LitescrapeAPIsFetch API

// fetch api Alpha

The world's cheapest Fetch API

Fetch public web pages as Markdown, HTML or plain text, including pages that use JavaScript.

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// live playground

Fetch a page from your browser

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URL urlPublic HTTP(S) URL to capture, 1-8,192 characters. Include http:// or https://; bare domains are rejected. The host must be public, on port 80 or 443, without embedded credentials. Minimum characters: 1 Maximum characters: 8192

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Page

Capture a public page and return its content.

Remove Overlay remove_overlayRemove modal and cookie-banner overlays from the page.Detach Invisibles detach_invisiblesDrop display:none elements from the page.Referer refererHTTP(S) URL sent as the Referer. Minimum characters: 1 Maximum characters: 8192Assert Status Code assert_status_codeExpected origin HTTP status, 100-599. A different status is rejected; otherwise a rendered error page is a successful capture. Minimum: 100 Maximum: 599Robots Txt robots_txtUser agent, 1-256 characters, to check against the site's robots.txt; disallowed URLs are rejected. Minimum characters: 1 Maximum characters: 256Format respond_withOutput format: content (default; main content as Markdown, or the whole page when extraction keeps too little), markdown (whole page as Markdown), html, text, frontmatter (content plus front matter), or a '+' combination such as markdown+frontmatter. For screenshots use /api/web/screenshot. Minimum characters: 3 Maximum characters: 64With Links Summary with_links_summarytrue, false or all: add a links list to the response.With Images Summary with_images_summaryAdd an images list to the response.Retain Media retain_mediaHow video, audio and embedded video appear: none, text, link (default), image or html.Preset presetOption preset. Fills only the options the request leaves unset.No Gfm no_gfmtrue, false or table: disable GitHub-flavored Markdown, or only its tables.Keep Img Data Url keep_img_data_urlKeep inline data: images in Markdown.Engine engineauto (default; lightweight HTTP first, a browser when needed), browser, or curl (no JavaScript).Token Budget token_budgetInteger 1-10,000,000. Reject the page when its token count exceeds the budget. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 10000000Markdown Chunking markdown_chunkingtrue, h1-h5, structured or s1-s5: split the Markdown and return chunks.Max Tokens max_tokensInteger 500-10,000,000. Trim content to this many tokens. Minimum: 500 Maximum: 10000000Base baseResolve relative links against the requested URL (initial, default) or the final URL after redirects (final).

Extraction

Images retain_imagesImages to keep: all (default), alt (alt text only) or none.Links retain_linksLinks to keep: all (default), text (link text only), none, or gpt-oss (citation format with a links summary).Target selector target_selectorCSS selector to extract, 1-2,048 characters; POST also accepts a list of 1-16 selectors. Implies waiting for the selector. Match-all selectors are rejected. Minimum characters: 1 (string) Maximum characters: 2048 (string) Minimum items: 1 (array) Maximum items: 16 (array)Remove selector remove_selectorCSS selector removed before extraction, 1-2,048 characters; POST also accepts a list of 1-16 selectors. Minimum characters: 1 (string) Maximum characters: 2048 (string) Minimum items: 1 (array) Maximum items: 16 (array)Iframes with_iframetrue, false or quoted: include iframe content before extraction.Shadow DOM with_shadow_domInclude open shadow DOM content before extraction.

Browser

Wait for selector wait_for_selectorCSS selector to wait for after navigation, 1-2,048 characters. POST also accepts a list of 1-16 selectors. Minimum characters: 1 (string) Maximum characters: 2048 (string) Minimum items: 1 (array) Maximum items: 16 (array)User agent user_agentUser-Agent for the page request, 1-1,024 characters without control characters. Defaults to the browser's own. Minimum characters: 1 Maximum characters: 1024Page timeout page_timeoutSeconds from 1 through 180 for page loading and browser operations. Cannot extend the total request budget set by timeout. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 180Locale localeBrowser locale as a language tag, 2-64 characters. Defaults to the browser's own. Minimum characters: 2 Maximum characters: 64 Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2,8}(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]{1,8})*$Respond timing respond_timingPage readiness condition to reach before responding.

# pip install httpx
import httpx

response = httpx.get(
    "https://ecll-litescrape-v3--site-api-web.modal.run/api/web/fetch",
    params={
        "url": "https://ecll-litescrape-v3--site-api-web.modal.run",
    },
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer ls_live_your_key"},
    timeout=120,
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

Ready

Run the request to draw its results here. This endpoint returns:

url
title
content

// what you get

What the Fetch API returns

Output formats

respond_with takes content, markdown, html, text or frontmatter. Use the Screenshot API to capture a PNG.

Keep or drop parts of the page

target_selector extracts one element and remove_selector strips navigation and footers before extraction.

Wait for the content you need

respond_timing picks a page readiness condition and wait_for_selector holds until an element appears.

Markdown ready for a prompt

retain_links and retain_images choose which links and images to keep in the response.

Require a successful origin response

Set assert_status_code=200 to reject pages that return another HTTP status.

A fresh browser for every request

Cookies, storage and scripts are never shared between requests.

// use cases

What teams build with it

01
Page content for LLM context
Turn a URL your agent found into clean Markdown before it goes into the prompt.
02
Search, then read
Send the links from a Google Search call to Fetch and read the full pages with the same key.
03
Content monitoring
Read a pricing or status page on a schedule and compare its text over time.
04
Articles for a research pipeline
Extract the article body with target_selector and store the Markdown with its title and URL.

// why it's the cheapest

Fetch API pricing, per 1,000 requests

Public list prices for 100,000 requests a month, read on September 17, 2026. Litescrape's rate is flat at every volume.

Month-to-month list prices in USD. A provider that bills per record or per queued task shows how it bills instead of a per-request price.
Provider	Plan modeled	Per 1,000 requests	Monthly cost
Litescrape	Flat prepaid rate	$0.15	$15.00
ScrapingBee	Startup, 1,000,000 credits at 5 per JavaScript request	$0.50	$49.50
Firecrawl	Standard, 100,000 credits, billed yearly	$0.83	$83.00

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