| name | jina-reader |
| description | Web content extraction via Jina AI Reader API. Three modes: read (URL to markdown), search (web search + full content), ground (fact-checking). Extracts clean content without exposing server IP. |
| homepage | https://jina.ai/reader |
| metadata | {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"📖","requires":{"bins":["curl","jq"]},"primaryEnv":"JINA_API_KEY"}} |
Jina Reader
Extract clean web content via Jina AI — 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 | — |
--wait | CSS selector to wait for before extraction | — |
--remove | CSS selectors to remove (comma-separated) | — |
--proxy | Country code for geo-proxy (br, us, etc.) | — |
--nocache | Force fresh content (skip cache) | off |
--format | markdown, html, text, screenshot | markdown |
--json | Raw JSON output | off |
Examples
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://blog.example.com/post"
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --selector "article.main" "https://example.com"
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --remove "nav,footer,.ads" "https://example.com"
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search --json "AI enterprise trends"
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --proxy br "https://example.com.br"
{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 — requests route through Jina's infra, not your server
- Clean markdown — readability extraction + optional ReaderLM-v2
- Dynamic content — headless Chrome renders JavaScript
- Structured extraction — JSON schema support for data extraction
