Can I process private pages?

Yes. Process authenticated pages when your integration includes the required credentials. Keep API keys and auth tokens out of the browser and proxy secure requests through your backend.

Structured Markdown
built for Agents

Convert any URL to clean markdown with 80% fewer tokens than raw HTML. Built for AI agent crawling, LLM ingestion, and RAG pipelines without parsers or custom scrapers.

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API:

# Browser as API

## **Microlink** turns any link into screenshots, PDFs, previews, or structured data. No more Puppeteer clusters. Open source roots.

[](https://microlink.io/logo)

## Logo

### Get and embed favicons from any web

[](https://microlink.io/screenshot)

## Screenshot

### Turn websites into screenshots

[](https://microlink.io/sdk)

## SDK

### Create beautiful link previews

[](https://microlink.io/insights)

## Insights

### Performance metrics powered by Lighthouse

[](https://microlink.io/metadata)

## Metadata

### Get unified metadata

[](https://microlink.io/pdf)

## PDF

### PDF made simple

240

###

CDN Edges

1B

###

reqs per month

46TB

###

data served

99.9%

###

uptime

240

###

CDN Edges

1B

###

reqs per month

46TB

###

data served

## Production ready, browser as a service

### There are hidden costs to run your own infrastructure — Give your team an extra boost in performance, ease of use, browser automation made simple at cost pricing, full control via .

- #### Powerful & Scalable

  Cloud-based solution with superior operational performance.

- #### Costless Solution

  Starts free. No upfront costs, scalable pricing as you go, growing with your business.

- #### Global CDN

  Edge storage distributed over +240 nodes backed by CloudFlare Network.

- #### Developer First

  For developers, with top-notch industry technologies, language-agnostic.

- #### Fully programmable

  Easy to integrate with any existing stack or cloud in just a few minutes.

- #### Declarative Usage

  Simple documentation and interactive code examples that enable quick implementations.

- #### Optimized hardware

  No servers to maintain; no shared browsers between requests.

- #### Built-in cache

  Enabled by default, no additional caching setup required.

- #### Security compliance

  Request isolation with no shared browsers between requests.

- #### Powerful & Scalable

  Cloud-based solution with superior operational performance.

- #### Costless Solution

  Starts free. No upfront costs, scalable pricing as you go, growing with your business.

- #### Global CDN

  Edge storage distributed over +240 nodes backed by CloudFlare Network.

- #### Developer First

  For developers, with top-notch industry technologies, language-agnostic.

- #### Fully programmable

  Easy to integrate with any existing stack or cloud in just a few minutes.

- #### Declarative Usage

  Simple documentation and interactive code examples that enable quick implementations.

- #### Optimized hardware

  No servers to maintain; no shared browsers between requests.

- #### Built-in cache

  Enabled by default, no additional caching setup required.

- #### Security compliance

  Request isolation with no shared browsers between requests.

## Pricing

### Every plan comes with API access & 24/7 tech support. Use the forever free plan to try the service, no credit-card required.

## Free

50

-

  [](https://microlink.io/sdk)
  ### Microlink SDK
-

  [](https://microlink.io/pdf)
  ### Microlink PDF
-

  [](https://microlink.io/insights)
  ### Microlink insights
-

  [](https://microlink.io/recipes)
  ### Microlink recipes
-

  [](https://microlink.io/metadata)
  ### Microlink metadata
-

  [](https://microlink.io/screenshot)
  ### Microlink screenshot
[Get started](https://microlink.io/docs/api/getting-started/overview)

## Pro

-

  Everything in Free
-

  [](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/ttl)
  ### Configurable TTL
-

  [](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/headers)
  ### Custom HTTP headers
-

  [](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/proxy)
  ### Automatic proxy resolution
## Enterprise

Starts from

-

  Everything in Pro

-

  [](https://microlink.io/enterprise)
  ### Custom API endpoint

-

  [](https://microlink.io/enterprise)
  ### Dedicated CDN distribution

-

  [](https://microlink.io/enterprise)
  ### S3 like storage integration

[See details](https://microlink.io/enterprise)

## FAQs

### Frequently asked questions.

### [Can I use microlink for free?](https://microlink.io/#can-i-use-microlink-for-free)

Absolutely. We have a forever free [endpoint](https://microlink.io/docs/api/basics/endpoint) you can use. It’s the best way to start using the service.

The free plan runs under some limitations to avoid abusive usage of the platform, like burst rate, limited concurrency rate and daily rate limit.

The free plan should be enough for small projects or low API quota.

### [How different is the free plan compared with the Pro plan?](https://microlink.io/#how-different-is-the-free-plan-compared-with-the-pro-plan)

The pro plan is ready to be used at scale, with better performance and unlocked features such as [headers](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/headers), [ttl](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/ttl) or [proxy](https://microlink.io/docs/api/parameters/proxy).

A Pro plan comes with an associated API key and configurable quota. You only pay as you need.

