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Article Extractor & Readability API

Reader-mode extraction for one URL: the article's title, byline, published and modified dates, site name, language, lead image and excerpt, with the main text as clean Markdown (navigation, ads and comments removed). Adds word, sentence and paragraph counts, reading time and a Flesch reading-ease score (with the matching adaptation for German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese). Respects robots.txt by default. Failed fetches are not charged.

GEThttps://api.gridlode.com/v1/url/readability
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Parameters

NameTypeDescription
urlrequiredstringPublic http(s) URL of the article or page.
include_linksbooleanKeep hyperlinks in the Markdown.
Default: false
include_imagesbooleanKeep images in the Markdown.
Default: false
respect_robotsbooleanRefuse URLs disallowed by the site's robots.txt.
Default: true
max_ageintegerAccept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%. Default 0 (always fresh).

Response fields

    Code

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/url/readability?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FWeb_scraping" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"
    1 credit per request
    One credit is $0.001 on the smallest pack, from $0.0003 on enterprise plans.
    Half price for cached data
    Cached for up to 1 h. Pass max_age to use it.
    Failed requests are free
    Blocks, timeouts and target errors never cost credits.

    Market reference: Diffbot Article API ~$1-3/1k · Mercury/Readability-style APIs $0.5-2/1k · TabAPI Web Reader 1 credit.

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    How much does the Article Extractor & Readability API cost?

    1 credit per request. One credit costs $0.001 on the smallest pack and as little as $0.0003 on enterprise plans. Cached answers cost half and failed calls are free.

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