CLI

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Installing microlink.io also ships a microlink binary where every product is a subcommand. Flags map one-to-one to the options each method accepts:

microlink markdown https://example.com
microlink screenshot https://example.com --fullPage
microlink logo https://github.com --square
microlink links https://example.com
microlink search "best coffee" --limit 10 --location es --api-key YOUR_KEY

Strings print raw; objects pretty-print as JSON, so the output is pipe-friendly. Every subcommand except search runs on the free tier without credentials — search requires an API key, passed as shown above or exported once as described below.

Authentication

Pass your API key per invocation or export it once as an environment variable:

microlink search "web performance" --api-key YOUR_KEY

export MICROLINK_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY
microlink screenshot https://example.com

Headers

Forward headers to the target page with --header:

microlink markdown https://example.com --header 'Cookie: auth_token=…'

Structured input

Commands that take structured arguments accept inline JSON, and run accepts a file:

microlink extract https://microlink.io --data '{"image":{"selector":"meta[property=og:image]","attr":"content","type":"image"}}'
microlink function https://example.com --file ./fn.js

Looking for a richer standalone terminal experience? That's @microlink/cli.