FetchText API

A simple text extraction API.

Request

A simple GET request to the endpoint with querystring URL, as per example below:

curl http://fetchtext-api.herokuapp.com/fetch/?url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/26/5842180/shovel-knight-review-pc-3ds-wii-u

Response

You get an object response:

{
    "title":"Shovel Knight review",
    "favicon":"https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico",
    "description":"Shovel Knight is inspired by the past in all the right ways — but it's far from stuck in it.",
    "lang":"en",
    "canonicalLink":"http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/26/5842180/shovel-knight-review-pc-3ds-wii-u",
    "tags":[],
    "image":"https://cdn1.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WZp9mXYh34UoVjXCZWqd9MQ_LOA=/1x0:1914x1076/1280x720/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/34817507/jellyfish_hero.0.png",
    "videos":[],
    "text":"Shovel Knight is inspired by the past in all the right ways — but it's far from ..."
}

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