web-reader

Web page content extraction with automatic title, HTML, and metadata retrieval. Fetches and parses web pages via the page_reader function, returning structured data including title, HTML content, plain text, and publication time Supports both CLI usage for quick tasks and SDK integration for programmatic access in backend code only Includes caching, rate limiting, parallel processing, and error handling patterns for production applications Handles multiple URLs, content aggregation, and advanced use cases like RSS feed readers and scraping pipelines

INSTALLATION
npx skills add https://github.com/answerzhao/agent-skills --skill web-reader
Run in your project or agent environment. Adjust flags if your CLI version differs.

SKILL.md

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The z-ai-web-dev-sdk package is already installed. Import it as shown in the examples below.

CLI Usage (For Simple Tasks)

For simple web page content extraction, you can use the z-ai CLI instead of writing code. This is ideal for quick content scraping, testing URLs, or simple automation tasks.

Basic Page Reading

# Extract content from a web page

z-ai function --name "page_reader" --args '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

# Using short options

z-ai function -n page_reader -a '{"url": "https://www.example.com/article"}'

Save Page Content

# Save extracted content to JSON file

z-ai function \

  -n page_reader \

  -a '{"url": "https://news.example.com/article"}' \

  -o page_content.json

# Extract and save blog post

z-ai function \

  -n page_reader \

  -a '{"url": "https://blog.example.com/post/123"}' \

  -o blog_post.json

Common Use Cases

# Extract news article

z-ai function \

  -n page_reader \

  -a '{"url": "https://news.site.com/breaking-news"}' \

  -o news.json

# Read documentation page

z-ai function \

  -n page_reader \

  -a '{"url": "https://docs.example.com/getting-started"}' \

  -o docs.json

# Scrape blog content

z-ai function \

  -n page_reader \

  -a '{"url": "https://techblog.com/ai-trends-2024"}' \

  -o blog.json

# Extract research article

z-ai function \

  -n page_reader \

  -a '{"url": "https://research.org/papers/quantum-computing"}' \

  -o research.json

CLI Parameters

  • --name, -n: Required - Function name (use "page_reader")
  • --args, -a: Required - JSON arguments object with:
  • url (string, required): The URL of the web page to read
  • --output, -o <path>: Optional - Output file path (JSON format)

Response Structure

The CLI returns a JSON object containing:

  • title: Page title
  • html: Main content HTML
  • text: Plain text content
  • publish_time: Publication timestamp (if available)
  • url: Original URL
  • metadata: Additional page metadata

Example Response

{

  "title": "Introduction to Machine Learning",

  "html": "<article><h1>Introduction to Machine Learning</h1><p>Machine learning is...</p></article>",

  "text": "Introduction to Machine Learning\n\nMachine learning is...",

  "publish_time": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",

  "url": "https://example.com/ml-intro",

  "metadata": {

    "author": "John Doe",

    "description": "A comprehensive guide to ML"

  }

}

Processing Multiple URLs

# Create a simple script to process multiple URLs

for url in \

  "https://site1.com/article1" \

  "https://site2.com/article2" \

  "https://site3.com/article3"

do

  filename=$(echo $url | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)

  z-ai function -n page_reader -a "{\"url\": \"$url\"}" -o "${filename}.json"

done

When to Use CLI vs SDK

Use CLI for:

  • Quick content extraction
  • Testing URL accessibility
  • Simple web scraping tasks
  • One-off content retrieval

Use SDK for:

  • Batch URL processing with custom logic
  • Integration with web applications
  • Complex content processing pipelines
  • Production applications with error handling

How It Works

The Web Reader uses the page_reader function to:

  • Fetch the web page content
  • Extract main article content and metadata
  • Parse and clean the HTML
  • Return structured data including title, content, and publication time

Basic Web Reading Implementation

Simple Page Reading

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

async function readWebPage(url) {

  try {

    const zai = await ZAI.create();

    const result = await zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    console.log('Title:', result.data.title);

    console.log('URL:', result.data.url);

    console.log('Published:', result.data.publishedTime);

    console.log('HTML Content:', result.data.html);

    console.log('Tokens Used:', result.data.usage.tokens);

    return result.data;

