Website to Text is a simple tool for converting a website to text. It returns the text extracted from the website.
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{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
// Website to Text response payload
}
}
About the Website to Text API
Website to Text works by parsing the HTML content of a website and extracting the text. Text extraction is done by removing the HTML tags and returning the plain text content. Advanced algorithms are used to ensure accurate text extraction.
What people use it for
- Content Extraction
- Use the Website to Text API to extract content from a website. Use the data to scrape text, analyze content, and extract information
- Data Mining
- Convert websites to text by using the Website to Text API for data mining. Use the data to extract data, collect information, and analyze trends
- Text Analysis
- Analyze text by using the Website to Text API to convert websites to text. Use the data to study language patterns, identify themes, and classify content
Ways to call it
One endpoint, many ways in — REST with JSON, XML, YAML and CSV, plus GraphQL and an MCP interface for AI agents.
- JSON
- Default REST response
- XML
- Markup format
- YAML
- Human-readable
- CSV
- Tabular export
- GraphQL
- Query language
- MCP
- For AI agents
Other ways to use Website to Text
Same data, same APIVerve account, same credit balance — one key works on all of them.
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Request parameters — POST /v1/websitetotext
Sent as JSON in the request body. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them. Anything not listed here is dropped rather than passed through.
Required
| Parameter | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
urlRequired | string | https://www.bbc.com/news | The URL of the website to convert to text url |
curl -X POST "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url":"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"}'Authentication
Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — no token exchange, and no per-endpoint scope to configure.
| Header | When | Value |
|---|---|---|
x-api-keyRequired | Every request | Your API key. Header names are case-insensitive, so X-API-Key is the same header. |
AuthorizationAlternate | Instead of the above | Bearer <key> — for clients that only expose bearer auth. Resolves to the same account and the same billing. |
content-typeRequired | POST body | application/json |
A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.
Response — POST /v1/websitetotext
Every APIVerve endpoint returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape.
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"date": null,
"description": "Use Amazon EC2 for scalable computing capacity in the AWS Cloud so you can develop and deploy applications without hardware constraints.",
"title": "What is Amazon EC2?",
"title_alt": "What is Amazon EC2?",
"text": "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web \t\tServices (AWS) Cloud. Using Amazon EC2 reduces hardware costs so you can develop and deploy \t\tapplications faster. You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you \t\tneed, configure security and networking, and manage storage. You can add capacity (scale up) \t\tto handle compute-heavy tasks, such as monthly or yearly processes, or spikes in website \t\ttraffic. When usage decreases, you can reduce capacity (scale down) again. An EC2 instance is a virtual server in the AWS Cloud. When you launch an EC2 instance, \tthe instance type that you specify determines the hardware available to your instance. \tEach instance type offers a different balance of compute, memory, network, and storage \tresources. For more information, see the Amazon EC2 Instance Types Guide. Amazon EC2 provides the following high-level features: Amazon EC2 supports the processing, storage, and transmission of credit card data by a merchant or service provider, and has been validated as being compliant with Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS). For more information about PCI DSS, including how to request a copy of the AWS PCI Compliance Package, see PCI DSS Level 1. You can create and manage your Amazon EC2 instances using the following interfaces: Amazon EC2 provides the following pricing options: For a complete list of charges and prices for Amazon EC2 and more information about the purchase \t\t\tmodels, see Amazon EC2 pricing. To create estimates for your AWS use cases, use the AWS Pricing Calculator. To estimate the cost of transforming Microsoft workloads to a modern architecture that uses open source and \t\t\t\tcloud-native services deployed on AWS, use the AWS Modernization Calculator for Microsoft Workloads. To see your bill, go to the Billing and Cost Management Dashboard in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. Your bill contains links to usage reports that provide details \t\t\t\tabout your bill. To learn more about AWS account billing, see AWS Billing and Cost Management User Guide. If you have questions concerning AWS billing, accounts, and events, contact AWS Support. To calculate the cost of a sample provisioned \t\t\t\t\tenvironment, see . When calculating the cost of a provisioned \t\t\t\tenvironment, remember to include incidental costs such as snapshot storage for EBS \t\t\t\tvolumes. You can optimize the cost, security, and performance of your AWS environment \t\t\t\tusing AWS Trusted Advisor. You can use AWS Cost Explorer to analyze the cost and usage of your EC2 instances. You can view \t\t\t\tdata up to the last 13 months, and forecast how much you are likely to spend for the next \t\t\t\t12 months. For more information, see \t\t\t\tAnalyzing your costs and usage with AWS Cost Explorer in the AWS Cost Management User Guide.",
"language": "en",
"publisher": null,
"url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
}
}
Response fields
Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
date | object | null | Publication or last modified date of the webpage |
description | string | "Use Amazon EC2 for scalable computing capacity in the AWS Cloud so you can develop and deploy applications without hardware constraints." | Meta description extracted from website content |
title | string | "What is Amazon EC2?" | Primary page title extracted from HTML |
title_alt | string | "What is Amazon EC2?" | Alternative title extracted from page content |
text | string | "Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. Using A… | Complete extracted text content from website |
language | string | "en" | Detected language code of website content (e.g. en) |
publisher | object | null | Publisher or source organization of webpage |
url | string | "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts" | Original URL provided for text conversion |
Response headers
Every response carries your balance, so your own code always knows where it stands without polling anything. All four are exposed to browsers through CORS.
