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GET write.as HTTP 200163 ms4.4 KB$0.00004 captured Aug 7, 2026

write.as, as data

One API turns any write.as 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 163 ms
Page size
4.4 KB of markdown, 76 lines
Fields
Title, Content, Date, Source and 2 more
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This write.as page cost $0.00004 to fetch.

response 200 · 163 ms · 4.4 KB
## Focus on your wordsWrite.as is a pared-down blogging platform — a distraction-free place for you to write, and a clean space for your audience to read.Instead of content management, we focus on writing. You'll see our editor screen first, every time you open the app. You can write in Markdown or switch to our friendly Rich Text editor. Your work is automatically saved to your browser as you write.### Made for writingNot complex websites, not e-commerce, not content man­age­ment. Just writing.### Easy publishingPress "Pub­lish" to send your words to the web, social me­dia, and sub­scri­bers.### Ad-freeYou'll never see ads while you're focused on your work, and neither will your readers.## Stay independentBuild a home for your writing, outside of walled gardens and locked-down platforms.Add your domain name to keep control of your web presence. Make it your own with a custom theme. Then, know you're never stuck here — you can always export your work, or self-host your site with WriteFreely, the open source software that powers Write.as.## Free your thoughtsBuilt entirely around privacy, we don't track you or gather excessive data, so you can write exactly what you feel.Create a professional blog next to one written under a pen name. Publicize your work, or keep it quiet. Write anonymously, or create as many identities as you like. On Write.as, you have full control over who knows what about you.## Build a home for your writingWrite.as helps you create a blog, journal, or news­letter that readers will love to read. Create a home for your words, then fill it with writing — by yourself or with others.### ProFor prolific writers. Cus­tomize, build a read­er­ship, and publish however you like.* Up to three blogs on write.as or your own domain* Unlimited social cross-posts### Team
POST /scrape · write.as/index.md · markdown · Showing 22 of 76 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on write.as

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.

163 ms · $0.00004
/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 write.as'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://write.as/", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What write.as costs

Multiplied from the measured 4.4 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 4.4 KB over HTTP, measured $0.00004
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.001204
1,000 pages this size 4.3 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.04
10,000 pages this size 43.1 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.40

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 write.as.

The capture above took 163 ms and cost $0.00004. The same call takes any URL on write.as.

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