# URL to Markdown Converter (`zinin/url-to-markdown`) Actor

Fetch any URL and convert it into clean, LLM-ready Markdown — headings, links, lists and emphasis preserved, scripts/nav/ads stripped. No browser, no LLM calls, no API key. Built for RAG pipelines and AI agents that need one page turned into readable text, cheaply.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/zinin/url-to-markdown.md
- **Developed by:** [Tim Zinin](https://apify.com/zinin) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 page converteds

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

## URL to Markdown — Clean, LLM-Ready Markdown from Any Page

Point this Actor at any URL and get back clean Markdown — headings, paragraphs, resolved
links, lists, bold and italic — with scripts, styles and nav/header/footer boilerplate
stripped out. One HTTP request per page, no browser, no LLM call, no API key: a pragmatic
reader-mode converter built for feeding page content into RAG pipelines and AI agents.

### What you get

- **Clean Markdown, not raw HTML.** Headings, paragraphs, absolute-resolved links, lists,
  bold/italic — scripts, styles, comments and nav/header/footer/aside boilerplate stripped
  before conversion.
- **Deterministic, not an LLM cleanup pass.** Same page in, same Markdown out, every time,
  at zero token cost.
- **Link control.** Turn `includeLinks` off to keep only the anchor text when URLs would
  just clutter the output.
- **Built for lists.** Concurrency up to 30, one row per URL, so a batch of a few dozen
  pages is a single run.
- **Internal addresses are refused, including through a redirect** — a public page that
  happens to point at an internal or private address is not followed there.
- Runs on Apify: schedule it, monitor it, call it from the API or the MCP server, export
  to JSON, CSV or Excel, or push results straight into your own pipeline.

### How to run it

1. Click **Try for free** — no card needed on the free plan.
2. Paste your URLs into **URLs**, one per line.
3. Press **Start**. Results appear in the dataset — read them in the UI, pull them from
   the API, or have a webhook push them onward.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: **$0.005 per run start + $0.002 per URL converted**. No monthly seat, no
minimum. 100 URLs cost about **$0.21**; 1,000 URLs about **$2.01**.

A URL that could not be fetched is still returned, with `found: false` and the reason —
and it is **not** charged for. You pay for pages converted, not for attempts.

### Input

| Field | Required | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| `urls` | yes | URLs to fetch and convert. Up to 100 per run. |
| `includeLinks` | no | Convert `<a href>` tags to Markdown links. `false` keeps only the link text. Default `true`. |
| `maxConcurrency` | no | How many URLs to fetch at once, 1–30 (default 10). |

```json
{
    "urls": ["https://example.com", "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains"]
}
```

### Output

One row per URL. This is a real row from a real run:

```json
{
    "url": "https://example.com/",
    "found": true,
    "httpStatus": 200,
    "title": "Example Domain",
    "markdown": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission. Avoid use in operations.\n\n[Learn more](https://iana.org/domains/example)",
    "wordCount": 20,
    "summary": "https://example.com/ — 20 words of Markdown.",
    "checkedAt": "2026-07-26T13:23:47.737Z"
}
```

| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| `found` | Whether the URL was reachable |
| `httpStatus` | The HTTP status code the page returned |
| `title` | The page's `<title>` text |
| `markdown` | The converted page body |
| `wordCount` | Word count of `markdown` |
| `summary` | Human-readable one-liner |
| `found: false` | Same row shape, `markdown: ""` and an `error` explaining why — not billed |

#### Need the rest of the picture?

These run on the same account, take the same shape of input and bill the same way, so they slot into an existing pipeline without new plumbing.

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [Structured Data Extractor](https://apify.com/zinin/structured-extract) | Turn any URL into clean structured JSON — title, description, image, JSON-LD, headings, links, emails and… |
| [AI Crawler Access Checker](https://apify.com/zinin/ai-crawler-access-checker) | Check which AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended & more) can access your website |
| [B2B Lead Enricher](https://apify.com/zinin/b2b-lead-enricher) | Turn a list of company websites into sales-qualified lead cards: detected tech stack, a rough revenue… |
| [Clinical Trials Monitor](https://apify.com/zinin/clinical-trials-monitor) | Watch conditions, drugs or sponsors for new and updated clinical trials |
| [Company Hiring Radar](https://apify.com/zinin/company-hiring-radar) | Pull every open role a company is hiring for from its public job board (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) and turn… |

### FAQ

**Does it need an API key or login?** No.

**Does it run JavaScript or render the page?** No — a single HTTP fetch plus a regex
conversion. Content that only appears after client-side rendering is not captured.

**Does it preserve tables or images?** No — this is a reader-mode converter for text
content (headings, paragraphs, links, lists, emphasis), not a layout-faithful
HTML-to-Markdown transpiler.

**Can I call it from an AI agent?** Yes — a standard Apify Actor, callable from the Apify
API, the SDK, or the Apify MCP server.

**What this is NOT.** It does not crawl an entire site, does not pull structured fields
like prices or JSON-LD out of the page, and does not fetch pages behind a login — one URL,
one HTTP request, plain Markdown out.

Found a wrong result, or need a check we don't run? Open an issue on this Actor's page.

***

Built by [zinin](https://apify.com/zinin). Questions? Telegram [@timzinin](https://t.me/timzinin).

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of URLs to fetch and convert to Markdown. One row per URL.

## `includeLinks` (type: `boolean`):

Convert <a href> tags to Markdown links. Turn off to strip links and keep only their text.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many URLs to fetch and convert in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com",
    "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains"
  ],
  "includeLinks": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 10
}
```

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://example.com",
        "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("zinin/url-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [
        "https://example.com",
        "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("zinin/url-to-markdown").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com",
    "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains"
  ]
}' |
apify call zinin/url-to-markdown --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "URL to Markdown Converter",
        "description": "Fetch any URL and convert it into clean, LLM-ready Markdown — headings, links, lists and emphasis preserved, scripts/nav/ads stripped. No browser, no LLM calls, no API key. Built for RAG pipelines and AI agents that need one page turned into readable text, cheaply.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "f4XxwSYx2P73fWosK"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/zinin~url-to-markdown/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-zinin-url-to-markdown",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/zinin~url-to-markdown/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-zinin-url-to-markdown",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/zinin~url-to-markdown/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-zinin-url-to-markdown",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": [
                    "urls"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "URLs",
                        "maxItems": 100,
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of URLs to fetch and convert to Markdown. One row per URL.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "includeLinks": {
                        "title": "Include links",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Convert <a href> tags to Markdown links. Turn off to strip links and keep only their text.",
                        "default": true
                    },
                    "maxConcurrency": {
                        "title": "Max concurrency",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 30,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "How many URLs to fetch and convert in parallel.",
                        "default": 10
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```