GET marketplace.visualstudio.com HTTP 200859 ms4.5 KB$0.000127 captured Aug 7, 2026
marketplace.visualstudio.com, as data
One API turns any marketplace.visualstudio.com 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 859 ms
- Page size
- 4.5 KB of markdown, 93 lines
- Fields
- Extension name, Publisher, Installs, Rating and 4 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This marketplace.visualstudio.com page cost $0.000127 to fetch.
Publish your extension directly from VS Code with a single click. No terminal commands needed!### 📦 Smart Version BumpingAutomatically bump patch, minor, or major versions with visual controls.### ✅ Pre-Publish ValidationComprehensive validation checks before publishing:* package.json validation (name, version, publisher, description)* Icon file verification### 🔐 Secure PAT StorageYour Personal Access Token is stored securely using VS Code's built-in SecretStorage API.### 📊 Sidebar Dashboard* Extension info (name, version, publisher)* Quick actions (Publish, Package, Validate)* Version controls (Bump Patch/Minor/Major)* Publish history### 📈 Status Bar IntegrationCurrent version displayed in status bar with quick access to actions.## Installation2. Go to Extensions (`Ctrl+Shift+X`)3. Search for "Extension Publisher"### 1. Create Publisher AccountIf you don't have a publisher account:1. Go to Visual Studio Marketplace2. Create a new publisher### 2. Get Personal Access Token (PAT)2. Create a Personal Access Token with "Marketplace > Manage" scope3. Copy the token### 3. Configure Extension1. Open Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P`)2. Run "Publisher: Set Publisher Token"### Quick Publish1. Open your extension project folder2. Click the "Extension Publisher" icon in the Activity Bar3. Click "Publish Extension" under Quick Actions### Using CommandsAll commands are available via Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P`):`Publisher: Publish Extension`What Spider does on marketplace.visualstudio.com
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.
859 ms · $0.000127Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Whole site
Follows marketplace.visualstudio.com's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.
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://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tryToDEv.extension-publisher", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tryToDEv.extension-publisher", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tryToDEv.extension-publisher", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What marketplace.visualstudio.com costs
Multiplied from the measured 4.5 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 marketplace.visualstudio.com.
The capture above took 859 ms and cost $0.000127. The same call takes any URL on marketplace.visualstudio.com.