> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one Social Fetch marketing page (markdown export). For API orientation start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for auth and crawl rules use [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt); for every operation use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt).

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-the-social-fetch-web-api](https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-the-social-fetch-web-api)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-the-social-fetch-web-api.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/answers/what-is-the-social-fetch-web-api.mdx)

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# What is the Social Fetch Web API?

Five REST routes under the Web tag: public keyword search (`GET /v1/web/search`), URL to markdown (`GET /v1/web/markdown`), URL to cleaned HTML (`GET /v1/web/html`), page Q&A (`GET /v1/web/ask`), and a bounded multi-URL crawl (`GET /v1/web/crawl`). Authenticate with a Social Fetch API key. Exact parameters and examples live under `/docs/api` and on this hub's endpoint list.

Source: [Web data API](https://www.socialfetch.dev/platforms/web)

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