# Website to Markdown Scraper (`receptional_blender/website-to-markdown-scraper`) Actor Crawl any website and turn its pages into clean Markdown — plus optional plain text, raw HTML and full-page screenshots. Built for LLM, RAG and AI training datasets. - **URL**: https://apify.com/receptional\_blender/website-to-markdown-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Assia Fadli](https://apify.com/receptional_blender) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. 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/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.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/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 # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): The web pages the scraper opens first. Each entry must be a full http:// or https:// address. Provide several to cover multiple pages or sites in one run. With "Follow internal links" enabled, the scraper also crawls same-domain links found on these pages, up to the page limit. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Upper bound on the total number of pages scraped in one run (across all start URLs). Begin with 1–5 to validate your settings, then raise it. Larger values crawl deeper but cost more compute and time. Most relevant when link-following is on. ## `enqueue` (type: `boolean`): When on, the scraper visits same-domain links discovered on each start page until the page limit is reached — the way to crawl a whole site. Turn it off to scrape only the exact URLs you supply (one record per URL). ## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`): Proxy applied to every request. Keeping Apify Proxy on reduces blocking and rate limiting. You may pick specific groups or a country, or supply your own proxy URLs. Disabling proxy routes all traffic through a single datacenter IP, which many sites block. ## `screenshot` (type: `boolean`): Save a full-page PNG of every page as a base64 data URI in the "screenshot" field. Handy for visual checks, but it enlarges each record and slows the run. Leave off if you only need text/Markdown. ## `getText` (type: `boolean`): Also store each page's plain visible text in the "textContent" field. Markdown is produced either way — enable this only when you additionally want an unformatted text copy. ## `getHtml` (type: `boolean`): Also store each page's full raw HTML in the "htmlContent" field. Useful when you want the original markup to parse yourself. This increases output size noticeably. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" }, { "url": "https://docs.apify.com" } ], "maxPages": 25, "enqueue": true, "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": true }, "screenshot": true, "getText": false, "getHtml": false } ```` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" } ], "maxPages": 5, "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("receptional_blender/website-to-markdown-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com" }], "maxPages": 5, "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("receptional_blender/website-to-markdown-scraper").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 '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://apify.com" } ], "maxPages": 5, "proxyConfig": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call receptional_blender/website-to-markdown-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=receptional_blender/website-to-markdown-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Website to Markdown Scraper", "description": "Crawl any website and turn its pages into clean Markdown — plus optional plain text, raw HTML and full-page screenshots. Built for LLM, RAG and AI training datasets.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "P0s8LaRXvaq1U6RB1" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/receptional_blender~website-to-markdown-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-receptional_blender-website-to-markdown-scraper", "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": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/receptional_blender~website-to-markdown-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-receptional_blender-website-to-markdown-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/receptional_blender~website-to-markdown-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-receptional_blender-website-to-markdown-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "The web pages the scraper opens first. Each entry must be a full http:// or https:// address. Provide several to cover multiple pages or sites in one run. With \"Follow internal links\" enabled, the scraper also crawls same-domain links found on these pages, up to the page limit.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "maxPages": { "title": "Maximum pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Upper bound on the total number of pages scraped in one run (across all start URLs). Begin with 1–5 to validate your settings, then raise it. Larger values crawl deeper but cost more compute and time. Most relevant when link-following is on.", "default": 5 }, "enqueue": { "title": "Follow internal links", "type": "boolean", "description": "When on, the scraper visits same-domain links discovered on each start page until the page limit is reached — the way to crawl a whole site. Turn it off to scrape only the exact URLs you supply (one record per URL).", "default": true }, "proxyConfig": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Proxy applied to every request. Keeping Apify Proxy on reduces blocking and rate limiting. You may pick specific groups or a country, or supply your own proxy URLs. Disabling proxy routes all traffic through a single datacenter IP, which many sites block.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } }, "screenshot": { "title": "Capture page screenshots", "type": "boolean", "description": "Save a full-page PNG of every page as a base64 data URI in the \"screenshot\" field. Handy for visual checks, but it enlarges each record and slows the run. Leave off if you only need text/Markdown.", "default": true }, "getText": { "title": "Include plain text", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also store each page's plain visible text in the \"textContent\" field. Markdown is produced either way — enable this only when you additionally want an unformatted text copy.", "default": false }, "getHtml": { "title": "Include raw HTML", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also store each page's full raw HTML in the \"htmlContent\" field. Useful when you want the original markup to parse yourself. This increases output size noticeably.", "default": false } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "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": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```