> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dumplingai.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scrape > Extract page content or structured fields from a web page. # Scrape Use this feature when you need either the content of a single URL or structured fields extracted from that page. ## What it does * Fetches a page by URL * Returns content as markdown, HTML, or screenshot output * Can clean the page output for easier downstream use * Can render JavaScript for sites that need it * Can also return structured JSON when you switch from `scrape` to `extract` ## Common use cases * Pull article content for summarization * Capture product pages for structured extraction * Clean blog posts before sending them to an LLM * Turn live web pages into inputs for automations * Extract fields like product title, price, or availability as JSON ## Why use it This is the core web extraction workflow: start with raw page content, then move to structured extraction when you need JSON instead of text. ## Scrape vs structured extraction * Use `scrape` when you want the page content back as markdown, HTML, or screenshot output * Use `extract` when you want DumplingAI to return specific fields that match a schema * In practice, most users start with `scrape` to validate the page, then use `extract` for production workflows ## Related endpoints Parameters, request examples, and response format Learn how to use scraping in a larger workflow Pull structured fields from a page using AI Capture multiple pages from a site instead of just one URL