MarkUDown Python SDK

Python SDK for MarkUDown — AI data extraction infrastructure that turns any website into structured, ready-to-use data.

Installation

pip install markudown

Quick Start

from markudown import MarkUDown

md = MarkUDown(api_key="your-api-key")

# Scrape a page
result = md.scrape("https://example.com")
print(result["markdown"])

# Search the web
results = md.search("best web scraping tools 2025", engine="google", limit=5)

# Extract structured data
data = md.extract(
    "https://shop.example.com/products",
    schema=[
        {"name": "title",  "type": "string", "active": True},
        {"name": "price",  "type": "float",  "active": True},
        {"name": "rating", "type": "float",  "active": True},
    ],
    extract_query="Extract all product listings with title, price and rating",
)

Get your API key at scrapetechnology.com/markudown. New accounts include 500 free credits.

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Async Client

import asyncio
from markudown import AsyncMarkUDown

async def main():
    async with AsyncMarkUDown(api_key="your-api-key") as md:
        result = await md.scrape("https://example.com")
        print(result["markdown"])

asyncio.run(main())

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Configuration

md = MarkUDown(
    api_key="your-api-key",
    base_url="https://api.scrapetechnology.com",  # default
    timeout=120,          # HTTP request timeout (seconds)
    poll_interval=2.0,    # seconds between status checks for async jobs
    poll_timeout=300.0,   # max seconds to wait for a job to complete
)

All async endpoints accept wait=False to return the job ID immediately instead of polling:

job = md.crawl("https://example.com", wait=False)
job_id = job["id"]

# Check later
status = md.get_job_status("crawl", job_id)

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API Reference

scrape(url, **opts) → dict

Scrape a single URL. Returns result immediately.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	required	URL to scrape
timeout	int	60	Request timeout (seconds)
exclude_tags	list[str]	["header","nav","footer"]	HTML tags to strip
main_content	bool	True	Extract only main content
include_links	bool	False	Include hyperlinks in output
include_html	bool	False	Include raw HTML in output

result = md.scrape(
    "https://example.com",
    main_content=True,
    include_links=True,
)
print(result["markdown"])

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screenshot(url, **opts) → dict

Take a screenshot of a URL.

result = md.screenshot("https://example.com")
# result["image"] contains base64-encoded PNG

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map(url, **opts) → dict

Discover all URLs on a website.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	required	Root URL
allowed_words	list[str]	[]	Only include URLs with these keywords
blocked_words	list[str]	[]	Exclude URLs with these keywords
max_urls	int	1000	Maximum URLs to return
wait	bool	True	Poll until complete

result = md.map("https://example.com", max_urls=500)
print(result["data"]["urls"])

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crawl(url, **opts) → dict

Crawl a website recursively and extract content from every page.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	required	Starting URL
max_depth	int	2	Maximum crawl depth
limit	int	10	Maximum pages to crawl
timeout	int	60	Per-page timeout
include_links	bool	False	Include links in output
include_html	bool	False	Include raw HTML
blocked_words	list[str]	[]	Skip URLs with these words
include_only	list[str]	[]	Only crawl URLs matching these patterns
main_content	bool	True	Extract only main content
callback_url	str	None	Webhook URL on completion
wait	bool	True	Poll until complete

result = md.crawl(
    "https://docs.example.com",
    max_depth=3,
    limit=50,
    include_only=["*guide*", "*tutorial*"],
)
for page in result["data"]["pages"]:
    print(page["url"], page["markdown"][:200])

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extract(url, schema, **opts) → dict

Schema-based structured data extraction with AI.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	required	URL to extract from
schema	list[dict]	required	Field definitions
extract_query	str	""	Natural language description
extraction_scope	str	None	"whole_site", "category", "single_page"
extraction_target	str	None	Category or search term
allowed_words	list[str]	[]	Keywords in relevant URLs
blocked_words	list[str]	[]	Keywords in irrelevant URLs
allowed_patterns	list[str]	[]	URL path fragments to include
blocked_patterns	list[str]	[]	URL path fragments to exclude
callback_url	str	None	Webhook URL on completion
wait	bool	True	Poll until complete

Schema field format: {"name": "field_name", "type": "string|float|integer|date|url", "active": True}

result = md.extract(
    "https://shop.example.com",
    schema=[
        {"name": "title",  "type": "string", "active": True},
        {"name": "price",  "type": "float",  "active": True},
        {"name": "in_stock", "type": "string", "active": True},
    ],
    extract_query="Product listings with title, price and availability",
    extraction_scope="whole_site",
)

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create_schema(query) → dict

Generate an extraction schema automatically from a natural language description.

schema_data = md.create_schema(
    "Extract all products from https://shop.example.com with title, price, rating and availability"
)
# Returns: {"url": "...", "schema": [...], "extraction_scope": "...", ...}

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prompt_extract(url, prompt, **opts) → dict

Extract data with a natural language prompt — no schema required.

result = md.prompt_extract(
    "https://example.com/team",
    prompt="List all team members with their name, title and LinkedIn URL",
)

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batch_scrape(urls, **opts) → dict

Scrape multiple URLs in parallel.

