Fetch readable Markdown

Fetches one public HTTP/HTTPS page and returns its primary readable content as Markdown. Use this for article or documentation body text without page chrome. It does not run JavaScript; use a browser tool for client-rendered pages. Native text/markdown responses are preserved. Limit: 8 s, 5 redirects, 768 KiB remote body, 150k output characters.

When to use it

Fetches one public HTTP/HTTPS page and returns its primary readable content as Markdown. Use this for article or documentation body text without page chrome. It does not run JavaScript; use a browser tool for client-rendered pages. Native text/markdown responses are preserved.

Input schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 8,
      "maxLength": 2048,
      "description": "Absolute public HTTP or HTTPS URL without embedded credentials."
    },
    "max_chars": {
      "default": 100000,
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1000,
      "maximum": 150000
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "url",
    "max_chars"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ok": {
      "const": true
    },
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "requested_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "final_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "markdown": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "content_type": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "source_format": {
          "enum": [
            "html",
            "markdown",
            "plain_text"
          ]
        },
        "redirects": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object"
          }
        },
        "bytes_read": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "truncated": {
          "type": "boolean"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "requested_url",
        "final_url",
        "status",
        "title",
        "markdown",
        "content_type",
        "source_format",
        "redirects",
        "bytes_read",
        "truncated"
      ]
    },
    "meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "request_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "duration_ms": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "limits": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "request_id",
        "duration_ms"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ok",
    "data",
    "meta"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

REST example

curl -X POST https://plainport.exportitnow.workers.dev/api/v1/fetch-markdown \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

Example result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "final_url": "https://example.com/",
    "title": "Example Domain",
    "markdown": "# Example Domain\n\n…",
    "truncated": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "018f…",
    "duration_ms": 12
  }
}

Limit