### [What if I don't know how much API quota I need?](https://microlink.io/#what-if-i-dont-know-how-much-api-quota-i-need)

No problem, just start with the smallest pro plan, and at the moment you need more, you can upgrade your plan.

### [How do I get an API key?](https://microlink.io/#how-do-i-get-an-api-key)

After your payment, we send you the API key associated with the email you signed up.

The API key needs to be attached to all your requests:

- In [Microlink SDK](https://microlink.io/docs/sdk/getting-started/overview), attach it as [apiKey](https://microlink.io/docs/sdk/parameters/api-key).
- In [Microlink API](https://microlink.io/docs/api/getting-started/overview), attach it as a [header](https://microlink.io/docs/api/basics/authentication).

### [What's your SLA level?](https://microlink.io/#whats-your-sla-level)

Our Service-Level Agreements commitment is 99.9% (three nines). You can see the live [status](https://microlink.io/status) of the service.

### [How do I know my plan usage?](https://microlink.io/#how-do-i-know-my-plan-usage)

We notify you automatically when you reach 80% or more of your usage plan, offering to upgrade your plan to one more suitable based on your plan usage.

### [What if I want to change my plan?](https://microlink.io/#what-if-i-want-to-change-my-plan)

You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your monthly account at any time with no further obligation by sending an email to [](mailto:[email protected])

[email protected]

with the email you signed up.

### [How is the payment processed?](https://microlink.io/#how-is-the-payment-processed)

We use Stripe to process your payment. It’s the same payment provider used in products such as Twitter, Pinterest, and Lyft. We do not handle your credit card information directly.

### [Can I update my card details?](https://microlink.io/#can-i-update-my-card-details)

Yes, send an email to [](mailto:[email protected])

[email protected]

requesting the change. You will receive a link where you'll be able to securely update your details.

### [Can I cancel my subscription?](https://microlink.io/#can-i-cancel-my-subscription)

Yes, by sending an email to [](mailto:[email protected])

[email protected]

. Your request will be processed within 24hrs.

### [Other questions?](https://microlink.io/#other-questions)

We’re always available at [](mailto:[email protected])

[email protected]

.

HTML into markdown
for AI pipelines

Any URL. Any site. No target-site setup required.

One API call. Clean markdown out.

A typical page: 20,000 HTML tokens → 4,000 markdown tokens

The following examples show how to use the Microlink API with CLI, cURL, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, PHP & Golang, targeting 'https://microlink.io' URL with 'force', 'data', 'embed' & 'meta' API parameters:

CLI Microlink API example

microlink https://microlink.io&force&data.markdown.attr=markdown&embed=markdown

cURL Microlink API example

curl -G "https://api.microlink.io" \
  -d "url=https://microlink.io" \
  -d "force=true" \
  -d "data.markdown.attr=markdown" \
  -d "embed=markdown" \
  -d "meta=false"

JavaScript Microlink API example

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
  force: true,
  data: {
    markdown: {
      attr: "markdown"
    }
  },
  embed: "markdown",
  meta: false
})

Python Microlink API example

import requests

url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

querystring = {
    "url": "https://microlink.io",
    "force": "true",
    "data.markdown.attr": "markdown",
    "embed": "markdown",
    "meta": "false"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=querystring)

print(response.json())

Ruby Microlink API example

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

base_url = "https://api.microlink.io/"

params = {
  url: "https://microlink.io",
  force: "true",
  data.markdown.attr: "markdown",
  embed: "markdown",
  meta: "false"
}

uri = URI(base_url)
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
response = http.request(request)

puts response.body

PHP Microlink API example

<?php

$baseUrl = "https://api.microlink.io/";

$params = [
    "url" => "https://microlink.io",
    "force" => "true",
    "data.markdown.attr" => "markdown",
    "embed" => "markdown",
    "meta" => "false"
];

$query = http_build_query($params);
$url = $baseUrl . '?' . $query;

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET"
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #: " . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}

Golang Microlink API example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "net/url"
    "io"
)

func main() {
    baseURL := "https://api.microlink.io"

    u, err := url.Parse(baseURL)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    q := u.Query()
    q.Set("url", "https://microlink.io")
    q.Set("force", "true")
    q.Set("data.markdown.attr", "markdown")
    q.Set("embed", "markdown")
    q.Set("meta", "false")
    u.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

import mql from '@microlink/mql'

const { data } = await mql('https://microlink.io', {
  force: true,
  data: {
    markdown: {
      attr: "markdown"
    }
  },
  embed: "markdown",
  meta: false
})

Structured content for agents, without brittle scraping logic.

Convert any URL to markdown on the same API surface your team already uses for metadata, screenshots, and PDFs — no new infrastructure, no target-site setup. Start with Microlink API docs and ship in minutes.

Token efficient by default
Return clean markdown instead of HTML noise so your agents spend context budget on meaning, not markup. 80% fewer tokens on average.

Works on any website
Convert any public URL to markdown without the target site needing CDN opt-in or special configuration. The entire web is your dataset.

Built for agent workloads
Purpose-built for AI crawling, summarization, RAG indexing, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and large-scale LLM data preparation.

