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Steel API / Scrape a web page to markdown or HTML

Loads a URL in Steel's browser and returns its content. Send url. format picks the content formats (html by default, markdown among the others); screenshot and pdf add those files. delay waits up to 10 s before scraping. Returns content in the requested formats, links and metadata (title, description, language, status code).

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Request parameters

  • delay body · optional

    Delay before scraping (in milliseconds). Example: 2000

  • format body · optional

    Desired format(s) for the scraped content. Default is `html`.

  • pdf body · optional

    Include a PDF in the response

  • projectId body · optional

    Project to execute the scrape in.

  • region body · optional

    The desired region for the action to be performed in

  • screenshot body · optional

    Include a screenshot in the response

  • url body · required

    URL of the webpage to scrape. Example: "https://www.example.com"

  • useProxy body · optional

    Use a Steel-provided residential proxy for the scrape

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