> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stophy.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Web web Parse API
> Turn a PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or HTML file into markdown. Call the Web web Parse API for JSON. 1 credit per call. Every call returns the same flat shape.
Turn a PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or HTML file into markdown.
## Request
`file` is required.
This endpoint can be called without an API key, subject to per-address limits. Pagination requires a key.
```typescript TypeScript icon="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/sirathic/images/icons/typescript.svg" theme={null} theme={null}
import { Stophy } from "stophy";
const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.web.parse({ file: "PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHRpdGxlPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC90aXRsZT48L2hlYWQ+PGJvZHk+PG1haW4+PGgxPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC9oMT48cD5UaGUgTW9vbiBwdWxscyBvbiB0aGUgb2NlYW5zIGFuZCBtYWtlcyB0d28gYnVsZ2VzIG9mIHdhdGVyIHRoYXQgbW92ZSBhcm91bmQgdGhlIEVhcnRoIGFzIGl0IHR1cm5zLCBzbyBtb3N0IGNvYXN0cyBzZWUgdHdvIGhpZ2ggdGlkZXMgYW5kIHR3byBsb3cgdGlkZXMgZXZlcnkgZGF5LjwvcD48L21haW4+PC9ib2R5PjwvaHRtbD4=", filename: "tides.html" });
console.log(result.data);
```
```python Python icon="python" theme={null} theme={null}
from stophy import Stophy
stophy = Stophy() # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.web.parse(file="PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHRpdGxlPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC90aXRsZT48L2hlYWQ+PGJvZHk+PG1haW4+PGgxPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC9oMT48cD5UaGUgTW9vbiBwdWxscyBvbiB0aGUgb2NlYW5zIGFuZCBtYWtlcyB0d28gYnVsZ2VzIG9mIHdhdGVyIHRoYXQgbW92ZSBhcm91bmQgdGhlIEVhcnRoIGFzIGl0IHR1cm5zLCBzbyBtb3N0IGNvYXN0cyBzZWUgdHdvIGhpZ2ggdGlkZXMgYW5kIHR3byBsb3cgdGlkZXMgZXZlcnkgZGF5LjwvcD48L21haW4+PC9ib2R5PjwvaHRtbD4=", filename="tides.html")
print(result["data"])
```
```bash cURL icon="terminal" theme={null} theme={null}
curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/web/parse \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{"file":"PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHRpdGxlPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC90aXRsZT48L2hlYWQ+PGJvZHk+PG1haW4+PGgxPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC9oMT48cD5UaGUgTW9vbiBwdWxscyBvbiB0aGUgb2NlYW5zIGFuZCBtYWtlcyB0d28gYnVsZ2VzIG9mIHdhdGVyIHRoYXQgbW92ZSBhcm91bmQgdGhlIEVhcnRoIGFzIGl0IHR1cm5zLCBzbyBtb3N0IGNvYXN0cyBzZWUgdHdvIGhpZ2ggdGlkZXMgYW5kIHR3byBsb3cgdGlkZXMgZXZlcnkgZGF5LjwvcD48L21haW4+PC9ib2R5PjwvaHRtbD4=","filename":"tides.html"}'
```
```bash CLI icon="square-terminal" theme={null} theme={null}
stophy web parse "PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHRpdGxlPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC90aXRsZT48L2hlYWQ+PGJvZHk+PG1haW4+PGgxPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC9oMT48cD5UaGUgTW9vbiBwdWxscyBvbiB0aGUgb2NlYW5zIGFuZCBtYWtlcyB0d28gYnVsZ2VzIG9mIHdhdGVyIHRoYXQgbW92ZSBhcm91bmQgdGhlIEVhcnRoIGFzIGl0IHR1cm5zLCBzbyBtb3N0IGNvYXN0cyBzZWUgdHdvIGhpZ2ggdGlkZXMgYW5kIHR3byBsb3cgdGlkZXMgZXZlcnkgZGF5LjwvcD48L21haW4+PC9ib2R5PjwvaHRtbD4=" --filename tides.html
```
## Response
If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. `data` contains the file's text as markdown, with its metadata.
The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.
```json theme={null}
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"markdown": "# How tides work\n\nThe Moon pulls on the oceans and makes two bulges of water that move around the Earth as it turns,…",
"isTruncated": false,
"metadata": {
"title": "How tides work",
"contentType": "text/html"
}
},
"creditsUsed": 1,
"requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}
```
To read a page or a PDF by its address, use [Web web Scrape](/api-reference/endpoint/web-scrape).
## Optional parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `filename` | string | The file's name, such as report.docx. The type is read from the file itself. |
| `maxPages` | integer | Read at most this many PDF pages, sheets or slides; `isTruncated` says when the file had more. Must be between 1 and 100. If unset, defaults to `100`. |
## Billing
Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.
## Pagination
This method is not paginated. A single request returns the complete result.
## OpenAPI
````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /v1/web/parse
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Stophy API
version: '1'
description: >-
Every endpoint is a POST that takes its input as a JSON object body. Unknown
fields are rejected with 400.
Responses leave out empty values: null, empty strings, empty objects and
empty nested lists are not sent.
