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Content API · Extract

URL Content Extraction API

Pass one or more URLs and get back clean, readable content with navigation and ads stripped. Drop into RAG pipelines, agent scrape-and-summarise flows, or content monitoring jobs.

2 credits / URL30 req / minmax 25 URLs / callPOST /api/extract

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2 URLs · 4 credits total

API Integration Guide

Learn how to integrate this API into your applications with code examples and detailed documentation.

API Overview
Extract clean readable content from one or more URLs. Removes navigation, ads, and boilerplate. Returns markdown-flavoured text ready for LLM ingestion.
POST
/api/extract

Base URL

https://www.apipick.com

Full Endpoint

https://www.apipick.com/api/extract
Parameters
Required and optional parameters for this API
urls
required
array<string>

1–25 http(s) URLs

extract_effort
optional
string

auto | low | high

response_length
optional
string

short | medium | long

Code Examples
Copy and paste these examples to quickly integrate the API into your application

cURL Request

curl -X POST "https://www.apipick.com/api/extract" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "urls": [
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation",
    "https://docs.anthropic.com/claude/docs/intro-to-claude"
  ],
  "extract_effort": "auto"
}'
Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key
Response Example
Example response from the API

JSON Response

{
  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrieval-augmented_generation",
      "title": "Retrieval-augmented generation - Wikipedia",
      "content": "Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is a technique…",
      "status": "ok"
    }
  ],
  "result_count": 1,
  "credits_used": 2,
  "remaining_credits": 98
}
Integration Tips

✓Best Practices

  • • Always include x-api-key header
  • • Always handle errors gracefully
  • • Validate input data before sending
  • • Use HTTPS for secure communication
  • • Cache responses when appropriate

ℹResponse Headers

  • • Content-Type: application/json
  • • x-api-key: Required for authentication
  • • Status codes: 200 (success), 400 (error), 401 (unauthorized)
  • • No rate limiting applied

Rate Limits

⏱️

Request Rate

30req / min

Per API key, per endpoint. Sliding 60-second window.

🔀

Concurrency

3concurrent

Max simultaneous in-flight requests per API key.

Response Headers

X-RateLimit-LimitMaximum requests allowed per minute
X-RateLimit-RemainingRequests remaining in the current window
X-RateLimit-ResetSeconds until the current window resets
Retry-AfterSeconds to wait before retrying (only on 429)

429 Too Many Requests

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Retry-After: 12
X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
X-RateLimit-Reset: 12

{
  "error": "rate_limit_exceeded",
  "message": "Rate limit exceeded: 30 requests/minute per API key. Retry after 12s.",
  "retry_after": 12
}

Frequently Asked Questions

How are credits charged?

2 credits per URL submitted. A single call with 5 URLs costs 10 credits. Maximum 25 URLs per call.

What does the response look like?

An array of { url, title, content, status } objects. content is cleaned readable text (markdown-flavoured), with boilerplate removed. Suitable for direct LLM consumption.

Can I control extraction depth?

Pass extract_effort (auto, low, high). 'auto' is the default and works for most pages. 'high' is slower but does a more thorough job on JS-heavy or paywalled-style pages.

What happens if a URL fails?

Failed URLs return status set to an error code in the results array, but the call as a whole succeeds. Credits are charged for all URLs submitted regardless of per-URL outcome.

Is there a tool schema?

GET /api/extract/tool-schema returns OpenAI function and Claude tool use definitions.