# Jina Reader — Convert Any URL to LLM-Ready Text

> Convert any URL to clean, LLM-friendly markdown with a simple prefix. Just prepend r.jina.ai/ to any URL. Handles JS-rendered pages, PDFs, and images. 10K+ stars.

## Install

Save as a script file and run:

## Quick Use

Just prepend `https://r.jina.ai/` to any URL:

```bash
curl https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com
```

Or use the API:
```python
import requests
resp = requests.get("https://r.jina.ai/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI")
print(resp.text)  # Clean markdown
```

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## Intro

Jina Reader converts any URL to clean, LLM-friendly markdown text with a simple prefix. No API key needed for basic usage. Handles JavaScript-rendered pages, PDFs, images (with OCR), and complex layouts. Just prepend `https://r.jina.ai/` to any URL and get structured content back. Perfect for RAG pipelines and AI agent web browsing. 10,000+ GitHub stars, Apache 2.0.

**Best for**: RAG data ingestion, AI agent web browsing, content extraction pipelines
**Works with**: Any LLM pipeline — LangChain, LlamaIndex, Haystack, custom agents

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## Features

### Zero Setup
No installation, no API key, no config. Just prefix any URL:
```
https://r.jina.ai/https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
```

### Content Types
- **Web pages** — full JS rendering (Playwright-based)
- **PDFs** — text extraction with layout preservation
- **Images** — OCR with description generation
- **Google search** — `https://s.jina.ai/your+query` for search results

### Output Formats
- **Markdown** (default) — clean, structured, LLM-optimized
- **HTML** — processed HTML with `Accept: text/html` header
- **JSON** — structured with metadata via `Accept: application/json`

### Advanced
- **Screenshots** — `https://r.jina.ai/https://example.com?screenshot=true`
- **Proxy support** — rotate IPs for blocked sites
- **Streaming** — stream large documents
- **Self-hosted** — run your own instance with Docker

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### FAQ

**Q: What is Jina Reader?**
A: A service that converts any URL to LLM-friendly markdown by prepending `r.jina.ai/` to the URL. Handles JS pages, PDFs, and images. No setup needed. 10K+ stars.

**Q: Is there a rate limit?**
A: Free tier allows 20 requests/minute. Get an API key from jina.ai for higher limits.

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## Source & Thanks

> Created by [Jina AI](https://github.com/jina-ai). Licensed under Apache 2.0.
> [jina-ai/reader](https://github.com/jina-ai/reader) — 10,000+ GitHub stars

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