  } catch (error) {

    console.error('Page reading failed:', error.message);

    throw error;

  }

}

// Usage

const pageData = await readWebPage('https://example.com/article');

console.log('Page title:', pageData.title);

Extract Article Text Only

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

async function extractArticleText(url) {

  const zai = await ZAI.create();

  const result = await zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

    url: url

  });

  // Convert HTML to plain text (basic approach)

  const plainText = result.data.html

    .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ')

    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')

    .trim();

  return {

    title: result.data.title,

    text: plainText,

    url: result.data.url,

    publishedTime: result.data.publishedTime

  };

}

// Usage

const article = await extractArticleText('https://news.example.com/story');

console.log(article.title);

console.log(article.text.substring(0, 200) + '...');

Read Multiple Pages

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

async function readMultiplePages(urls) {

  const zai = await ZAI.create();

  const results = [];

  for (const url of urls) {

    try {

      const result = await zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

        url: url

      });

      results.push({

        url: url,

        success: true,

        data: result.data

      });

    } catch (error) {

      results.push({

        url: url,

        success: false,

        error: error.message

      });

    }

  }

  return results;

}

// Usage

const urls = [

  'https://example.com/article1',

  'https://example.com/article2',

  'https://example.com/article3'

];

const pages = await readMultiplePages(urls);

pages.forEach(page => {

  if (page.success) {

    console.log(`✓ ${page.data.title}`);

  } else {

    console.log(`✗ ${page.url}: ${page.error}`);

  }

});

Advanced Use Cases

Web Content Analyzer

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

class WebContentAnalyzer {

  constructor() {

    this.cache = new Map();

  }

  async initialize() {

    this.zai = await ZAI.create();

  }

  async readPage(url, useCache = true) {

    // Check cache

    if (useCache &#x26;&#x26; this.cache.has(url)) {

      console.log('Returning cached result for:', url);

      return this.cache.get(url);

    }

    // Fetch fresh content

    const result = await this.zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    // Cache the result

    if (useCache) {

      this.cache.set(url, result.data);

    }

    return result.data;

  }

  async getPageMetadata(url) {

    const data = await this.readPage(url);

    return {

      title: data.title,

      url: data.url,

      publishedTime: data.publishedTime,

      contentLength: data.html.length,

      wordCount: this.estimateWordCount(data.html)

    };

  }

  estimateWordCount(html) {

    const text = html.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ');

    const words = text.split(/\s+/).filter(word => word.length > 0);

    return words.length;

  }

  async comparePages(url1, url2) {

    const [page1, page2] = await Promise.all([

      this.readPage(url1),

      this.readPage(url2)

    ]);

    return {

      page1: {

        title: page1.title,

        wordCount: this.estimateWordCount(page1.html),

        published: page1.publishedTime

      },

      page2: {

        title: page2.title,

        wordCount: this.estimateWordCount(page2.html),

        published: page2.publishedTime

      }

    };

  }

  clearCache() {

    this.cache.clear();

  }

}

// Usage

const analyzer = new WebContentAnalyzer();

await analyzer.initialize();

const metadata = await analyzer.getPageMetadata('https://example.com/article');

console.log('Article Metadata:', metadata);

const comparison = await analyzer.comparePages(

  'https://example.com/article1',

  'https://example.com/article2'

);

console.log('Comparison:', comparison);

RSS Feed Reader

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

class FeedReader {

  constructor() {

    this.articles = [];

  }

  async initialize() {

    this.zai = await ZAI.create();

  }

  async fetchArticlesFromUrls(urls) {

    const articles = [];

    for (const url of urls) {

      try {

        const result = await this.zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

          url: url

        });

        articles.push({

          title: result.data.title,

          url: result.data.url,

          publishedTime: result.data.publishedTime,

          content: result.data.html,

          fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString()

