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how.is Read Page is a paid API for AI agents from how.is, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).
Fetches a web page and returns it as clean markdown with a safety verdict, robots.txt compliance, and an optional screenshot
Price / call$0.005
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Read a web page as clean markdown, with a safety verdict attached: robots.txt honored for your agent, risky sites flagged as untrusted, optional screenshot.
Output
Returns a JSON object with the page's markdown body, title, description, language, canonical and final URLs, HTTP status, word count, truncation flag, an untrusted_content flag, a preflight safety verdict with reasons, and optionally a base64-encoded JPEG screenshot. Also includes a receipt confirming the x402 micropayment charge of $0.005 USDC.
Example use cases
Safe news article extraction
“Read the article at https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-12345678 and give me the full text in clean markdown — and flag it if the site looks untrustworthy.”
Agent pipeline web research
“Fetch https://docs.openai.com/guides/function-calling and extract the readable content as markdown so I can summarize it — make sure you're identifying yourself as my research bot and honoring their robots.txt.”
Suspicious link content check
“Someone sent me a link to https://totally-legit-deals.net/offer — can you read what's on that page, tell me the actual content in markdown, and let me know if the safety check flags it as risky?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://how.is/v1/read?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need both clean extracted page content AND a trust/safety signal in a single call — particularly when your agent must respect robots.txt, handle untrusted or phishing-risk domains, or needs a rendered screenshot alongside the text. Prefer over generic scrapers when compliance with bot policies and safety verdicts are required, such as in automated research pipelines or when processing user-submitted URLs of unknown provenance.
Side effects
- URL not reachable or returns non-200 HTTP status
- robots.txt disallows the specified user agent, returning a blocked/disallowed verdict
- Malformed or invalid URL input
- Page content exceeds length limits and is truncated
- Screenshot unavailable for certain page types (e.g. paywalled, JS-heavy)
- Safety preflight verdict returns untrusted, blocking content delivery
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ua | string | The user agent you will fetch with; robots.txt and our bot policy are judged for it. Defaults to the User-Agent of this request. |
| url | string | The http(s) page to read |
| screenshot | boolean | Also return a 1280x800 JPEG of the page |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": {
"_shape": "data: markdown, title, description, lang, canonical, final_url, http_status, content_type, words, truncated, untrusted_content, preflight{verdict, safe_to, reasons, ...}, screenshot{image_base64, ...} when asked."
},
"result": "Read a page (with verdict) for the requested subject",
"receipt": {
"rail": "x402",
"tool": "read",
"charge_usd": 0.005,
"settlement_tx": "0x…"
}
}
}Tags
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