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jina-reader

Web content extraction via Jina AI Reader API

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Jina Reader

Extract clean web content via Jina AI โ€” without exposing your server IP.

Read a URL

{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://example.com/article"

Search the web (top 5 results with full content)

{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search "latest AI news 2025"

Fact-check a statement

{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode ground "OpenAI was founded in 2015"

Options

Flag Description Default
--mode read, search, ground read
--selector CSS selector to extract specific region โ€”
--wait CSS selector to wait for before extraction โ€”
--remove CSS selectors to remove (comma-separated) โ€”
--proxy Country code for geo-proxy (br, us, etc.) โ€”
--nocache Force fresh content (skip cache) off
--format markdown, html, text, screenshot markdown
--json Raw JSON output off

Examples

# Extract article content
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://blog.example.com/post"

# Extract specific section via CSS selector
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --selector "article.main" "https://example.com"

# Remove nav and ads before extraction
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --remove "nav,footer,.ads" "https://example.com"

# Search with JSON output
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search --json "AI enterprise trends"

# Read via Brazil proxy
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --proxy br "https://example.com.br"

# Fact-check a claim
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode ground "Tesla is the most valuable car company"

API Key

export JINA_API_KEY="jina_..."

Free tier: 10M tokens (no signup needed). Get key at https://jina.ai/reader/

Pricing

  • Read: ~$0.005/page (standard) | 3x for ReaderLM-v2
  • Search: 10K tokens fixed + variable per result
  • Ground: 300K tokens/request (30s latency)

Why Jina Reader?

  • IP protection โ€” requests route through Jina's infra, not your server
  • Clean markdown โ€” readability extraction + optional ReaderLM-v2
  • Dynamic content โ€” headless Chrome renders JavaScript
  • Structured extraction โ€” JSON schema support for data extraction