Website Extract API

A focused use case

Create a content index from an authorized set of article pages. Separate the main article from navigation, recommendations, and comments before assigning titles and publication dates.

A practical workflow

Check for a supported API or feed. When page parsing is appropriate, select one record container, extract fields within it, normalize under source-specific rules, and test changed layouts against saved permitted fixtures.

An example record contract

These fields illustrate the decisions to make before implementation. Adapt the names and required values to the receiving system; the table is not a promise of a live endpoint or a provider-specific response.

Limits worth keeping visible

A fetched response can differ from the rendered page. Browser cross-origin behavior and source access conditions are separate constraints; neither should be bypassed to make a demo appear to work.

Before increasing the workload

Run a small, authorized test set through the whole path, including the receiving application. Keep accepted, rejected, and incomplete outcomes distinguishable. A result should retain the context needed to explain its meaning after it leaves the extractor.

Continue with Website Extract API: From HTML to Useful Records for the full implementation discussion, and use the sample contract documentation to review the shape of a handoff.