| Header | What it carries |
|---|---|
x-api-remaining-credits | Credits left in the current cycle |
x-api-credits-used | Credits spent in the current cycle |
x-api-max-credits | The allowance for the cycle |
x-api-version | Version of the endpoint that answered |
Errors
Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change.
| Status | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
400 | Input was rejected | Read error; it names the parameter that has to change. |
401 | Key missing or invalid | Check the header name and the key value. |
403 | Key valid, but not permitted here | A key restriction or an IP allow-list — never a bad key. |
429 | Rate limited, or out of credits | Read error to tell them apart, then back off or top up. |
What a call costs — 10 credits per call
Credits are shared across every APIVerve API — one balance, one key, one bill. Failed requests never count against it, so a rejected input costs nothing.
| Plan | Per month | Credits | Website to Text calls | Per 1,000 calls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 200 | 20 | Free |
| Starter | $29.99 | 200,000 | 20,000 | $1.50 |
| Pro | $99.99 | 1,000,000 | 100,000 | $1.00 |
| Mega | $299.99 | 4,000,000 | 400,000 | $0.75 |
Calls are what the credits buy at this API's rate — spend them here, on any of the other APIs, or across both. Nothing is reserved per endpoint.
Call it from cURL — POST /v1/websitetotext
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/websitetotext with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Node.js — POST /v1/websitetotext
Install the Node.js SDK, then call the Website to Text API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.
npm install @apiverve/websitetotextconst res = await fetch("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext", {
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Python — POST /v1/websitetotext
Install the Python SDK, then call the Website to Text API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.
pip install apiverve-websitetotextimport requests
res = requests.get(
"https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
print(res.json()["data"])Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from C# / .NET — POST /v1/websitetotext
Install the C# / .NET SDK, then call the Website to Text API with your key. The client wraps the same HTTPS request, so anything it returns is what the endpoint returns.
dotnet add package APIVerve.API.WebsitetoTextusing var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var json = await client.GetStringAsync("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext");
Console.WriteLine(json);Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Go — POST /v1/websitetotext
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/websitetotext with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext", nil)
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from PHP — POST /v1/websitetotext
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/websitetotext with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
$ch = curl_init("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;Resources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Call it from Ruby — POST /v1/websitetotext
No SDK to install — this is a plain HTTPS call to /v1/websitetotext with your key in the x-api-key header. Swap in a real key and it runs as-is.
require "net/http"
uri = URI("https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY"
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
puts res.bodyResources
Also published for
Only the languages APIVerve ships a client for are listed — the rest call the endpoint directly over HTTPS.
Zero-code embed — one snippet, no backend
Drop an interactive Website to Text form onto any page. The widget calls the API for you, so no key ever appears in your markup and there is nothing to deploy.
Changelog — Website to Text API
Every change to this endpoint, newest first. Breaking changes ship as a new version and the previous one keeps serving — response fields are added, never removed or retyped in place, so an integration written against v1 keeps working.
Entries are picked up from dated catalog snapshots, so the first one appears after the next snapshot that moves something. A period where nothing changed produces no entry — silence is a valid changelog for the Website to Text API.
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