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Show HN: Webstractor – Pay-as-You-Go Web Data API for AI Agents

Agent ready The web, distilled intoagent-ready context. Search and extract the public web as clean Markdown or structured JSON. One cache-first GET API, plus a hosted MCP server built for agents. Try the live API ↓Read…

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Agent ready The web, distilled intoagent-ready context. Search and extract the public web as clean Markdown or structured JSON. One cache-first GET API, plus a hosted MCP server built for agents. Try the live API ↓Read the quickstart ↗ [ No account · 10 free requests daily · Cache hits are free ] Loading the cached example…Output format MD JSON Search across sources Search the public web. Find webpages, current news, openly licensed images, public videos, and places through one consistent interface. View docs Public URL extraction Turn any public URL into context. Submit the normal page a person would open. Receive readable Markdown or normalized schema-v1 JSON. View docs Loading the cached example…Output format MD JSON Loading the cached example… Screenshot format WebP PNG Website screenshots Capture any public webpage. Render a consistent WebP or PNG preview. Identical captures come straight from the cache without using another credit. View docs GET-only public API30-day extraction cacheSchema v1 normalized output Works with these supported platforms Works with Amazon Product Search Product Details App Store App Details Pricing + Ratings Releases + Media Bluesky Profiles Posts Google News Search Topics Top Stories Google Play App Details Pricing + Ratings Releases + Media Instagram Posts Reels Profiles Recent Profile Posts Mastodon Public Posts Reddit Posts Communities Profiles Shopify Product Details Collections Storefront Catalogs WooCommerce Product Details Store Search Shops + Categories SoundCloud Tracks Playlists + Sets Creator Profiles Spotify Tracks Albums Artists Shows + Episodes Playlists TikTok Video Posts Photo Posts Profiles Vimeo Public Videos Creator Metadata X Profiles Recent Profile Posts Public Posts Yahoo Finance Market Snapshot Recent OHLCV History YouTube Videos Channels Playlists Public API Clean web data in one request. Search the web, news, images, videos, places, and market data, capture website screenshots, then use /v1/extract for clean page and product content. curl --get \ 'https://api.webstractor.com/v1/extract' \ --data-urlencode 'url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B8V1LZ3' \ --data-urlencode 'format=json' Hosted MCP server Give agents search and extraction. Connect one MCP server. Agents can discover webpages, news, images, videos, places, stocks, and market movers, then read clean content with extract_public_url. https://webstractor.com/mcpRead the MCP docs → Pay as you go $0.49 / 1,000 credits Each extraction, search, finance, or website screenshot request counts as one credit. Included Markdown, normalized JSON, or screenshots Every supported source and endpoint Cache hits are not billed Credits never expire 60 API calls per minute Claim 1,000 free credits Need the full details? View pricing and FAQs.