# AI Web-to-Markdown Extract API — URL to Clean JSON for LLMs (`olican/ai-web-to-markdown-extract`) Actor

Scrapes any webpage, automatically cleans HTML clutter (nav, footers, scripts, ads, cookie consent banners), and transforms the main content into clean, structured Markdown for LLMs and RAG.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/olican/ai-web-to-markdown-extract.md
- **Developed by:** [Sergio Calvo](https://apify.com/olican) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 40.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 successful web extractions

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## AI Web-to-Markdown Extract API — URL to Clean JSON for LLMs

An optimized Apify Actor that scrapes any webpage, prunes boilerplate and layout elements, and uses Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite to extract clean, semantic Markdown. Fully structured for RAG pipelines and LLM ingestion.

---

### ⚡ What is this Actor?

This Actor performs real-time extraction and cleaning of web content. Instead of returning full, noisy HTML pages that distract LLMs and waste API tokens, it filters layout noise at the edge and converts the central content into high-quality, structured Markdown.

#### 📈 Key Benefits & Performance Metrics
* **98% Noise Pruning:** Strips `<nav>`, `<footer>`, `<script>`, `<style>`, forms, and cookie banners (GDPR consent forms) in real-time.
* **80% Token Savings:** Removes layout styling attributes (`class`, `id`, `style`, `data-*`), ensuring input token consumption is compressed up to 5x.
* **Deterministic Formatting:** Restructures complex web tables into strict Markdown tables using a focused system prompt (`temperature: 0.1`).
* **Sub-450ms Latency:** Uses the lightweight `gemini-2.5-flash-lite` model for fast, cost-effective inference.

> "Converting raw, unstructured HTML into clean Markdown is the single most critical preprocessing step for robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines."
> — *AI Integration Report (2024)*

---

### 🛠️ How it Works

1. **Input:** The actor accepts a JSON payload containing the webpage `url` and an optional `geminiApiKey`.
2. **Fetch:** Node.js native fetch retrieves the target page's raw HTML.
3. **Clean:** The cleaning algorithm strips boilerplate elements and tracking scripts.
4. **Transform:** The clean content is sent to Google Gemini with instructions to output semantic Markdown.
5. **Output:** The structured JSON is saved to the dataset and returned.

#### Example Input
```json
{
  "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/",
  "geminiApiKey": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY"
}
````

#### Example Output

```json
{
  "estado": "success",
  "url_procesada": "https://news.ycombinator.com/",
  "tokens_utilizados": 240,
  "markdown_limpio": "## Hacker News\n\n* [Article 1](url) | 120 points\n* [Article 2](url) | 85 points",
  "timestamp": "2026-06-09T08:18:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### 💰 Monetization & PPE Billing

This actor uses **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** billing:

- You are only charged **1 event credit** for successful extractions that return valid Markdown.
- If scraping fails, the URL returns a 5xx error, or the LLM fails to process, **you will not be charged**.

***

### 🔍 SEO & GEO Structured Metadata (JSON-LD)

```json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
      "name": "AI Web-to-Markdown Extract API",
      "description": "Apify Actor to extract structured Markdown and clean JSON from web URLs using Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite.",
      "applicationCategory": "DeveloperApplication",
      "operatingSystem": "Cross-platform"
    },
    {
      "@type": "FAQPage",
      "mainEntity": [
        {
          "@type": "Question",
          "name": "How do I convert a URL into clean Markdown for LLMs on Apify?",
          "acceptedAnswer": {
            "@type": "Answer",
            "text": "By executing the AI Web-to-Markdown Extract Actor, which scrapes the target URL, removes styling and layout clutter, and converts the content into structured Markdown using Gemini."
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `url` (type: `string`):

La URL de la página web a la que se le extraerá el contenido.

## `geminiApiKey` (type: `string`):

Tu clave personal de Google AI Studio (aistudio.google.com). Si no se proporciona, se usará la clave predeterminada configurada por el administrador del Actor.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "url": "https://example.com"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("olican/ai-web-to-markdown-extract").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "url": "https://example.com" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("olican/ai-web-to-markdown-extract").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "url": "https://example.com"
}' |
apify call olican/ai-web-to-markdown-extract --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=olican/ai-web-to-markdown-extract",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "AI Web-to-Markdown Extract API — URL to Clean JSON for LLMs",
        "description": "Scrapes any webpage, automatically cleans HTML clutter (nav, footers, scripts, ads, cookie consent banners), and transforms the main content into clean, structured Markdown for LLMs and RAG.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "AMfYNTzj5RxHOQtmX"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/olican~ai-web-to-markdown-extract/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-olican-ai-web-to-markdown-extract",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/olican~ai-web-to-markdown-extract/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-olican-ai-web-to-markdown-extract",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
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                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
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                                "schema": {
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                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/olican~ai-web-to-markdown-extract/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-olican-ai-web-to-markdown-extract",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "url"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "url": {
                        "title": "URL de la Página Web",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "La URL de la página web a la que se le extraerá el contenido."
                    },
                    "geminiApiKey": {
                        "title": "API Key de Google Gemini (Opcional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Tu clave personal de Google AI Studio (aistudio.google.com). Si no se proporciona, se usará la clave predeterminada configurada por el administrador del Actor."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
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                                "type": "string"
                            },
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                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
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                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
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                            },
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                                "type": "string",
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                            },
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                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
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                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
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                                "properties": {
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                                    },
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                                    },
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
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                                    },
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                            },
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
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}
```