Scrape Markdown
Convert web pages into clean, LLM-friendly Markdown by stripping HTML noise and boilerplate.
Overview
Selecting Scrape Markdown in the Playground Use Case panel optimizes the Playground environment for clean text conversion. When this preset is selected, the Playground pre-configures parameters (markdown=true) to automatically filter out navigation menus, scripts, advertisements, and layout HTML while preserving semantic content structures like headers, lists, code blocks, and links.
This preset generates token-efficient output (typically 70–90% smaller than raw HTML), making it ideal for testing payloads destined for AI models, RAG pipelines, or document stores.
Practical Applications
- LLM & RAG Pipelines: Feed clean, token-efficient text directly into retrieval-augmented generation pipelines and AI prompt contexts without wasting token limits on raw HTML.
- Knowledge Base Ingestion: Convert documentation hubs, help centers, and technical guides into markdown files for indexing in vector databases or search engines.
- Content Sync & Publishing: Pull external articles and blog posts directly into CMS platforms, Notion, or internal wikis in ready-to-render Markdown format.
- Automated Summarization & Analysis: Extract core body text for downstream NLP tasks, sentiment analysis, entity extraction, or automated text summarization.
- AI Agent Web Browsing: Provide clean, structured context to autonomous AI agents navigating web documentation or researching online sources.
Advanced settings
| Setting | Description | Common Use Case | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block resources | Skips non-essential assets such as images and fonts to improve performance. | Text-only or structured data extraction. | Off |
| Wait for selector | Waits until a specific element appears before starting extraction. | Content that loads asynchronously after the initial page load. | None |
| Action | Use this to route the request to a specific scraper action or simply flag it. | If you want to separate the analytic for a domain. | Off |
| Custom Proxy | Sends requests through your own proxy server. | Using dedicated or third-party proxy infrastructure. | Off |
| Return cookies | Returns cookies generated during the request. | Debugging sessions or reusing authenticated requests. | Off |
Default Parameters
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| markdown=true | Used by this usecase to convert the result into markdown. |
Example
Request
Scrape https://books.toscrape.com/ with default setting
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.mrscraper.com?token={MRSCRAPER_API_TOKEN}&geoCode=us&markdown=true&proxyCountry=us' \
-H 'x-api-token: {MRSCRAPER_API_TOKEN}' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"url": "https://books.toscrape.com/"
}'Response
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* [Home](index.html)
* All products
* [ Books ](catalogue/category/books_1/index.html)
* [ Travel ](catalogue/category/books/travel_2/index.html)
* [ Mystery ](catalogue/category/books/mystery_3/index.html)
* [ Historical Fiction ](catalogue/category/books/historical-fiction_4/index.html)
* [ Sequential Art ](catalogue/category/books/sequential-art_5/index.html)
* [ Classics ](catalogue/category/books/classics_6/index.html)
* [ Philosophy ](catalogue/category/books/philosophy_7/index.html)
* [ Romance ](catalogue/category/books/romance_8/index.html)
* [ Womens Fiction ](catalogue/category/books/womens-fiction_9/index.html)
* [ Fiction ](catalogue/category/books/fiction_10/index.html)
* [ Childrens ](catalogue/category/books/childrens_11/index.html)
* [ Religion ](catalogue/category/books/religion_12/index.html)
* [ Nonfiction ](catalogue/category/books/nonfiction_13/index.html)
* [ Music ](catalogue/category/books/music_14/index.html)
* [ Default ](catalogue/category/books/default_15/index.html)
* [ Science Fiction ](catalogue/category/books/science-fiction_16/index.html)
* [ Sports and Games ](catalogue/category/books/sports-and-games_17/index.html)
* [ Add a comment ](catalogue/category/books/add-a-comment_18/index.html)
* [ Fantasy ](catalogue/category/books/fantasy_19/index.html)
* [ New Adult ](catalogue/category/books/new-adult_20/index.html)
* [ Young Adult ](catalogue/category/books/young-adult_21/index.html)
* [ Science ](catalogue/category/books/science_22/index.html)
* [ Poetry ](catalogue/category/books/poetry_23/index.html)
* [ Paranormal ](catalogue/category/books/paranormal_24/index.html)
* [ Art ](catalogue/category/books/art_25/index.html)
* [ Psychology ](catalogue/category/books/psychology_26/index.html)
* [ Autobiography ](catalogue/category/books/autobiography_27/index.html)
* [ Parenting ](catalogue/category/books/parenting_28/index.html)
* [ Adult Fiction ](catalogue/category/books/adult-fiction_29/index.html)
* [ Humor ](catalogue/category/books/humor_30/index.html)
* [ Horror ](catalogue/category/books/horror_31/index.html)
* [ History ](catalogue/category/books/history_32/index.html)
* [ Food and Drink ](catalogue/category/books/food-and-drink_33/index.html)
* [ Christian Fiction ](catalogue/category/books/christian-fiction_34/index.html)
* [ Business ](catalogue/category/books/business_35/index.html)
* [ Biography ](catalogue/category/books/biography_36/index.html)
* [ Thriller ](catalogue/category/books/thriller_37/index.html)
* [ Contemporary ](catalogue/category/books/contemporary_38/index.html)
* [ Spirituality ](catalogue/category/books/spirituality_39/index.html)
* [ Academic ](catalogue/category/books/academic_40/index.html)
* [ Self Help ](catalogue/category/books/self-help_41/index.html)
* [ Historical ](catalogue/category/books/historical_42/index.html)
* [ Christian ](catalogue/category/books/christian_43/index.html)
* [ Suspense ](catalogue/category/books/suspense_44/index.html)
* [ Short Stories ](catalogue/category/books/short-stories_45/index.html)
* [ Novels ](catalogue/category/books/novels_46/index.html)
* [ Health ](catalogue/category/books/health_47/index.html)
* [ Politics ](catalogue/category/books/politics_48/index.html)
* [ Cultural ](catalogue/category/books/cultural_49/index.html)
* [ Erotica ](catalogue/category/books/erotica_50/index.html)
* [ Crime ](catalogue/category/books/crime_51/index.html)
