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Machine Shop – URL to Text
x402
Machine Shop – URL to Text is a paid API for AI agents from api.pay-forge.online, paid per call via x402, $0.006/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).
Fetches a URL and returns its plain-text content, enabling document analysis, evidence extraction, and snapshot comparison workflows.
Price / call$0.006
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Turn Apify product scrape results into safe catalog updates with Catalog Update Gate. Find evidence in supplied documents, compare snapshots, extract typed JSON fields, inspect x402 quotes and assess API migrations. Preview inputs, evidence and cost for free. No live web search, scheduled monitoring or third-party purchasing.
Output
Returns a JSON object containing the original URL and the extracted plain-text content of the page at that URL (e.g. {"url": "https://example.com", "text": "Example Domain"}).
Example use cases
Extract API changelog for migration review
“Pull the text from https://api.stripe.com/changelog so I can compare it against our current integration and spot any breaking changes we need to handle.”
Gather evidence from a document URL
“Fetch the text from this contract URL https://docs.example.com/terms-v2.pdf and tell me what it says about termination clauses.”
Inspect x402 quote page content
“Can you grab the plain text from https://api.pay-forge.online/v1/quote-info so I can read through the pricing details and payment requirements?”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://api.pay-forge.online/v1/url-to-text?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need to convert a single URL into plain text for downstream analysis, evidence extraction, document comparison, or x402 API inspection. It is cost-effective at $0.006 per call for one-off URL fetches. Prefer it over general-purpose web scrapers when working within a pay-per-use x402 workflow or when you need clean text output without structured HTML parsing.
Side effects
- URL is unreachable or returns a non-200 HTTP status — text field may be empty or an error message returned
- URL exceeds 2048 character limit — request rejected with validation error
- URL points to binary content (PDF, image) that cannot be parsed into text — may return garbled or empty text
- Rate limiting or payment failure — 402 payment required response if USDC payment not completed
- Malformed URL input — schema validation error
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| url | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"url": "https://example.com",
"text": "Example Domain"
}
}Tags
x402
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