Markdown and HTML

Request Markdown for reading and retrieval, cleaned HTML for document structure, or raw HTML when you need the fetched markup. Several outputs can be produced from one scrape.

{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "formats": ["markdown", "html", "rawHtml"],
  "onlyMainContent": true
}

Choose an output

Output	Use it for
`data.markdown`	Reading, indexing, and model context with headings, lists, and links
`data.html`	Cleaned markup when tags or table structure matter
`data.raw_html`	The fetched document before content filtering and cleaning

rawHtml is the request format name; raw_html is the response field. Outputs you did not request are null. When JavaScript rendering is enabled, raw HTML comes from the fetched rendered document. It is not a byte-for-byte HTTP response body, a browser session, or a downloadable archive of every asset.

Focus on useful content

onlyMainContent is enabled by default. For page-wide cleaned HTML, set it to false. Use inclusion or exclusion selectors to narrow the document used by content outputs:

{
  "url": "https://example.com/docs",
  "formats": ["markdown", "html"],
  "includeTags": ["article"]
}

Alternatively, use excludeTags to remove navigation or repeated page furniture. Do not combine inclusion and exclusion in one request. Raw HTML remains the fetched document, and metadata is extracted from the original page. If no inclusion selector matches, the current implementation falls back to the full document. Inspect the result rather than treating a selector as a guarantee that only one section was returned.

Build a retrieval record

Keep metadata.source_url, metadata.final_url, the title when present, and your own fetch timestamp alongside the text. Chunk at useful heading boundaries and refresh on a schedule appropriate to the source. Map discovers candidate URLs; each scrape reads one selected page. Your application owns selection, chunking, storage, refreshes, and removal of outdated content. Structured JSON extraction and summaries are not currently available.

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Compare one known heading or paragraph with the source page. If content appears only after JavaScript runs, use browser rendering. If a value depends on visual layout, request a screenshot alongside the text.

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Markdown and HTML

Choose an output

Focus on useful content

Build a retrieval record

Check completeness

​Choose an output

​Focus on useful content

​Build a retrieval record

​Check completeness

Choose an output

Focus on useful content

Build a retrieval record

Check completeness