exa/contents
Extract full page contents for a set of URLs.. Fetch full page text, summaries, and metadata for a list of URLs with cached instant results or live crawl fallback.
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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/runexa/contentsInput Schema
6 parameters · 1 required · 5 optional
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ids | string[] | Required | The URLs (or Exa result ids) to fetch contents for. |
text | boolean | Optional | Return the full page text. |
summary | boolean | Optional | Return an AI-generated summary of the page. |
subpages | integer | Optional | Number of linked subpages to also fetch. |
livecrawl | string | Optional | Freshness policy: always live-crawl, fall back to live crawl on cache miss, or never live-crawl. · Options: always, fallback, never alwaysfallbacknever |
highlights | boolean | Optional | Return highlighted relevant snippets. |
Output Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | string | Unique identifier for the generation task |
status | string | Task status: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout |
model | string | Model used for the generation |
outputs | array | Array of output items |
outputs[].url | string | URL of the generated artifact |
outputs[].content_type | string | MIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4) |
error | object | null | Error details if failed, null on success |
error.type | string | Machine-readable error type code |
error.message | string | Human-readable error description |
Code Examples
Ready-to-run snippets
curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"model": "exa/contents",
"prompt": "a beautiful sunset over mountains"
}'API README
Exa Contents
Extract full page contents for a set of URLs. Fetch full page text, summaries, and metadata for a list of URLs with cached instant results or live crawl fallback. It is suitable for content-extraction, web-scraping workflows.
Capability
Extract full page contents for a set of URLs. Fetch full page text, summaries, and metadata for a list of URLs with cached instant results or live crawl fallback. It helps applications, agents, and automated workflows turn that capability into repeatable tasks and useful downstream experiences.
Common use cases
- Collect and normalize information from public pages or source content for downstream workflows.
- Create repeatable integrations that pass structured results to downstream business systems.
- Support scheduled jobs, internal tools, and agent workflows with structured results.