# switch402 Scrape Lite – URL to Markdown (Low Cost)

> switch402 Scrape Lite – URL to Markdown (Low Cost) is a paid API for AI agents from api.switch402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Fetches a public web page and converts it to clean Markdown, with failover, at $0.003 per successful call

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.switch402.com/v1/scrape/lite?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/switch402-scrape-lite-url-to-markdown-low-cost-cd76b3fa
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_tXiiDJtqjhEEN8uYqdCvr

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 switch402-scrape-lite-url-to-markdown-low-cost-cd76b3fa
```

Example prompt: Can you grab the content of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence and convert it to markdown so I can read through it?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a cost-efficient, single-page web scrape converted to Markdown and the page does not require heavy JavaScript rendering beyond basic failover support. At $0.003 per successful call it is half the cost of the standard /v1/scrape endpoint, making it ideal for high-volume content extraction pipelines. Prefer the standard scrape endpoint if you need richer rendering fidelity. Use the PDF-to-text or screenshot endpoints for non-HTML resources.

## Known failure modes

- URL is not publicly accessible or returns 4xx/5xx — no charge applied
- Malformed or missing URL query parameter returns validation error
- Page content cannot be converted to meaningful Markdown (e.g. binary or media-only pages)
- Rate limiting or timeout on the target server causing fetch failure
- URL exceeds 2048 character limit

## How this service works

switch402 web data API, /v1/scrape/lite: $0.003 per page, URL to markdown, with failover. Charged only on success.

## Output

Returns the content of the requested public web page converted to Markdown format. The response includes the rendered textual content of the page. Charges of $0.003 USDC are applied only on a successful conversion; failed requests are not billed.

## 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",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 2048,
       "description": "Public http(s) page to convert to markdown"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/switch402-scrape-lite-url-to-markdown-low-cost-cd76b3fa/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.switch402.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.switch402.com/llms.txt)