Extract API

# Turn web pages into AI-friendly context

Extract full or excerpted text contents from any public page with ease

[Try Extract](https://platform.parallel.ai/play/extract)[View docs](https://docs.parallel.ai/extract/extract-quickstart)

## Web content, optimized for agents

Declare an objective, get focused excerpts from a target URL. Need everything? Get the full page converted to markdown.

[Get started](https://platform.parallel.ai/play/extract)

## The perfect complement to Parallel Search

Use Search to find the best pages, and Extract to get fresh and full content.

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## Features

Priced for scale

## $1 CPM

($0.001 per URL)

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# From web page to context window with a single tool call 

Directly integrate the Extract API, or use the Web\_Fetch Tool in the [Parallel Search MCP Server](https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/mcp/search-mcp)

[Try Extract](https://platform.parallel.ai/play/extract)[View docs](https://docs.parallel.ai/extract/extract-quickstart)

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## FAQ

+−What URLs can Extract handle? 

Any public URL—including JavaScript-rendered single-page apps, dynamic content, and PDFs.

+−How does the objective parameter work? 

Describe what you need in plain language. Extract returns only the relevant portions, not just the entire page.

+−Can I get full page content instead of excerpts? 

Yes. Set `full_content: true` for complete page markdown. You can enable both excerpts and full content in the same request.

+−How fresh is the extracted content? 

Dynamic caching by default, based on content type and objective. Override with fetch\_policy to force live fetches or accept older cached content.

+−Is Extract API a web scraper? 

Similar, but smarter. Traditional scrapers return raw HTML requiring custom parsing per site. Extract handles the complexities of websites to simplify the end-to-end content fetching process, optimized for agent consumption.

+−Is this the same as web crawling?

No. Crawling discovers pages by following links across sites. Extract retrieves content from URLs you specify. Parallel maintains a crawl index (enabling fast cached responses), but Extract itself is for targeted extraction, not discovery. Use Search API to find pages first.

+−What's the difference between web scraping and web crawling?

Crawling = discovery (what pages exist). Scraping = extraction (what's on this page). Most pipelines need both. Search API handles discovery, Extract handles extraction.

+−How does Extract compare to Puppeteer or Playwright?

Those are browser automation libraries requiring you to manage infrastructure and parsing. Extract is a managed API: send URLs, get markdown. Use Puppeteer/Playwright when you need interaction beyond extraction (forms, screenshots, testing).

+−Is Extract suitable for large-scale web scraping?

Yes. 10 URLs per request, 600 req/min in beta. Higher limits available for production. Particularly efficient for AI workloads as it can be instructed to return only relevant content, not entire pages.

+−Does Extract work with PDFs? 

Yes. Same objective-driven extraction, same markdown output.