Crawl API that turns webpages into AI-ready content
Extract readable content from URLs as structured results, without maintaining your own scraper stack or HTML cleanup pipeline.
Endpoint
Turn messy webpages into clean, readable content that can be indexed, summarized, stored, or passed to an AI system.
Clean main content from any page.
Title, URL, and metadata preserved.
Ready for RAG, summaries, and agents.
Useful for
Agents / RAG / Page cleanup
Content extraction for agents and data pipelines
The Crawl endpoint takes one URL or a batch of URLs and returns parsed page content, title, link, and metadata. It is designed for ingestion workflows where raw HTML is too noisy for LLMs.
Speedy Extraction
Get results from simple web pages in about 3 seconds. Quick content retrieval keeps your AI applications responsive.
Structured Content
Receive clean, parsed content in Markdown format. Perfect for AI processing without messy HTML or formatting issues.
Advanced Crawling
Navigate around common access limitations with intelligent crawling rules. Access content from sites that block basic scrapers.
Diverse Documents
Extract content from PDFs and other document formats, not just HTML. Expand your AI's knowledge base to all content types.
What is a crawl API?
A crawl API is a service that fetches a URL and returns clean, parsed content instead of raw HTML. It handles JavaScript rendering, removes boilerplate (navigation, ads, scripts), and extracts the main article text, title, and metadata in a structured format. A web crawler API like Search1API also supports batch processing, so you can submit multiple URLs in one request and receive clean content for each. This makes it ideal for RAG ingestion, content aggregation, and AI agent workflows where LLMs need readable text rather than noisy HTML.
Typical workflow
Extract readable content from URLs as structured results, without maintaining your own scraper stack or HTML cleanup pipeline.
Submit one URL or an array of URLs to the Crawl endpoint.
Receive clean content and metadata suitable for indexing or LLM context.
Retry or batch requests according to your ingestion throughput needs.
Best for
Extract content from any webpage with our intelligent crawler
RAG ingestion pipelines that need clean article text.
Content aggregation systems that normalize pages from many sites.
Agents that need to read a specific URL before taking action.
Dedicated parsers for popular sites
Crawl works on any public URL. For some mainstream sites we ship a dedicated parser on top, so the output is cleaner and more structured — these pages show what each one returns, with real responses.
LinkedIn public pages to Markdown
Reddit public pages to Markdown
X (Twitter) posts to Markdown
YouTube public pages to Markdown
GitHub public pages to Markdown
Stack Overflow & Stack Exchange to Markdown
Hugging Face public pages to Markdown
WeChat public articles to Markdown
Hacker News threads to Markdown
npm package pages to Markdown
PyPI project pages to Markdown
Bilibili videos to Markdown
CSDN articles to Markdown
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FAQ
Can Crawl API process multiple URLs?
Yes. Crawl API supports batch processing by sending an array of URL objects in one request.
How many credits does Crawl API use?
A Crawl API request costs 1 credit. Credits are charged when the crawl completes — including when the target server confirms the URL does not exist (a verified 404/410 dead link is a completed answer, the same way a zero-result search is). If the crawl fails on our side (timeout, upstream error), the request is not charged.
What is a crawl API?
A crawl API fetches a URL and returns clean, parsed content instead of raw HTML. It removes boilerplate like navigation, ads, and scripts, and extracts the main article text, title, and metadata. Search1API adds batch URL processing and structured JSON output, making it ideal for RAG and AI agent workflows.
Is there a free web crawler API?
Yes. Search1API offers 100 free credits when you sign up, no credit card required. Each Crawl API request costs 1 credit, so you can crawl 100 pages for free.
How is Crawl API different from Extract API?
Crawl API returns clean page content as text. Extract API goes further by pulling specific fields you define via natural language prompts and JSON Schema. Use Crawl when you need readable text; use Extract when you need structured data like prices, ratings, or entity attributes.