Crawl4AI Web Scraper

Local Crawl4AI instance for full web page extraction with JavaScript rendering.

Endpoints

Proxy (port 11234) — Clean output, OpenWebUI-compatible

• Returns: [{page_content, metadata}]
• Use for: Simple content extraction

Direct (port 11235) — Full output with all data

• Returns: {results: [{markdown, html, links, media, ...}]}
• Use for: When you need links, media, or other metadata

Usage

# Via script
node {baseDir}/scripts/crawl4ai.js "url"
node {baseDir}/scripts/crawl4ai.js "url" --json

Script options:

• --json — Full JSON response

Output: Clean markdown from the page.

Configuration

Required environment variable:

• CRAWL4AI_URL — Your Crawl4AI instance URL (e.g., http://localhost:11235)

Optional:

• CRAWL4AI_KEY — API key if your instance requires authentication

Features

• JavaScript rendering — Handles dynamic content
• Unlimited usage — Local instance, no API limits
• Full content — HTML, markdown, links, media, tables
• Better than Tavily for complex pages with JS

API

Uses your local Crawl4AI instance REST API. Auth header only sent if CRAWL4AI_KEY is set.