---
title: "Fetch Webpage (Basic)"
method: POST
path: "/fetch/basic"
tags: ["Pages"]
---

# Fetch Webpage (Basic)

`POST /fetch/basic`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.weblens.dev`
- URL: `https://api.weblens.dev/fetch/basic`
- Auth: API key in header `Payment-Signature`

Fetch and convert any webpage to clean markdown. Fast, no JavaScript rendering. Perfect for static content, articles, and documentation. Price: $0.002 (70% off when served from cache); an x402 payment is at least $0.004.

## Request body

- object
  - `url` string, uri, required: The URL to process
  - `timeout` number: Request timeout in milliseconds
  - `cache` boolean: Serve a cached copy when one exists (cached responses are 70% off)
  - `cacheTtl` number: How long to cache this response, in seconds
  - `waitFor` string: CSS selector to wait for (Pro tier only)

## Response `200`

Any webpage as clean markdown, no JavaScript rendering.

- object
  - `url` string: Fetched URL
  - `title` string: Page title
  - `content` string: Clean markdown content
  - `tier` string
  - `fetchedAt` string: ISO timestamp
  - `metadata` object: Page metadata
    - `description` string
    - `author` string
    - `publishedAt` string
  - `cached` boolean: Present and true when the response was served from cache
  - `requestId` string

## Other responses

- `400`: The body failed validation
- `402`: Payment required — x402 v2 protocol. Parse the PAYMENT-REQUIRED response header (base64-encoded JSON), sign the payment with your wallet, then retry the request with the Payment-Signature request header.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/weblens/apis/weblens-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/weblens/apis/weblens-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/weblens/apis/weblens-api/revisions/63a7e81b6921?raw)