Extract and parse content from any URL with AI-optimized formatting, perfect for LLMs and intelligent applications
Browser rendering • CSS selectors • JavaScript injection • Customizable output formats
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WebSearchAPI.ai Scrape API - Extract content with full control
Everything you need for intelligent content extraction
Full browser engine for JavaScript-heavy websites with dynamic content loading. Handles SPAs and complex web applications.
Target specific elements with CSS selectors. Focus on what matters and exclude noise like headers, ads, and footers.
Choose your output format: Markdown, HTML, plain text, or screenshots. Optimized for downstream AI processing.
Extract and summarize images with AI-generated alt text for accessibility and better context understanding.
Gather all links from a page with unique URL summaries. Perfect for building knowledge graphs and site maps.
GDPR compliant with EU infrastructure option. Control caching, tracking, and use custom proxies for enhanced privacy.
Professional tools for complex extraction scenarios
Execute preprocessing scripts to manipulate DOM before extraction
Wait for specific elements to load before content extraction
Set cookies, user agents, and locale for authenticated content
Control response size with token limits for LLM optimization
Use custom or location-based proxies for geo-restricted content
Extract content from Shadow DOM roots in modern web apps
Include embedded iframe content in extraction results
Advanced ML models for complex HTML-to-Markdown conversion
Trusted by developers and businesses worldwide
Optimize content for LLM consumption
Extract clean, structured content for retrieval-augmented generation systems with token-optimized output.
Build comprehensive knowledge bases by extracting and indexing content from documentation sites.
One endpoint, endless possibilities
curl -X POST 'https://api.websearchapi.ai/scrape' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-Return-Format: markdown" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com"}'{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"title": "Page Title",
"content": "# Extracted Content\n...",
"url": "https://example.com",
"links": {...},
"images": {...}
}
}Distributed servers across multiple regions for low-latency access and compliance with local data regulations.
Set Accept: text/event-stream for real-time streaming of large content extractions.
Support for cookies, custom headers, and proxy authentication for accessing protected content.
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