Website to TextWebsite to Text API

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Overview

To use Website to Text, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.

POST Endpoint

URL
https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext

Example

How to call the Website to Text API in different programming languages.

cURL Request
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
}'
JavaScript (Fetch API)
const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
Python (Requests)
import requests

headers = {
    'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

payload = {
    "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
}

response = requests.post('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext', headers=headers, json=payload)

data = response.json()
print(data)
Go (net/http)
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
)

func main() {
    payload := map[string]interface{}{
        "url": "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
    }

    jsonPayload, _ := json.Marshal(payload)
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/websitetotext", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonPayload))

    req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Example Response
{
  "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"
  }
}

Authentication

The Website to Text API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:

Required Header
X-API-Key: your_api_key_here

Learn more about authentication →

Interactive API Playground

Test the Website to Text API directly in your browser with live requests and responses.

Parameters

The following parameters are available for the Website to Text API:

Convert Website to Text

ParameterTypeRequiredDescriptionDefaultExample
urlstringrequired
The URL of the website to convert to text
Format: url (e.g., https://www.bbc.com/news)
-https://www.bbc.com/news

Response

The Website to Text API returns responses in JSON, XML, YAML, and CSV formats. The JSON response is shown in the Example section above; alternative formats below.

Other Response Formats

XML Response
200 OK
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <status>ok</status>
  <error xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
  <data>
    <date xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
    <description>Use Amazon EC2 for scalable computing capacity in the AWS Cloud so you can develop and deploy applications without hardware constraints.</description>
    <title>What is Amazon EC2?</title>
    <title_alt>What is Amazon EC2?</title_alt>
    <text>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web 		Services (AWS) Cloud. Using Amazon EC2 reduces hardware costs so you can develop and deploy 		applications faster. You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you 		need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. You can add capacity (scale up) 		to handle compute-heavy tasks, such as monthly or yearly processes, or spikes in website 		traffic. 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,     	the instance type that you specify determines the hardware available to your instance.      	Each instance type offers a different balance of compute, memory, network, and storage      	resources. 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 			models, 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 				cloud-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 				about 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 					environment, see . When calculating the cost of a provisioned 				environment, remember to include incidental costs such as snapshot storage for EBS 				volumes.  You can optimize the cost, security, and performance of your AWS environment 				using AWS Trusted Advisor.  You can use AWS Cost Explorer to analyze the cost and usage of your EC2 instances. You can view  				data up to the last 13 months, and forecast how much you are likely to spend for the next  				12 months. For more information, see 				Analyzing your costs and usage with  AWS Cost Explorer in the AWS Cost Management User Guide.</text>
    <language>en</language>
    <publisher xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
    <url>https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts</url>
  </data>
</response>
YAML Response
200 OK
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
CSV Response
200 OK
keyvalue
date
descriptionUse Amazon EC2 for scalable computing capacity in the AWS Cloud so you can develop and deploy applications without hardware constraints.
titleWhat is Amazon EC2?
title_altWhat is Amazon EC2?
textAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. Using Amazon EC2 reduces hardware costs so you can develop and deploy applications faster. You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. You can add capacity (scale up) to handle compute-heavy tasks, such as monthly or yearly processes, or spikes in website traffic. 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, the instance type that you specify determines the hardware available to your instance. Each instance type offers a different balance of compute, memory, network, and storage resources. 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 models, 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 cloud-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 about 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 environment, see . When calculating the cost of a provisioned environment, remember to include incidental costs such as snapshot storage for EBS volumes. You can optimize the cost, security, and performance of your AWS environment using AWS Trusted Advisor. You can use AWS Cost Explorer to analyze the cost and usage of your EC2 instances. You can view data up to the last 13 months, and forecast how much you are likely to spend for the next 12 months. For more information, see Analyzing your costs and usage with AWS Cost Explorer in the AWS Cost Management User Guide.
languageen
publisher
urlhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts

Response Structure

All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:

FieldTypeDescriptionExample
statusstringIndicates whether the request was successful ("ok") or failed ("error")ok
errorstring | nullContains error message if status is "error", otherwise nullnull
dataobject | nullContains the API response data if successful, otherwise null{...}

Learn more about response formats →

Response Data Fields

When the request is successful, the data object contains the following fields:

FieldTypeSample ValueDescription
dateobjectnull
Publication or last modified date of the webpage
descriptionstring"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
titlestring"What is Amazon EC2?"
Primary page title extracted from HTML
title_altstring"What is Amazon EC2?"
Alternative title extracted from page content
textstring"Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides on-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. Using Amazon EC2 reduces hardware costs so you can develop and deploy applications faster. You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. You can add capacity (scale up) to handle compute-heavy tasks, such as monthly or yearly processes, or spikes in website traffic. 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, the instance type that you specify determines the hardware available to your instance. Each instance type offers a different balance of compute, memory, network, and storage resources. 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 models, 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 cloud-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 about 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 environment, see . When calculating the cost of a provisioned environment, remember to include incidental costs such as snapshot storage for EBS volumes. You can optimize the cost, security, and performance of your AWS environment using AWS Trusted Advisor. You can use AWS Cost Explorer to analyze the cost and usage of your EC2 instances. You can view data up to the last 13 months, and forecast how much you are likely to spend for the next 12 months. For more information, see Analyzing your costs and usage with AWS Cost Explorer in the AWS Cost Management User Guide."
Complete extracted text content from website
languagestring"en"
Detected language code of website content (e.g. en)
publisherobjectnull
Publisher or source organization of webpage
urlstring"https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
Original URL provided for text conversion

Headers

Only X-API-Key is required. Optional headers include Accept for response format negotiation (JSON, XML, or YAML), User-Agent, and X-Request-ID for request tracing. See all request headers →

GraphQL AccessALPHA

Access Website to Text through GraphQL to combine it with other API calls in a single request. Query only the website to text data you need with precise field selection, and orchestrate complex data fetching workflows.

Test Website to Text in the GraphQL Explorer to confirm availability and experiment with queries.

Credit Cost: Each API called in your GraphQL query consumes its standard credit cost.

GraphQL Endpoint
POST https://api.apiverve.com/v1/graphql
GraphQL Query Example
query {
  websitetotext(
    input: {
      url: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts"
    }
  ) {
    date
    description
    title
    title_alt
    text
    language
    publisher
    url
  }
}

Note: Authentication is handled via the x-api-key header in your GraphQL request, not as a query parameter.

CORS Support

The Website to Text API accepts cross-origin requests from any origin, so it can be called directly from browser-based applications without a proxy. See CORS support →

Rate Limiting

Website to Text requests are throttled per minute on the Free plan and unthrottled on paid plans. Exceeding the limit returns 429 Too Many Requests; rate-limit usage is reported in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset response headers. See per-plan limits and best practices →

Error Codes

The Website to Text API uses standard HTTP status codes — 200 on success, 400 for invalid parameters, 401 for missing or invalid keys, 403 for insufficient credits, 429 for rate-limit exhaustion, and 500/503 for server-side issues. Each error response includes an X-Request-ID header you can quote when contacting support. See full error handling guide →

SDKs for Website to Text

Official Website to Text packages on npm, PyPI, NuGet, and JitPack — plus a Postman collection and an OpenAPI spec. See the SDK guide →

No-Code Integrations

Website to Text works with Zapier, Make, Pipedream, n8n, and Power Automate using the same API key. See setup guides →

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get an API key for Website to Text?
Sign up for a free account at dashboard.apiverve.com. Your API key will be automatically generated and available in your dashboard. The same key works for Website to Text and all other APIVerve APIs. The free plan includes 1,000 credits plus a 500 credit bonus.
How many credits does Website to Text cost?

Each successful Website to Text API call consumes credits based on plan tier. Check the pricing section above for the exact credit cost. Failed requests and errors don't consume credits, so you only pay for successful website to text lookups.

Can I use Website to Text in production?

The free plan is for testing and development only. For production use of Website to Text, upgrade to a paid plan (Starter, Pro, or Mega) which includes commercial use rights, no attribution requirements, and guaranteed uptime SLAs. All paid plans are production-ready.

Can I use Website to Text from a browser?
Yes! The Website to Text API supports CORS with wildcard configuration, so you can call it directly from browser-based JavaScript without needing a proxy server. See the CORS section above for details.
What happens if I exceed my Website to Text credit limit?

When you reach your monthly credit limit, Website to Text API requests will return an error until you upgrade your plan or wait for the next billing cycle. You'll receive notifications at 80% and 95% usage to give you time to upgrade if needed.

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