        });

        console.log(`Fetched: ${result.data.title}`);

      } catch (error) {

        console.error(`Failed to fetch ${url}:`, error.message);

      }

    }

    this.articles = articles;

    return articles;

  }

  getRecentArticles(limit = 10) {

    return this.articles

      .sort((a, b) => {

        const dateA = new Date(a.publishedTime || a.fetchedAt);

        const dateB = new Date(b.publishedTime || b.fetchedAt);

        return dateB - dateA;

      })

      .slice(0, limit);

  }

  searchArticles(keyword) {

    return this.articles.filter(article => {

      const searchText = `${article.title} ${article.content}`.toLowerCase();

      return searchText.includes(keyword.toLowerCase());

    });

  }

}

// Usage

const reader = new FeedReader();

await reader.initialize();

const feedUrls = [

  'https://example.com/article1',

  'https://example.com/article2',

  'https://example.com/article3'

];

await reader.fetchArticlesFromUrls(feedUrls);

const recent = reader.getRecentArticles(5);

console.log('Recent articles:', recent.map(a => a.title));

Content Aggregator

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

async function aggregateContent(urls, options = {}) {

  const zai = await ZAI.create();

  const aggregated = {

    sources: [],

    totalWords: 0,

    aggregatedAt: new Date().toISOString()

  };

  for (const url of urls) {

    try {

      const result = await zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

        url: url

      });

      const text = result.data.html.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ');

      const wordCount = text.split(/\s+/).filter(w => w.length > 0).length;

      aggregated.sources.push({

        title: result.data.title,

        url: result.data.url,

        publishedTime: result.data.publishedTime,

        wordCount: wordCount,

        excerpt: text.substring(0, 200).trim() + '...'

      });

      aggregated.totalWords += wordCount;

      if (options.delay) {

        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, options.delay));

      }

    } catch (error) {

      console.error(`Failed to fetch ${url}:`, error.message);

    }

  }

  return aggregated;

}

// Usage

const sources = [

  'https://example.com/news1',

  'https://example.com/news2',

  'https://example.com/news3'

];

const aggregated = await aggregateContent(sources, { delay: 1000 });

console.log(`Aggregated ${aggregated.sources.length} sources`);

console.log(`Total words: ${aggregated.totalWords}`);

Web Scraping Pipeline

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

class ScrapingPipeline {

  constructor() {

    this.processors = [];

  }

  async initialize() {

    this.zai = await ZAI.create();

  }

  addProcessor(name, processorFn) {

    this.processors.push({ name, fn: processorFn });

  }

  async scrape(url) {

    // Fetch the page

    const result = await this.zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    let data = {

      raw: result.data,

      processed: {}

    };

    // Run through processors

    for (const processor of this.processors) {

      try {

        data.processed[processor.name] = await processor.fn(data.raw);

        console.log(`✓ Processed with ${processor.name}`);

      } catch (error) {

        console.error(`✗ Failed ${processor.name}:`, error.message);

        data.processed[processor.name] = null;

      }

    }

    return data;

  }

}

// Processor functions

function extractLinks(pageData) {

  const linkRegex = /href=["'](https?:\/\/[^"']+)["']/g;

  const links = [];

  let match;

  while ((match = linkRegex.exec(pageData.html)) !== null) {

    links.push(match[1]);

  }

  return [...new Set(links)]; // Remove duplicates

}

function extractImages(pageData) {

  const imgRegex = /src=["'](https?:\/\/[^"']+\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|webp))["']/gi;

  const images = [];

  let match;

  while ((match = imgRegex.exec(pageData.html)) !== null) {

    images.push(match[1]);

  }

  return [...new Set(images)];

}

function extractPlainText(pageData) {

  return pageData.html

    .replace(/<script[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/script>/gi, '')

    .replace(/<style[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/style>/gi, '')

    .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, ' ')

    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')

    .trim();

