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Actor → (Deprecated) Scrape Single URL

AI-generated

Summary

Scrapes one URL with the selected crawler and returns its content in Markdown, HTML, or plain text. This deprecated action is marked for replacement by Web Fetch.

Inputs

  • URL (required) — URL to scrape; must be a valid URL starting with http:// or https://.
  • Crawler Type — Choose Cheerio, JSDOM, Playwright Adaptive, or Playwright Firefox.
  • Output Format — Choose Markdown (the default, recommended for AI agents and LLMs), HTML, or plain text.
  • Authentication — Choose Apify API Key (the default) or OAuth2.

Output shape

Scraped content returned as workflow data.

The supplied source pack omits the execute function body, so the exact output fields and any additional response details are not shown.

Examples

Example 1: Scrape a single webpage into Markdown for an AI workflow.

Set the URL and keep Markdown selected.

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