PLS URL to Markdown

Fetch a URL and convert its web page content into clean Markdown for research, documentation, or knowledge base creation.

URL to Markdown Converter

Fetches URLs and converts web pages to clean Markdown.

Quick Start

Python Method (markdownify)

bash

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 markdownify

python3 -c "... fetching and converting URL ..."

CLI Tools (html2text, pandoc)

bash

curl -s URL | html2text
wget -q -O - URL | pandoc -f html -t markdown

Full Extraction Script

python

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from markdownify import markdownify as md

def url_to_markdown(url, output_file=None):
    # ... fetch, parse, convert logic ...
    pass

Content Extraction Patterns

Extract Article Body

python

def extract_article(html):
    soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
    article = soup.find('article') or soup.find('main')
    return md(str(article)) if article else None

Preserve Code Blocks

python

def preserve_code(html):
    # ... logic to wrap code in ``` ...
    pass

CLI Usage

bash

python url_to_markdown.py URL -o output.md

Error Handling

python

def safe_fetch(url, retries=3):
    # ... retry logic ...
    pass