$ man url-to-markdown
/url-to-markdown
PRICE / CALL
$0.005
USDC · base mainnet · scheme: exact
METHOD
POST
CLUSTER
mediakitCATEGORY
uncategorized
STATUS
● live
NAME
url-to-markdown — fetches a public url, strips boilerplate, and returns clean markdown plus title and character counts
synonym alias of html-to-markdown — reuses the canonical handler.
SYNOPSIS
POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/url-to-markdown
Content-Type: application/json
X-PAYMENT: <signed-transferWithAuthorization>
{ ... }↳ first call →
402 Payment Required. Sign USDCtransferWithAuthorization, retry with theX-PAYMENT header.DESCRIPTION
Fetches a public URL, strips boilerplate, and returns clean Markdown plus title and character counts. Use it as a URL to Markdown converter, webpage to Markdown tool, or article cleanup API.
INPUT — request schema
| property | type | description | req? |
|---|---|---|---|
| html | string | Raw HTML to convert. Mutually exclusive with 'url' — supply one. | optional |
| url | string | Page URL to fetch and convert. Server follows redirects. Mutually exclusive with 'html'. | optional |
| include_links | boolean | Keep hyperlinks as Markdown [text](href). Default true. Set false for prose-only output. | optional |
| include_images | boolean | Keep images as Markdown . Default true. | optional |
| user_agent | string | Optional User-Agent header sent when fetching 'url'. Default is a generic browser UA. | optional |
OUTPUT — response shape
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| source_url | string | — |
| title | string | — |
| markdown | string | — |
| markdown_chars | string | — |
| html_chars | string | — |
EXAMPLES — two ways to call
EXAMPLE 1 · curl
curl -X POST https://x402.agentutility.ai/url-to-markdown \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ }'first response =
402 Payment Required with payment requirements; sign + retry with X-PAYMENT.EXAMPLE 2 · mcp
# Install the MCP package for this endpoint's cluster npx -y @agentutility/mcp-<cluster> # Required: EVM private key with USDC on Base export X402_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... # Then call the url-to-markdown tool from your MCP-aware agent.
MCP server handles payment automatically — your coding agent just calls the tool by name.
METADATA
- tags
- mediakiturltomarkdownurl-to-markdown
- methods
- POST
- cluster
- mediakit
- price
- $0.005 USDC per call
ADJACENT — other endpoints in mediakit
| endpoint | description | price |
|---|---|---|
| compress-pdf | PDF compressor / PDF size reducer. | $0.005 |
| convert-html-to-markdown | Convert HTML to Markdown. | $0.005 |
| excel-to-csv | Converts Excel workbooks (.xlsx / .xls) to CSV, TSV, or JSON with multi-sheet handling, returning each sheet by name. | $0.005 |
| excel-to-google-sheets | Converts Excel files for import into Google Sheets. | $0.005 |
| html-markdown | Converts raw HTML or a URL into clean Markdown, preserving headings, lists, tables, code blocks, links, and images. | $0.005 |
| html-to-markdown | Convert HTML to Markdown. | $0.005 |
| json-yaml | Converts between JSON and YAML in either direction. | $0.005 |
| pdf-compress | Shrinks PDFs to a smaller size for email or the web, with three quality levels: ebook (lowest, web-quality), printer (medium), prepress (… | $0.005 |
SEE ALSO