Text comes back whole. To get shorter responses, add
?maxTextLength= to the URL. Every text value longer than that is
cut and ends with …. A screenshot is never cut, and a page whose text was
cut has isTruncated set to true.
x-credits is what one call costs. Every call costs the same, whatever it
returns, unless an operation's description says it costs per 10 results, or
per second of audio. Then x-credits is the lowest price and x-credits-max
the most one call can cost. Where an operation takes limit, send it to
return fewer results and pay for fewer.
When a response has a cursor, send it back unchanged with the same input to
get the next page. When it has a page, send the next page number.
servers:
- url: https://api.stophy.dev
security:
- apiKey: []
paths:
/v1/web/parse:
post:
summary: Turn a PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or HTML file into markdown
description: Costs 1 credit per call.
operationId: webParse
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/MaxTextLength'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
file:
type: string
minLength: 1
description: >-
The file's bytes as base64, up to 10 MB: a PDF, a Word
.docx, an Excel .xlsx, a PowerPoint .pptx or an HTML file.
filename:
description: >-
The file's name, such as report.docx. The type is read from
the file itself.
type: string
minLength: 1
maxLength: 255
maxPages:
default: 100
description: >-
Read at most this many PDF pages, sheets or slides;
isTruncated says when the file had more.
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 100
required:
- file
additionalProperties: false
example:
file: >-
PGh0bWw+PGhlYWQ+PHRpdGxlPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC90aXRsZT48L2hlYWQ+PGJvZHk+PG1haW4+PGgxPkhvdyB0aWRlcyB3b3JrPC9oMT48cD5UaGUgTW9vbiBwdWxscyBvbiB0aGUgb2NlYW5zIGFuZCBtYWtlcyB0d28gYnVsZ2VzIG9mIHdhdGVyIHRoYXQgbW92ZSBhcm91bmQgdGhlIEVhcnRoIGFzIGl0IHR1cm5zLCBzbyBtb3N0IGNvYXN0cyBzZWUgdHdvIGhpZ2ggdGlkZXMgYW5kIHR3byBsb3cgdGlkZXMgZXZlcnkgZGF5LjwvcD48L21haW4+PC9ib2R5PjwvaHRtbD4=
filename: tides.html
responses:
'200':
description: The data, and the credits this call used.
headers:
X-Request-ID:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
x-credits-used:
$ref: '#/components/headers/CreditsUsed'
X-RateLimit-Limit:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit'
X-RateLimit-Remaining:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitRemaining'
X-RateLimit-Reset:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitReset'
x-cache:
$ref: '#/components/headers/Cache'
x-cache-age:
$ref: '#/components/headers/CacheAge'
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- success
- data
- creditsUsed
- requestId
properties:
success:
const: true
data:
type: object
additionalProperties: false
properties:
markdown:
type: string
isTruncated:
type: boolean
metadata:
type: object
additionalProperties: false
properties:
title:
type: string
contentType:
type: string
numPages:
description: >-
Pages of a PDF, sheets of a workbook or slides of
a deck.
type: integer
minimum: -9007199254740991
maximum: 9007199254740991
required: []
required:
- isTruncated
creditsUsed:
type: integer
requestId:
type: string
4XX:
$ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
5XX:
$ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
security:
- apiKey: []
components:
parameters:
MaxTextLength:
name: maxTextLength
in: query
required: false
description: >-
Cut every text value in the response to this many characters. A value
that was cut ends with …, and a page whose text was cut has isTruncated
set to true. A screenshot is never cut. Leave it out to get the full
text.
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
headers:
RequestId:
description: The request id. Quote it when you report a problem.
schema:
type: string
CreditsUsed:
description: Credits this call used.
schema:
type: integer
RateLimitLimit:
description: Requests allowed in the current window.
schema:
type: integer
RateLimitRemaining:
description: Requests left in the current window.
schema:
type: integer
RateLimitReset:
description: Unix time in seconds when the current window resets.
schema:
type: integer
Cache:
description: hit if this result came from the cache, miss if it was fetched live.
schema:
type: string
CacheAge:
description: Seconds since the returned result was written to the cache.
schema:
type: integer
RetryAfter:
description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
schema:
type: integer
responses:
Error:
description: The request failed. retryable says whether trying again can help.
headers:
X-Request-ID:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
Retry-After:
$ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
schemas:
Error:
type: object
required:
- success
- error
properties:
success:
const: false
error:
type: object
required:
- code
- message
- retryable
- requestId
properties:
code:
type: string
enum:
- cliSessionCompleted
- cliSessionExists
- cliSessionNotFound
- forbidden
- insufficientCredits
- internalError
- inviteClaimed
- inviteDisabled
- inviteExpired
- inviteUsedUp
- invalidCliSession
- invalidCliVerifier
- invalidRequest
- notFound
- rateLimited
- sourceChanged
- sourceRefused
- sourceTimeout
- sourceUnavailable
- tooManyInFlight
- unauthorized
- unsupportedMediaType
message:
type: string
retryable:
type: boolean
retryAfterSeconds:
type: integer
requestId:
type: string
requiredCredits:
type: number
availableCredits:
type: number
billingUrl:
type: string
const: https://stophy.dev/billing
securitySchemes:
apiKey:
type: http
scheme: bearer
````
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