Website Content Crawler

Crawl one website and extract clean page content, then get a readable report plus raw JSON through UI, HTTP, or MCP.

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Created by Chris Moen • Version 4 • 9 steps

Use this app

What you get

  • Crawl one website and extract clean page content, then get a readable report plus raw JSON through UI, HTTP, or MCP.

Integrations

  • apify

How it works

  • 9 workflow steps run in Breyta to produce the app result.

Website Content Crawler

Crawl one website and extract clean page content, then get a readable Breyta report you can use in the UI or call from HTTP and MCP.

Who this is for

This app is for operators, researchers, founders, and AI builders who need a quick way to turn a site into structured crawl output for review, extraction, or downstream RAG work.

What happens after install

After install, you can run the crawler from:

  • the Breyta run form
  • the HTTP endpoint
  • the MCP tool

Each run crawls one starting URL, follows pages under that site, and returns:

  • a readable markdown summary
  • a downloadable JSON file with the crawled rows

What you need to enter

  • Start URL: the site or section you want to crawl, such as https://docs.example.com
  • Max pages: optional crawl cap, default 25, maximum 25

No extra buyer API setup is required for the base experience on this app.

What you get back

For each crawled page, Breyta returns a compact row when available, including:

  • page title
  • page URL
  • crawl depth
  • content type
  • extracted content preview

Good uses

  • doc set capture for AI workflows
  • quick knowledge-base exports
  • blog or help-center snapshots
  • lightweight site audits before deeper processing

Limits and expectations

  • Results depend on what the site exposes and what the upstream crawler can access at run time.
  • Very large or heavily dynamic sites may need narrower start URLs or smaller test runs first.
  • The app cap limits how many pages are crawled per request.

Failure cases

You may see incomplete or failed runs if:

  • the target site blocks or rate-limits the crawler
  • the start URL is invalid or inaccessible
  • the site relies on unsupported runtime behavior
  • an upstream network issue interrupts the crawl

When that happens, retry with a narrower section URL or the same URL and a smaller page cap first.

FAQ

What does the Website Content Crawler do?

This app crawls a single website to extract clean text and structured data. You get a readable report and raw JSON files which are perfect for building knowledge bases or feeding Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.

How can I access the extracted data?

You can run the crawler through the Breyta interface, via a standard HTTP API, or as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool. This flexibility lets you integrate live website data directly into your own applications or AI agents.

Which services does this workflow use to extract content?

The app uses Apify to handle the heavy lifting of web crawling and content extraction. It processes the information to ensure the output is clean, formatted, and ready for immediate use.

Is it difficult to set up this website crawler?

Since this is an installable app, you just need to provide the target URL. You can then customise how you receive the data, whether you want a quick summary or the full raw data for technical tasks.