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The Extract API converts any public URL into clean markdown, including JavaScript-heavy pages and PDFs. It returns focused excerpts aligned to your objective, or full page content if requested.
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Extract API Example

Extract clean markdown content from specific URLs. This example retrieves content from the UN’s history page with excerpts focused on the founding: 
curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1beta/extract \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY" \
  -H "parallel-beta: search-extract-2025-10-10" \
  -d '{
    "urls": ["https://www.un.org/en/about-us/history-of-the-un"],
    "objective": "When was the United Nations established?",
    "excerpts": true,
    "full_content": false
  }'

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Sample Response

{
  "extract_id": "extract_8a911eb27c7a4afaa20d0d9dc98d07c0",
  "results": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.un.org/en/about-us/history-of-the-un",
      "title": "History of the United Nations",
      "excerpts": [
        "As World War II was about to end in 1945, nations were in ruins, and the world wanted peace. Representatives of 50 countries gathered at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, California from 25 April to 26 June 1945.",
        "Four months after the San Francisco Conference ended, the United Nations officially began, on 24 October 1945, when it came into existence after its Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories."
      ],
      "full_content": null,
    }
  ],
  "errors": []
}