You can access the Crawl4ai programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "startUrls": ["https://example.com"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("kael_odin/crawl4ai").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Crawl4ai API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Crawl4ai API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Crawl4ai API in JavaScript

Crawl4ai API through CLI

Crawl4ai OpenAPI definition

Crawl4ai API

Crawl4ai To Markdown Pro2

juryless_rainbow/crawl4ai-to-markdown-pro2

A high-performance web-to-markdown crawler for AI agents, optimized for LLM data extraction using Crawl4AI. Features stealth browsing and high-fidelity content extraction.

aaron jungs

Ai Ready Web Page To Markdown Converter

mustafa.irshaid.113/ai-ready-web-page-to-markdown-converter

Convert any webpage into structured Markdown and HTML using just a URL. Get the page title, link, and content—perfect for SEO, devs, and AI crawlers. Fast, clean, and ideal for repurposing or analysis. Start turning websites into Markdown instantly.

Mustafa Irshaid

RAG Web Browser Scraper

datapilot/rag-web-browser-scraper

RAG Web Browser Search & Crawl Actor uses to search Bing or crawl URLs, then extracts page content as clean markdown. It captures title, description, language, HTTP status, and structured metadata. Supports multiple queries, proxies, and outputs organized crawl + search results.

Data Pilot

AI Website Content Markdown Scraper

quaking_pail/ai-website-content-markdown-scraper

This Apify Actor, "Website Content Crawler with Markdown Extraction," is designed to perform a comprehensive crawl of specified websites, extract their text content, convert it into Markdown format, and store it in a structured dataset. The extracted content is suitable for feeding LLMs.

AI_Builder

907

2.3

Html to Markdown Converter

antonio_espresso/html-to-markdown-converter

Crawl a target URL and convert its HTML content into clean, structured Markdown with optional heading-based chunking.

Antonio Blago

AI Content Crawler

kai-agent/ai-content-crawler

Crawl any website and get clean, AI-ready content in markdown format. Perfect for RAG pipelines, LLM training data, and vector database ingestion. Features smart chunking, metadata extraction, and multiple output formats.

Kai Agent

Website Content Crawler Pro

datascoutapi/website-content-crawler-pro

Crawl websites and extract clean, structured content in Markdown, JSON, or plain text for AI models, LLMs, vector DBs, or RAG pipelines. Fast, reliable, and stealthy, with bulk processing, advanced metadata extraction, and seamless integration with LangChain, LlamaIndex, and AI workflows.

halam

499

2.1

AI-Ready Website Crawler

optimus-fulcria/ai-ready-website-crawler

Crawl websites and convert to clean markdown for AI/RAG, LLM fine-tuning, and document pipelines.

Fulcria Labs

AI Web Scraper - Powered by Crawl4AI

raizen/ai-web-scraper

A blazing-fast AI web scraper powered by Crawl4AI. Perfect for LLMs, AI agents, AI automation, model training, sentiment analysis, and content generation. Supports deep crawling, multiple extraction strategies and flexible output (Markdown/JSON). Seamlessly integrates with Make.com, n8n, and Zapier.