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GET weather.gc.ca HTTP 200671 ms4.5 KB$0.000618 captured Aug 7, 2026

weather.gc.ca, as data

One API turns any weather.gc.ca 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 671 ms
Page size
4.5 KB of markdown, 69 lines
Fields
Recipe Name, Ingredients, Cook Time, Servings and 1 more
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This weather.gc.ca page cost $0.000618 to fetch.

response 200 · 671 ms · 4.5 KB
# Weather InformationUse this site to access weather information as layers on an interactive map. An **alert table** is available below for an alternative view of all **active alerts**. Learn more about the layers.Please note that the browser or operating system used on your device is no longer supported. Content may be missing or not displayed as expected, it is best to use the latest version of Edge, Firefox, Safari or Chrome.## Weather Alerts for CanadaThis table displays all active alerts for Canada, with the ability to view alerts by province or territory and searching by alert name, alert type or forecast location.Select a province, territory or national viewNational viewABBCNBNSNTONPEQCGo### Alert LevelsWarnings / AdvisoriesWatches## WeatherLatest hourly and 7-day weather forecasts for locations across Canada. Plus view local radar and satellite imagery.## AlertsWeather alerts 24/7 from Environment and Climate Change Canada, your authoritative source. Track lightning and hurricanes using our maps.## MarineThe latest alerts and forecasts for marine, sea state and ice conditions for regions across Canada.## Air QualityFind the latest local air quality forecasts and information.## Analyses and ModellingAccess environmental analysis and model data for different time horizons and application areas as well as geospatial web services.## Past WeatherCanadians and weather sensitive economic sectors can access past weather data, climate normals, historical radar, and climate data.## About WeatherLearn about weather events, health, safety, forecasting tools and services.## Canadian Centre for Climate ServicesThe Canadian Centre for Climate Services provides Canadians with the information and support they need to understand and reduce the risks from climate change.## MSC Open data
POST /scrape · weather.gc.ca/index.md · markdown · Showing 26 of 69 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on weather.gc.ca

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.

671 ms · $0.000618
/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 weather.gc.ca'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://weather.gc.ca/", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What weather.gc.ca costs

Multiplied from the measured 4.5 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 4.5 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000618
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.02
1,000 pages this size 4.4 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.62
10,000 pages this size 43.7 MB at the measured price ≈ $6.18

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 weather.gc.ca.

The capture above took 671 ms and cost $0.000618. The same call takes any URL on weather.gc.ca.

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