}

// Usage

const pipeline = new ScrapingPipeline();

await pipeline.initialize();

pipeline.addProcessor('links', extractLinks);

pipeline.addProcessor('images', extractImages);

pipeline.addProcessor('plainText', extractPlainText);

const result = await pipeline.scrape('https://example.com/article');

console.log('Links found:', result.processed.links.length);

console.log('Images found:', result.processed.images.length);

console.log('Text length:', result.processed.plainText.length);

Response Format

Successful Response

{

  code: 200,

  status: 200,

  data: {

    title: "Article Title",

    url: "https://example.com/article",

    html: "<div>Article content...</div>",

    publishedTime: "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",

    usage: {

      tokens: 1500

    }

  },

  meta: {

    usage: {

      tokens: 1500

    }

  }

}

Response Fields

Field

Type

Description

code

number

Response status code

status

number

HTTP status code

data.title

string

Page title

data.url

string

Page URL

data.html

string

Extracted HTML content

data.publishedTime

string

Publication date (optional)

data.usage.tokens

number

Tokens used for processing

meta.usage.tokens

number

Total tokens used

Best Practices

1. Error Handling

async function safeReadPage(url) {

  try {

    const zai = await ZAI.create();

    // Validate URL

    if (!url || !url.startsWith('http')) {

      throw new Error('Invalid URL format');

    }

    const result = await zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    // Check response status

    if (result.code !== 200) {

      throw new Error(`Failed to fetch page: ${result.code}`);

    }

    // Verify essential data

    if (!result.data.html || !result.data.title) {

      throw new Error('Incomplete page data received');

    }

    return {

      success: true,

      data: result.data

    };

  } catch (error) {

    console.error('Page reading error:', error);

    return {

      success: false,

      error: error.message

    };

  }

}

2. Rate Limiting

class RateLimitedReader {

  constructor(requestsPerMinute = 10) {

    this.requestsPerMinute = requestsPerMinute;

    this.requestTimes = [];

  }

  async initialize() {

    this.zai = await ZAI.create();

  }

  async readPage(url) {

    await this.waitForRateLimit();

    const result = await this.zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    this.requestTimes.push(Date.now());

    return result.data;

  }

  async waitForRateLimit() {

    const now = Date.now();

    const oneMinuteAgo = now - 60000;

    // Remove old timestamps

    this.requestTimes = this.requestTimes.filter(time => time > oneMinuteAgo);

    // Check if we need to wait

    if (this.requestTimes.length >= this.requestsPerMinute) {

      const oldestRequest = this.requestTimes[0];

      const waitTime = 60000 - (now - oldestRequest);

      if (waitTime > 0) {

        console.log(`Rate limit reached. Waiting ${waitTime}ms...`);

        await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, waitTime));

      }

    }

  }

}

// Usage

const reader = new RateLimitedReader(10); // 10 requests per minute

await reader.initialize();

const urls = ['https://example.com/1', 'https://example.com/2'];

for (const url of urls) {

  const data = await reader.readPage(url);

  console.log('Fetched:', data.title);

}

3. Caching Strategy

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

class CachedWebReader {

  constructor(cacheDuration = 3600000) { // 1 hour default

    this.cache = new Map();

    this.cacheDuration = cacheDuration;

  }

  async initialize() {

    this.zai = await ZAI.create();

  }

  async readPage(url, forceRefresh = false) {

    const cacheKey = url;

    const cached = this.cache.get(cacheKey);

    // Return cached if valid and not forcing refresh

    if (cached &#x26;&#x26; !forceRefresh) {

      const age = Date.now() - cached.timestamp;

      if (age < this.cacheDuration) {

        console.log('Returning cached content for:', url);

        return cached.data;

      }

    }

    // Fetch fresh content

    const result = await this.zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    // Update cache

    this.cache.set(cacheKey, {

      data: result.data,

      timestamp: Date.now()

    });

    return result.data;

  }

  clearCache() {

    this.cache.clear();

  }

  getCacheStats() {

    return {

      size: this.cache.size,

      entries: Array.from(this.cache.keys())

    };