# All products
**1000** results - showing **1** to **20**.
**Warning!** This is a demo website for web scraping purposes. Prices and ratings here were randomly assigned and have no real meaning.
1. [](catalogue/a-light-in-the-attic_1000/index.html)
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### [A Light in the ...](catalogue/a-light-in-the-attic_1000/index.html "A Light in the Attic")
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### [Tipping the Velvet](catalogue/tipping-the-velvet_999/index.html "Tipping the Velvet")
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### [Soumission](catalogue/soumission_998/index.html "Soumission")
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4. [](catalogue/sharp-objects_997/index.html)
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### [Sharp Objects](catalogue/sharp-objects_997/index.html "Sharp Objects")
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5. [](catalogue/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind_996/index.html)
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### [Sapiens: A Brief History ...](catalogue/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind_996/index.html "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind")
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6. [](catalogue/the-requiem-red_995/index.html)
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### [The Requiem Red](catalogue/the-requiem-red_995/index.html "The Requiem Red")
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7. [](catalogue/the-dirty-little-secrets-of-getting-your-dream-job_994/index.html)
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### [The Dirty Little Secrets ...](catalogue/the-dirty-little-secrets-of-getting-your-dream-job_994/index.html "The Dirty Little Secrets of Getting Your Dream Job")
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8. [](catalogue/the-coming-woman-a-novel-based-on-the-life-of-the-infamous-feminist-victoria-woodhull_993/index.html)
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### [The Coming Woman: A ...](catalogue/the-coming-woman-a-novel-based-on-the-life-of-the-infamous-feminist-victoria-woodhull_993/index.html "The Coming Woman: A Novel Based on the Life of the Infamous Feminist, Victoria Woodhull")
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9. [](catalogue/the-boys-in-the-boat-nine-americans-and-their-epic-quest-for-gold-at-the-1936-berlin-olympics_992/index.html)
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### [The Boys in the ...](catalogue/the-boys-in-the-boat-nine-americans-and-their-epic-quest-for-gold-at-the-1936-berlin-olympics_992/index.html "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics")
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10. [](catalogue/the-black-maria_991/index.html)
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### [The Black Maria](catalogue/the-black-maria_991/index.html "The Black Maria")
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11. [](catalogue/starving-hearts-triangular-trade-trilogy-1_990/index.html)
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### [Starving Hearts (Triangular Trade ...](catalogue/starving-hearts-triangular-trade-trilogy-1_990/index.html "Starving Hearts \(Triangular Trade Trilogy, #1\)")
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12. [](catalogue/shakespeares-sonnets_989/index.html)
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### [Shakespeare's Sonnets](catalogue/shakespeares-sonnets_989/index.html "Shakespeare's Sonnets")
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13. [](catalogue/set-me-free_988/index.html)
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### [Set Me Free](catalogue/set-me-free_988/index.html "Set Me Free")
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14. [](catalogue/scott-pilgrims-precious-little-life-scott-pilgrim-1_987/index.html)
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### [Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little ...](catalogue/scott-pilgrims-precious-little-life-scott-pilgrim-1_987/index.html "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life \(Scott Pilgrim #1\)")
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15. [](catalogue/rip-it-up-and-start-again_986/index.html)
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### [Rip it Up and ...](catalogue/rip-it-up-and-start-again_986/index.html "Rip it Up and Start Again")
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### [Our Band Could Be ...](catalogue/our-band-could-be-your-life-scenes-from-the-american-indie-underground-1981-1991_985/index.html "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991")
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### [Mesaerion: The Best Science ...](catalogue/mesaerion-the-best-science-fiction-stories-1800-1849_983/index.html "Mesaerion: The Best Science Fiction Stories 1800-1849")
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19. [](catalogue/libertarianism-for-beginners_982/index.html)
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### [Libertarianism for Beginners](catalogue/libertarianism-for-beginners_982/index.html "Libertarianism for Beginners")
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20. [](catalogue/its-only-the-himalayas_981/index.html)
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### [It's Only the Himalayas](catalogue/its-only-the-himalayas_981/index.html "It's Only the Himalayas")
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