# x402node Reader — URL to Clean Markdown

> x402node Reader — URL to Clean Markdown is a paid API for AI agents from api.x402node.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches any URL and returns clean Markdown content plus metadata (title, byline, excerpt, siteName, lang) using Mozilla Readability and Turndown

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.x402node.dev/reader
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-x402node-dev-b26f76ce
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_6V--Hc5B1twoNDWwU7gyH

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-x402node-dev-b26f76ce
```

Example prompt: Fetch the article at https://example.com/some-article-url and give me the clean readable text as Markdown, including the title, author, and a short excerpt.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to extract clean, readable Markdown from arbitrary web URLs for RAG, summarization, or research workflows and want a pay-per-call model with no subscription. Prefer over Jina Reader or Firecrawl when you want USDC micro-payment pricing via x402 and need Mozilla Readability-based extraction with structured metadata (title, byline, excerpt, siteName, lang).

## Known failure modes

- URL is unreachable or returns non-200 status — likely returns an error object
- Page has no readable article content (e.g. SPAs requiring JS execution) — may return empty or minimal content
- Paywalled or login-required pages — returns only publicly visible content
- Invalid or malformed URL input — returns validation error
- Payment not fulfilled (x402 flow not completed) — returns 402 Payment Required

## How this service works

Fetch any URL and return clean Markdown with metadata (title, byline, excerpt, siteName, lang). Uses Mozilla Readability + Turndown. Built for AI agents doing RAG, content summarization, and research workflows. Drop-in alternative to Jina Reader and Firecrawl, with pay-per-call USDC pricing via x402. Accepts payment on Base or Solana — either network works.

## Output

Returns clean Markdown of the main page content, plus metadata fields: title, byline (author), excerpt (short summary), siteName, and lang (language code). Boilerplate, ads, and navigation are stripped.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target URL (optional)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-x402node-dev-b26f76ce/health.json
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