URLtoText
Extract clean text from any website
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URLtoText extracts clean text or markdown from any website, with optional JavaScript rendering and AI-focused content extraction.
- for
- Developers and teams needing raw webpage text for AI prompts or data processing
- pricing
- freemium
Key features
- Plain text & markdown output — Choose between raw text or markdown preserving supported formatting.
- JavaScript rendering — Render JS-heavy pages before extraction to capture dynamic content.
- AI main-content extraction — AI attempts to isolate the primary article or relevant text.
- Residential IP option — Use residential IPs to bypass some site restrictions.
- Custom CSS selector — Specify CSS selectors to target specific page elements.
- Add AI prompt — Include an AI-generated prompt to customize extraction results.
Use cases
- Generate clean prompts for LLMs from blog articles
- Convert documentation sites to markdown for offline reading
- Extract article text for summarization or sentiment analysis
- Scrape dynamic pages for data pipelines
URLtoText vs alternatives
 URLtoText |  MrScraper | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Webpage text extraction with optional AI filtering | Simple web data scraping |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 2 | 28 |
| Launched | Jul 2025 | Aug 2024 |
- URLtoText vs MrScraper: Focuses on general data scraping with a UI, while URLtoText emphasizes clean text/markdown extraction and AI filtering.
URLtoText FAQ
What does this tool do?+
It takes a URL and returns the page’s raw text in plain text or markdown, with optional JS rendering and AI-based content filtering.
How do I use the converter?+
Enter the URL, select options and output format, click Convert, then copy the displayed result.
What types of URLs can I convert?+
Any valid HTML/CSS URL, including JavaScript-heavy sites; YouTube URLs return free transcripts.
Is there a limit to how many URLs I can convert?+
The free version has rate limits; a paid version provides unlimited conversions and a robust API.
Can I choose between plain text and markdown output?+
Yes, you can select either plain text or markdown as the output format.
Is my data secure when using this tool?+
Only basic analytics are collected for rate limiting and protection; data isn’t sold or examined unless needed for debugging.
Summarized by DevHunt from urltotext.com · Oct 3, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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