URL to Markdown

Turn a web page into clean Markdown: the main content, without navigation, ads or boilerplate. Handles static pages and pages built with JavaScript.

Free to try Pay by wallet (x402) url-to-markdown

Example

Input

{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

Answer

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "title": "Example Domain",
  "markdown": "Example Domain\n\n# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission. Avoid use in operations.\n\n[Learn more](https://iana.org/domains/example)",
  "word_count": 22
}

Try it

Runs the real tool from your browser, with no key. Free calls are limited to 300 a month across all free tools.

Inputs (JSON)

{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}

Edit the values, then run.

Inputs

Field	Type	Required	What it is
`url`	string	Yes	URL to convert
`include_links`	boolean	No	—
`include_images`	boolean	No	—

Output fields

How reliably each field appears in a successful answer.

Field	Type	Appears
`title`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`markdown`	string	Always (present in every successful answer)
`word_count`	integer	Always (present in every successful answer)

How to call it

The same tool through each route. MCP clients reach it through Strale’s server at https://api.strale.io/mcp; the call below is what the agent sends.

# Free tool: works without a key, within a monthly allowance. Add your key for more.
curl -X POST https://api.strale.io/v1/do \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "capability_slug": "url-to-markdown",
    "inputs": {
      "url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }'

{
  "tool": "strale_execute",
  "arguments": {
    "slug": "url-to-markdown",
    "inputs": {
      "url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "max_price_cents": 5
  }
}

import { Strale } from "straleio";

const strale = new Strale({ apiKey: process.env.STRALE_API_KEY! });
const result = await strale.do({
  capability_slug: "url-to-markdown",
  inputs: {
    "url": "https://example.com"
  },
  max_price_cents: 5,
});

import os
from straleio import Strale, DoRequest

strale = Strale(api_key=os.environ["STRALE_API_KEY"])
result = strale.do(DoRequest(
    capability_slug="url-to-markdown",
    inputs={
        "url": "https://example.com",
    },
    max_price_cents=5,
))

# No account. The first request answers 402 with the price in USDC;
# an x402 client pays it from your wallet and repeats the request.
curl -i 'https://api.strale.io/x402/v2/url-to-markdown?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com'

Limitations

Some website sources are unsupported
Trustpilot, Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Google Search, Google Patents, Reddit and the major social platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X) are not supported and return a policy error before the page is read. Repeating the same request does not return content.
JavaScript applications may render incompletely
JavaScript-heavy single-page applications may not render completely
What to do instead: Inspect the rendered page in a browser to confirm whether any content is missing.
Login-protected or paywalled content cannot be extracted
What to do instead: Use an accessible public page containing the information you need.
Pages are limited to 16 MiB of HTML
Pages with more than 16 MiB of HTML are refused with a caller_input error naming the input field. The call is not charged, and the page is not retried through another fetch or rendering route.

Bundled checks that include it

Web Extract & Clean €0.30