/markdown - Extract Markdown from a webpage

The /markdown endpoint retrieves a webpage's content and converts it into Markdown format. You can specify a URL and optional parameters to refine the extraction process.

Common use cases

• Content extraction: Convert a blog post or article into Markdown format for storage or further processing.
• Static site generation: Retrieve structured Markdown content for use in static site generators like Jekyll or Hugo.
• Automated summarization: Extract key content from web pages while ignoring CSS, scripts, or unnecessary elements.

Basic usage

Using a URL

curl

This example fetches the Markdown representation of a webpage.

curl -X 'POST' 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<accountId>/browser-rendering/markdown' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <apiToken>' \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com"
  }'

  "success": true,
  "result": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in literature without prior coordination or asking for permission.\n\n[More information...](https://www.iana.org/domains/example)"
}

TypeScript SDK

TypeScript

import Cloudflare from "cloudflare";

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiToken: process.env["CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"],
});

const markdown = await client.browserRendering.markdown.create({
  account_id: process.env["CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID"],
  url: "https://developers.cloudflare.com/",
});

console.log(markdown);

Use raw HTML

Instead of fetching the content by specifying the URL, you can provide raw HTML content directly.

curl -X 'POST' 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<accountId>/browser-rendering/markdown' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <apiToken>' \
  -d '{
    "html": "<div>Hello World</div>"
  }'

{
  "success": true,
  "result": "Hello World"
}

Advanced usage

Looking for more parameters?

Visit the Browser Rendering PDF API reference for all available parameters, such as setting HTTP credentials using authenticate, setting cookies, and customizing load behavior using gotoOptions.

You can refine the Markdown extraction by using the rejectRequestPattern parameter. In this example, requests matching the given regex pattern (such as CSS files) are excluded.

curl -X 'POST' 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<accountId>/browser-rendering/markdown' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <apiToken>' \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "rejectRequestPattern": ["/^.*\\.(css)/"]
  }'

{
  "success": true,
  "result": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in literature without prior coordination or asking for permission.\n\n[More information...](https://www.iana.org/domains/example)"
}

Set a custom user agent

You can change the user agent at the page level by passing userAgent as a top-level parameter in the JSON body. This is useful if the target website serves different content based on the user agent.

Note

The userAgent parameter does not bypass bot protection. Requests from Browser Rendering will always be identified as a bot.

Troubleshooting

If you have questions or encounter an error, see the Browser Rendering FAQ and troubleshooting guide.