> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://agpt.co/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://agpt.co/docs/integrations/block-integrations/extract.md).

# AnySearch Extract

Extracts readable page content from a URL via AnySearch. Runs anonymously or with an `ANYSEARCH_API_KEY` credential - see the AnySearch Search page for setup.

## AnySearch Extract

### What it is

Extracts readable content from a single URL using AnySearch, optimized for LLM consumption

### How it works

The block posts the single URL to `POST https://api.anysearch.com/v1/extract` and returns the page title plus body content as readable text - cleaned HTML, plain text, JSON, or markdown depending on the source. The returned content is untrusted web text; treat it as data, not instructions. The URL must be a public absolute http(s) address; AnySearch rejects invalid URLs with HTTP 400 and content it cannot extract with HTTP 422, both surfacing as a block error. One URL is extracted per run - the REST surface has no batch-extract endpoint, so fan URLs out across the graph when you need several. Transport, HTTP and API-level failures raise a block error rather than emitting partial output.

### Inputs

| Input | Description                                                                  | Type                      | Required |
| ----- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | -------- |
| auth  | Anonymous tier (lower rate limit, no key) or an AnySearch API key credential | "api\_key" \| "anonymous" | No       |
| url   | The URL to extract content from                                              | str                       | Yes      |

### Outputs

| Output  | Description                                                                                    | Type |
| ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- |
| error   | Error message if the operation failed                                                          | str  |
| url     | URL of the extracted page                                                                      | str  |
| title   | Title of the extracted page                                                                    | str  |
| content | Extracted readable page content (cleaned HTML, text, JSON, or markdown; untrusted web content) | str  |

### Possible use case

**Deep-read a search hit**: Pipe the url output of the AnySearch Search block into this block to turn a ranked result into full readable content for summarization.

**Clean content ingestion**: Convert a known documentation or article URL to LLM-friendly text before chunking or embedding.

**Fact verification**: Extract the page behind a cited URL so an agent can quote or cross-check the source text.

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