Streaming friendly
Compact markdown payloads move cleanly through queues, workers, and inference services with lower latency than HTML.

Metadata included
Pair markdown content with structured metadata — title, description, author, date — for better chunking, ranking, and traceability.

Fast integration
Ship quickly from browser demos, server workers, or SDK clients. One URL in, clean markdown out. Minimal glue code.

Token efficient by default
Return clean markdown instead of HTML noise so your agents spend context budget on meaning, not markup. 80% fewer tokens on average.
Works on any website
Convert any public URL to markdown without the target site needing CDN opt-in or special configuration. The entire web is your dataset.
Built for agent workloads
Purpose-built for AI crawling, summarization, RAG indexing, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and large-scale LLM data preparation.

Streaming friendly
Compact markdown payloads move cleanly through queues, workers, and inference services with lower latency than HTML.
Metadata included
Pair markdown content with structured metadata — title, description, author, date — for better chunking, ranking, and traceability.
Fast integration
Ship quickly from browser demos, server workers, or SDK clients. One URL in, clean markdown out. Minimal glue code.

HTML to markdown API, production-ready

Microlink Markdown converts any URL to clean markdown. Feed LLM workflows with cleaner inputs for chunking, summarization, RAG indexing, and retrieval without brittle parsing layers.

Better token economics

A typical page drops from 20,000 HTML tokens to 4,000 markdown tokens. Fit 5x more content into every LLM context window and cut your inference costs at scale.

Drop-in for existing pipelines

Feed clean markdown directly into LangChain, LlamaIndex, RAG pipelines, and orchestration flows. No HTML cleanup steps, no custom parsers, no transformation overhead.

Less infrastructure to maintain

Skip custom scrapers, HTML cleanup jobs, and brittle parsing layers. One API call extracts clean markdown from any URL — no target-site setup, no maintenance as the web changes.

Structured Markdown
built for Agents

Convert any URL to clean markdown with 80% fewer tokens than raw HTML. Built for AI agent crawling, LLM ingestion, and RAG pipelines without parsers or custom scrapers.

HTML into markdown
for AI pipelines

One API call. Clean markdown out.

A typical page: 20,000 HTML tokens → 4,000 markdown tokens

CLI Microlink API example

cURL Microlink API example

JavaScript Microlink API example

Python Microlink API example

Ruby Microlink API example

PHP Microlink API example

Golang Microlink API example

Structured content for agents, without brittle scraping logic.

Convert any URL to markdown on the same API surface your team already uses for metadata, screenshots, and PDFs — no new infrastructure, no target-site setup. Start with Microlink API docs and ship in minutes.

Token efficient by default

Works on any website

Built for agent workloads

Streaming friendly

Metadata included

Fast integration

Token efficient by default

Works on any website

Built for agent workloads

Streaming friendly

Metadata included

Fast integration

HTML to markdown API, production-ready

Microlink Markdown converts any URL to clean markdown. Feed LLM workflows with cleaner inputs for chunking, summarization, RAG indexing, and retrieval without brittle parsing layers.

Better token economics

Drop-in for existing pipelines

Less infrastructure to maintain

Product Information

Answers to common questions about Microlink Markdown.

What is Microlink Markdown?

Why do AI agents prefer markdown over HTML?

How much do I save on tokens by converting to markdown?

Does it work on any website?

How do I integrate it?

Where can I see all parameters?

Structured Markdown built for Agents

Convert any URL to clean markdown with 80% fewer tokens than raw HTML. Built for AI agent crawling, LLM ingestion, and RAG pipelines without parsers or custom scrapers.

HTML into markdown for AI pipelines

One API call. Clean markdown out.

A typical page: 20,000 HTML tokens → 4,000 markdown tokens

CLI Microlink API example

cURL Microlink API example

JavaScript Microlink API example

Python Microlink API example

Ruby Microlink API example

PHP Microlink API example

Golang Microlink API example

Structured content for agents, without brittle scraping logic.

Convert any URL to markdown on the same API surface your team already uses for metadata, screenshots, and PDFs — no new infrastructure, no target-site setup. Start with Microlink API docs and ship in minutes.

Token efficient by default

Works on any website

Built for agent workloads

Streaming friendly

Metadata included

Fast integration

Token efficient by default

Works on any website

Built for agent workloads

Streaming friendly

Metadata included

Fast integration

HTML to markdown API, production-ready

Microlink Markdown converts any URL to clean markdown. Feed LLM workflows with cleaner inputs for chunking, summarization, RAG indexing, and retrieval without brittle parsing layers.

Better token economics

Drop-in for existing pipelines

Less infrastructure to maintain

Product Information

Answers to common questions about Microlink Markdown.

What is Microlink Markdown?

Why do AI agents prefer markdown over HTML?

How much do I save on tokens by converting to markdown?

Does it work on any website?

How do I integrate it?

Where can I see all parameters?

Structured Markdown
built for Agents

HTML into markdown
for AI pipelines