# Web to Markdown (`toumi.oussema.re/web-to-markdown`) Actor Extracts the main content of a web page (or crawls an entire site) and converts it to clean Markdown, stripped of noise (nav, ads, cookies, footer) — ready to feed an LLM prompt or a RAG pipeline. - **URL**: https://apify.com/toumi.oussema.re/web-to-markdown.md - **Developed by:** [Oussema Toumi](https://apify.com/toumi.oussema.re) (community) - **Categories:** AI, Agents, Automation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $5.00 / 1,000 page convertie en markdowns 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 web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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. - **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use). - **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`. - **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`. - **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`. - **Any other language** — 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 ## Web to Markdown Extracts the main content of a web page (or crawls an entire site through its internal links) and converts it to clean Markdown — without nav, footer, ads, cookie banners or popups. Ideal for feeding an LLM prompt or a RAG pipeline without polluting the context with noise. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `startUrls` | array | URL(s) to start from | | `crawlMode` | string | `singlePage` or `sameDomain` (follows internal links) | | `maxPages` | int | Max pages when `sameDomain` (default: 20) | | `removeSelectors` | array | Additional CSS selectors to exclude | | `includeLinks` | bool | Keep hyperlinks (default: true) | | `includeImages` | bool | Keep image references (default: false) | ### Output (dataset) Each record contains: `url`, `title`, `markdown`, `charCount`. ### Pricing (pay-per-event) - `page-converted` — $0.005 — per page successfully converted - Failed or empty pages are **never** charged. Example: a 20-page blog crawl ≈ 20 × $0.005 = **$0.10** charged to the user. ### Technical notes - No GPU required: HTML extraction + pure parsing (Cheerio + Turndown). - Heuristic detection of the main container (`article`, `main`, `.post-content`, etc.) with fallback to ``. - `sameDomain` mode is deliberately limited to the starting domain(s) to avoid an uncontrolled crawl (and uncontrolled billing) on third-party sites. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): One or more URLs to extract and convert to Markdown ## `crawlMode` (type: `string`): Convert a single page, or crawl the whole domain through internal links ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of pages to crawl in sameDomain mode ## `removeSelectors` (type: `array`): e.g. '.newsletter-popup', '#sidebar' — in addition to the automatic cleanup (nav, footer, ads, cookies) ## `includeLinks` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, links are converted to Markdown syntax [text](url) ## `includeImages` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, images are kept as Markdown syntax ![](url) ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://example.com" } ], "crawlMode": "singlePage", "maxPages": 20, "removeSelectors": [], "includeLinks": true, "includeImages": false } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("toumi.oussema.re/web-to-markdown").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${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 = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("toumi.oussema.re/web-to-markdown").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call toumi.oussema.re/web-to-markdown --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,toumi.oussema.re/web-to-markdown" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/r4n22eLM4l22ZQee3/builds/PJhw39bYzf8VXNr51/openapi.json