result = md.batch_scrape([
    "https://example.com/page-1",
    "https://example.com/page-2",
    "https://example.com/page-3",
])
for page in result["data"]["pages"]:
    print(page["url"])

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search(query, **opts) → dict

Web search with optional scraping of result pages.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
query	str	required	Search query
limit	int	5	Number of results
scrape_results	bool	True	Scrape each result page
lang	str	"en"	Language code
country	str	"us"	Country code
engine	str	"google"	"google", "bing", "duckduckgo", "all"
timeout	int	60	Timeout in seconds
callback_url	str	None	Webhook URL on completion
wait	bool	True	Poll until complete

result = md.search(
    "open source web scraping frameworks",
    engine="all",
    limit=10,
    scrape_results=True,
)

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rss(url, **opts) → dict

Generate an RSS feed from any web page.

result = md.rss("https://blog.example.com", max_items=20, title="My Blog Feed")
print(result["data"]["feed_url"])

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change_detection(url, **opts) → dict

Detect and diff content changes on a page.

result = md.change_detection("https://example.com/pricing", include_diff=True)
print(result["data"]["changed"])  # True/False
print(result["data"]["diff"])

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deep_research(query, urls, **opts) → dict

Scrape multiple pages and synthesize findings with an LLM.

result = md.deep_research(
    query="What are the main pricing differences between these competitors?",
    urls=[
        "https://competitor-a.com/pricing",
        "https://competitor-b.com/pricing",
    ],
    max_tokens=4096,
)
print(result["data"]["synthesis"])

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agent(url, prompt, **opts) → dict

AI autonomous navigation agent that clicks, scrolls and fills forms.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	str	required	Starting URL
prompt	str	required	Task description
max_steps	int	10	Max actions
max_pages	int	5	Max pages to visit
allow_navigation	bool	True	Allow following links
include_screenshots	bool	False	Capture screenshots
timeout	int	120	Timeout in seconds
wait	bool	True	Poll until complete

result = md.agent(
    "https://example.com",
    prompt="Find the contact email on this website",
    max_steps=15,
)
print(result["data"]["answer"])

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smart_extract(url, goal, **opts) → dict

Guided extraction: analyzes the site structure, plans the interaction sequence, and returns complete data.

result = md.smart_extract(
    "https://example.com/products",
    goal="Extract all products with name, price, and description",
    output_format="json",
    hints=["Click 'Load more' button to get all items"],
)

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rank(keyword, domain, **opts) → dict

Check where a domain ranks for a keyword in search results.

result = md.rank(
    keyword="web scraping api",
    domain="scrapetechnology.com",
    engine="google",
    country="us",
    depth=100,
)
print(result["data"]["position"])  # e.g. 4

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dataset(url, goal, **opts) → dict

Auto-paginate a listing page and extract all items as a structured dataset.

result = md.dataset(
    "https://books.toscrape.com",
    goal="Extract all books with title, price, rating and availability",
    max_pages=10,
    output_format="json",
)
print(len(result["data"]["items"]))

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Monitor

Create a persistent URL monitor that calls a webhook when content changes.

# Create a monitor
subscription = md.monitor_create(
    "https://example.com/pricing",
    callback_url="https://yourapp.com/webhook",
    interval_minutes=60,
)
sub_id = subscription["subscription_id"]

# List active monitors
monitors = md.monitor_list()

# Delete a monitor
md.monitor_delete(sub_id)

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instagram(resource, target, **opts) → dict

Extract public Instagram data.

resource	target	Description
"profile"	"username"	Profile info + recent posts
"post"	"shortcode"	Single post by shortcode
"hashtag"	"travel"	Recent posts for a hashtag
"search"	"coffee shops"	Search results

# Profile
profile = md.instagram("profile", "instagram", limit=20)

# Hashtag
posts = md.instagram("hashtag", "webdev", limit=30)

# Search
results = md.instagram("search", "coffee shops NYC", limit=15)

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x(resource, target, **opts) → dict

Extract public X (Twitter) data.

resource	target	Description
"profile"	"username"	Profile info + recent tweets
"post"	"tweet_id"	Single tweet by ID
"search"	"AI agents"	Search results

# Profile
profile = md.x("profile", "elonmusk", limit=20)

# Search
results = md.x("search", "web scraping tools", limit=25)

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Job Management

# Get status of any async job
status = md.get_job_status("crawl", "job-id-here")
# status["status"] → "pending" | "processing" | "completed" | "failed"

# Cancel a running job
md.cancel_job("agent", "job-id-here")

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Error Handling

from markudown import MarkUDown, MarkUDownError, RateLimitError, InsufficientCreditsError

md = MarkUDown(api_key="your-key")

try:
    result = md.scrape("https://example.com")
except RateLimitError:
    print("Rate limit hit — wait a minute and retry")
except InsufficientCreditsError:
    print("Out of credits — upgrade at scrapetechnology.com")
except MarkUDownError as e:
    print(f"API error {e.status_code}: {e}")

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Context Manager

with MarkUDown(api_key="your-key") as md:
    result = md.scrape("https://example.com")
# HTTP connection is automatically closed

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Links

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