# Website Content Crawler (`rupom888/website-content-crawler`) Actor - **URL**: https://apify.com/rupom888/website-content-crawler.md - **Developed by:** [Syed Rupom](https://apify.com/rupom888) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## 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 ## Website Content Crawler Crawl any website and extract clean, structured content. Outputs plain text, Markdown, or raw HTML — optimized for AI/LLM applications, RAG pipelines, documentation indexing, chatbot training, and content analysis. ### Features - **Full site crawling**: Follows internal links up to configurable depth - **Smart content extraction**: Auto-detects main content, strips nav/header/footer/ads - **Multiple output formats**: Markdown (AI-ready), plain text, or raw HTML - **JavaScript rendering**: Full Puppeteer-based crawling handles React, Vue, and dynamic sites - **JSON-LD extraction**: Structured data schemas embedded in pages - **Configurable depth & page limits**: Control exactly how much to crawl - **Custom selectors**: Target specific content areas or remove specific elements - **Subdomain support**: Optionally follow links to subdomains ### Output Fields Per Page | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `url` | Original URL | | `loaded_url` | Final URL after redirects | | `title` | Page `` | | `description` | Meta description | | `author` | Author meta tag | | `keywords` | Meta keywords | | `og_image` | Open Graph image URL | | `canonical` | Canonical URL | | `lang` | Page language code | | `h1` | Main heading | | `h2s` | Top subheadings (up to 10) | | `text` | Clean plain text (format=text) | | `markdown` | Markdown-formatted content (format=markdown) | | `html` | Content HTML (format=html) | | `json_ld` | JSON-LD structured data objects | | `depth` | Crawl depth from start URL | | `referrer` | Page that linked here | | `load_time_ms` | Page load time in ms | | `status_code` | HTTP status code | | `links_found` | Number of links on the page | | `crawled_at` | ISO timestamp | ### Input ```json { "startUrls": [{"url": "https://docs.example.com"}], "maxPages": 100, "maxDepth": 3, "includeSubdomains": false, "outputFormat": "markdown", "extractSelector": "article", "removeSelectors": [".sidebar", ".related-posts"], "proxyConfiguration": {"useApifyProxy": false} } ```` ### Use Cases - **AI Training Data**: Extract clean, structured web content at scale - **RAG Pipelines**: Feed documentation sites into vector databases (Pinecone, Qdrant, Weaviate) - **Custom ChatGPT**: Build knowledge bases from product documentation - **Content Auditing**: Extract and analyze all text across a website - **Competitive Research**: Extract competitor content for analysis - **Documentation Indexing**: Index technical docs for search ### Tips - Set `maxDepth: 0` to only scrape the start URLs without following links - Use `extractSelector: "main"` to target only the main content area - Set `outputFormat: "markdown"` for best results with AI/LLM ingestion - Most public sites work without proxies; enable proxies for rate-limited sites # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): List of URLs to start crawling from. The crawler follows internal links up to maxDepth. ## `startUrl` (type: `string`): Single URL to crawl. Use startUrls for multiple entries. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pages to crawl total. ## `maxDepth` (type: `integer`): How many levels of links to follow from start URLs. 0 = only start URLs, 1 = start + one link level, 2 = two levels deep. ## `includeSubdomains` (type: `boolean`): Also follow links to subdomains of the start URL's domain (e.g. docs.example.com when starting at example.com). ## `outputFormat` (type: `string`): Content format in the output. ## `extractSelector` (type: `string`): CSS selector for the content area to extract. If empty, auto-detects main content (article, main, #content, etc.). ## `removeSelectors` (type: `array`): CSS selectors for elements to remove before extracting content (ads, popups, etc.). Navigation, header, footer, and cookie banners are removed by default. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional proxy. Most public websites work without proxies. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://example.com" } ], "startUrl": "https://docs.example.com", "maxPages": 10, "maxDepth": 2, "includeSubdomains": false, "outputFormat": "markdown", "extractSelector": "article.post-content", "removeSelectors": [ ".advertisement", "#sidebar", ".related-posts" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://example.com" } ], "maxPages": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("rupom888/website-content-crawler").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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://example.com" }], "maxPages": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("rupom888/website-content-crawler").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://example.com" } ], "maxPages": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call rupom888/website-content-crawler --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=rupom888/website-content-crawler", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>" ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Website Content Crawler", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "sA7oFT0lm2gBh12g7" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/rupom888~website-content-crawler/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-rupom888-website-content-crawler", "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/rupom888~website-content-crawler/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-rupom888-website-content-crawler", "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/rupom888~website-content-crawler/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-rupom888-website-content-crawler", "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", "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "List of URLs to start crawling from. The crawler follows internal links up to maxDepth.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "startUrl": { "title": "Single Start URL", "type": "string", "description": "Single URL to crawl. Use startUrls for multiple entries." }, "maxPages": { "title": "Max Pages", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 5000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of pages to crawl total.", "default": 50 }, "maxDepth": { "title": "Max Depth", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 10, "type": "integer", "description": "How many levels of links to follow from start URLs. 0 = only start URLs, 1 = start + one link level, 2 = two levels deep.", "default": 2 }, "includeSubdomains": { "title": "Include Subdomains", "type": "boolean", "description": "Also follow links to subdomains of the start URL's domain (e.g. docs.example.com when starting at example.com).", "default": false }, "outputFormat": { "title": "Output Format", "enum": [ "markdown", "text", "html" ], "type": "string", "description": "Content format in the output.", "default": "markdown" }, "extractSelector": { "title": "Extract Selector (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "CSS selector for the content area to extract. If empty, auto-detects main content (article, main, #content, etc.)." }, "removeSelectors": { "title": "Remove Selectors (optional)", "type": "array", "description": "CSS selectors for elements to remove before extracting content (ads, popups, etc.). Navigation, header, footer, and cookie banners are removed by default.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy Configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional proxy. Most public websites work without proxies." } } }, "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```