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URL to Markdown

GET /v1/url/markdown1 credit / requestcache 60 min

The main content of a web page as clean Markdown (boilerplate, navigation and ads removed) with title, description, author, publish date and language. Built for LLMs and RAG pipelines. Respects robots.txt by default.

Query parameters

url
string · required
Public http(s) URL to convert.
include_links
boolean
Keep hyperlinks in the Markdown.
Default: true
respect_robots
boolean
Refuse URLs disallowed by the site's robots.txt.
Default: true
max_age
integer
Accept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%.

Response data fields

  • title / heading · The HTML <title> and the main content heading.
  • description / author / published / site_name · Metadata detected on the page.
  • language · Language from the html lang attribute.
  • markdown · Main content as Markdown, without navigation, ads or footers.
  • word_count · Words in the Markdown.

Example

curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/url/markdown?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2F" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"

Try it without code on the URL to Markdown API page.