# Agent Ready Data Cleaner (`topnetworks/agent-ready-data-cleaner`) Actor

Clean and token-optimise HTML, JSON, scraped text, or URLs for LLM pipelines. Strip boilerplate, chunk by semantics, get token counts — feed your agents clean data, not nav bars.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/topnetworks/agent-ready-data-cleaner.md
- **Developed by:** [Les](https://apify.com/topnetworks) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.10 / actor start

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.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

## Agent-Ready Data Cleaner

Apify Actor that transforms noisy URL/HTML/JSON/text inputs into clean, token-optimized chunks for LLM pipelines.

### Features

- URL input fetch (10s timeout, redirects followed) then clean as HTML
- HTML cleanup with configurable boilerplate removal
- JSON flattening with null/empty removal
- Text sanitization (control chars + blank-line dedupe)
- Semantic/fixed/none chunking
- Token counting via `gpt-tokenizer` (per chunk + total)
- Metadata extraction + cleanliness scoring

### Input

See `INPUT_SCHEMA.json`.

### Output

One dataset item per input record with:

- `chunks[]` with `tokenCount` and `chunkType`
- `totalTokens`
- size/compression stats
- optional `metadata` (`title`, `description`, `canonicalUrl`, `wordCount`, `cleanlinessScore`)

### Pricing hint

- $0.10 per start
- $0.003 per result item

### Local test

```bash
npm install
node test-local.js
````

# Actor input Schema

## `inputs` (type: `array`):

List of URL, HTML, JSON, or text inputs to clean.

## `outputFormat` (type: `string`):

Format of the cleaned output: markdown, json, or plain text

## `chunkingStrategy` (type: `string`):

How to split the cleaned content into chunks: semantic (by headings/paragraphs), fixed (by token count), or none

## `chunkSize` (type: `integer`):

Target number of tokens per chunk when using semantic or fixed chunking. Default: 1000.

## `includeMetadata` (type: `boolean`):

Include page metadata in output: title, description, canonical URL, word count, and cleanliness score

## `removeBoilerplate` (type: `boolean`):

Strip navigation, footers, sidebars, ads, and other non-content elements from HTML

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "content": "https://example.com",
      "label": "example-url"
    }
  ],
  "outputFormat": "markdown",
  "chunkingStrategy": "semantic",
  "chunkSize": 1000,
  "includeMetadata": true,
  "removeBoilerplate": true
}
```

# 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 = {
    "inputs": [
        {
            "type": "url",
            "content": "https://example.com",
            "label": "example-url"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("topnetworks/agent-ready-data-cleaner").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 = { "inputs": [{
            "type": "url",
            "content": "https://example.com",
            "label": "example-url",
        }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("topnetworks/agent-ready-data-cleaner").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 '{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "content": "https://example.com",
      "label": "example-url"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call topnetworks/agent-ready-data-cleaner --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=topnetworks/agent-ready-data-cleaner",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Agent Ready Data Cleaner",
        "description": "Clean and token-optimise HTML, JSON, scraped text, or URLs for LLM pipelines. Strip boilerplate, chunk by semantics, get token counts — feed your agents clean data, not nav bars.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "u5dw389OLpKVUHy6J"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/topnetworks~agent-ready-data-cleaner/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-topnetworks-agent-ready-data-cleaner",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/topnetworks~agent-ready-data-cleaner/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-topnetworks-agent-ready-data-cleaner",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/topnetworks~agent-ready-data-cleaner/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-topnetworks-agent-ready-data-cleaner",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "inputs"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "inputs": {
                        "title": "Input items",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of URL, HTML, JSON, or text inputs to clean.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                                "type": {
                                    "title": "Type",
                                    "description": "Input type: url, html, json, or text",
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "enum": [
                                        "url",
                                        "html",
                                        "json",
                                        "text"
                                    ]
                                },
                                "content": {
                                    "title": "Content",
                                    "description": "The raw content or URL to clean",
                                    "type": "string"
                                },
                                "label": {
                                    "title": "Label",
                                    "description": "Optional label for this input item",
                                    "type": "string"
                                }
                            },
                            "required": [
                                "type",
                                "content"
                            ]
                        }
                    },
                    "outputFormat": {
                        "title": "Output format",
                        "enum": [
                            "markdown",
                            "json",
                            "text"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Format of the cleaned output: markdown, json, or plain text",
                        "default": "markdown"
                    },
                    "chunkingStrategy": {
                        "title": "Chunking strategy",
                        "enum": [
                            "semantic",
                            "fixed",
                            "none"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "How to split the cleaned content into chunks: semantic (by headings/paragraphs), fixed (by token count), or none",
                        "default": "semantic"
                    },
                    "chunkSize": {
                        "title": "Target chunk size (tokens)",
                        "minimum": 100,
                        "maximum": 8000,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Target number of tokens per chunk when using semantic or fixed chunking. Default: 1000.",
                        "default": 1000
                    },
                    "includeMetadata": {
                        "title": "Include metadata",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Include page metadata in output: title, description, canonical URL, word count, and cleanliness score",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "removeBoilerplate": {
                        "title": "Remove boilerplate",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Strip navigation, footers, sidebars, ads, and other non-content elements from HTML",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```
