USA.gov Scraper
Spider read usa.gov in 121 ms without a browser and returned 113 lines of clean markdown, including sections like "How do I" and "Government benefits and financial assistance".
## How do I ...Jump to all topics and services## Government benefits and financial assistanceDiscover government benefits that you may be eligible for and learn how to apply.Find benefits ## All topics and services * ## The U.S. and its government Learn about U.S. laws, history, and more. Buy government property. Contact elected officials and federal agencies.* ## Complaints File complaints involving government agencies, telemarketers, products and services, travel, housing, and banking.* ## Disability services Find government benefits and programs for people with disabilities and their families.* ## Disasters and emergencies Learn about disaster assistance and find government benefits for other emergencies.* ## Education Learn about Federal Student Aid and studying in the U.S. Find early intervention, special education, and Head Start programs.* ## Government benefits Find government programs that may help pay for food, housing, health care, and more.* ## Health Get information about health insurance. Find help for mental health and other medical conditions, testing, and paying medical bills.* ## Housing help Learn about rental and buyer assistance programs. Find emergency housing and avoid eviction.* ## Immigration and U.S. citizenship Learn about U.S. residency, Green Cards, citizenship requirements, and related issues.* ## Innovation Find ways you can participate through citizen science projects and challenges. Explore active competitions and volunteer opportunities. Innovation is essential to solving problems.* ## Jobs, labor laws, and unemployment Get resources for finding a job. Learn about unemployment insurance and important labor laws.* ## Laws and legal issues Learn how to replace vital records, get child support enforcement, find legal help, and more.The same call, in code.
The capture above came back as markdown. These examples add a key, so you get browser rendering, proxies, and concurrency on usa.gov.
import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.usa.gov/agency-index");
// No selectors, no schema. Spider reads the page and names the fields.
const data = await page.scrape();
console.log(data);
await spider.close();import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";
const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
});
await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.usa.gov/agency-index");
await page.content();
const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
const agencies = [];
document.querySelectorAll(".agency-list li").forEach(el => {
const name = el.querySelector("a")?.textContent?.trim();
const link = el.querySelector("a")?.getAttribute("href");
const description = el.querySelector(".description")?.textContent?.trim();
if (name) agencies.push({ name, link, description: description?.slice(0, 200) });
});
return JSON.stringify({ total: agencies.length, agencies: agencies.slice(0, 20) });
})()`);
console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();Ready for volume? Get an API key →
Fields you can pull.
Spider names these from the page. The capture above came back as markdown; the same
call with return_format: "json" returns them as keys.
What usa.gov costs to scrape.
The capture above cost $0.000083 to fetch. Pricing is $1 per GB of pre-transformation bandwidth plus $0.001 per CPU minute, so a page like this one lands at a fraction of a cent. Failed requests are billed at $0.
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