been overwhelming for him, as the Game of Thrones author admits to battling "sadness and depression".## EducationGeraldton student’s personal artwork in Statewide showcase Geraldton student Eliza Porcaro is about to have a deeply personal artwork — expressing what it’s like living on the autism spectrum — showcased in a Statewide exhibition## FestivalLane Pittman to Headline 2026 Outback Fortescue Festival Golden Guitar winner Lane Pittman will headline a packed two-day program when the Outback Fortescue Festival returns to Capricorn Oval on Saturday, August 15, and Sunday, August 16## AFL## AFLReid, Duursma ‘genuine’ bond to spur Eagles success West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has compared Harley Reid and Willem Duursma’s importance to the future of the club to two Richmond premiership superstars. Mitchell Woodcock## AFLCats could delist player at centre of concussion deal After avoiding an AFL sanction, Geelong could let go of the player who agreed to a secret concussion deal, with reports his future at the club is uncertain. Jake Santa Maria## AFLMatilda’s moment: Eagles to play for a ‘bigger cause’ West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has revealed the Eagles will draw inspiration from cancer survivor Matilda Pitt as they look to upset Collingwood at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Mitchell Woodcock## opinion opinion AFL opinion Just kick straight! How Eagles take down Pies West Coast return home after a poor performance against the Tigers at the MCG to battle the wounded Pies at Optus Stadium. Beating Collingwood will be tough, but here’s how they can do it, writes Xavier Ellis. Xavier EllisWhat Spider does on thewest.com.au
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.
148 ms · $0.003589Page 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://thewest.com.au/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://thewest.com.au/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://thewest.com.au/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What thewest.com.au costs
Multiplied from the measured 97.7 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 thewest.com.au.
The capture above took 148 ms and cost $0.003589. The same call takes any URL on thewest.com.au.