  }

}

// Usage

const reader = new CachedWebReader(3600000); // 1 hour cache

await reader.initialize();

const data1 = await reader.readPage('https://example.com'); // Fresh fetch

const data2 = await reader.readPage('https://example.com'); // From cache

const data3 = await reader.readPage('https://example.com', true); // Force refresh

4. Parallel Processing

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

async function readPagesInParallel(urls, concurrency = 3) {

  const zai = await ZAI.create();

  const results = [];

  // Process in batches

  for (let i = 0; i < urls.length; i += concurrency) {

    const batch = urls.slice(i, i + concurrency);

    const batchResults = await Promise.allSettled(

      batch.map(url =>

        zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', { url })

          .then(result => ({

            url: url,

            success: true,

            data: result.data

          }))

          .catch(error => ({

            url: url,

            success: false,

            error: error.message

          }))

      )

    );

    results.push(...batchResults.map(r => r.value));

    console.log(`Completed batch ${Math.floor(i / concurrency) + 1}`);

  }

  return results;

}

// Usage

const urls = [

  'https://example.com/1',

  'https://example.com/2',

  'https://example.com/3',

  'https://example.com/4',

  'https://example.com/5'

];

const results = await readPagesInParallel(urls, 2); // 2 concurrent requests

results.forEach(result => {

  if (result.success) {

    console.log(`✓ ${result.data.title}`);

  } else {

    console.log(`✗ ${result.url}: ${result.error}`);

  }

});

5. Content Processing

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

class ContentProcessor {

  static extractMainContent(html) {

    // Remove scripts, styles, and comments

    let content = html

      .replace(/<script[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/script>/gi, '')

      .replace(/<style[^>]*>[\s\S]*?<\/style>/gi, '')

      .replace(/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g, '');

    return content;

  }

  static htmlToPlainText(html) {

    return html

      .replace(/<br\s*\/?>/gi, '\n')

      .replace(/<\/p>/gi, '\n\n')

      .replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '')

      .replace(/&#x26;nbsp;/g, ' ')

      .replace(/&#x26;amp;/g, '&#x26;')

      .replace(/&#x26;lt;/g, '<')

      .replace(/&#x26;gt;/g, '>')

      .replace(/&#x26;quot;/g, '"')

      .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')

      .trim();

  }

  static extractMetadata(html) {

    const metadata = {};

    // Extract meta description

    const descMatch = html.match(/<meta\s+name=["']description["']\s+content=["']([^"']+)["']/i);

    if (descMatch) metadata.description = descMatch[1];

    // Extract keywords

    const keywordsMatch = html.match(/<meta\s+name=["']keywords["']\s+content=["']([^"']+)["']/i);

    if (keywordsMatch) metadata.keywords = keywordsMatch[1].split(',').map(k => k.trim());

    // Extract author

    const authorMatch = html.match(/<meta\s+name=["']author["']\s+content=["']([^"']+)["']/i);

    if (authorMatch) metadata.author = authorMatch[1];

    return metadata;

  }

}

// Usage

async function processWebPage(url) {

  const zai = await ZAI.create();

  const result = await zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', { url });

  return {

    title: result.data.title,

    url: result.data.url,

    mainContent: ContentProcessor.extractMainContent(result.data.html),

    plainText: ContentProcessor.htmlToPlainText(result.data.html),

    metadata: ContentProcessor.extractMetadata(result.data.html),

    publishedTime: result.data.publishedTime

  };

}

const processed = await processWebPage('https://example.com/article');

console.log('Processed content:', processed.title);

Common Use Cases

  • News Aggregation: Collect and aggregate news articles from multiple sources
  • Content Monitoring: Track changes on specific web pages
  • Research Tools: Extract information from academic or reference websites
  • Price Tracking: Monitor product pages for price changes
  • SEO Analysis: Extract page metadata and content for SEO purposes
  • Archive Creation: Create local copies of web content
  • Content Curation: Collect and organize web content by topic
  • Competitive Intelligence: Monitor competitor websites for updates

Integration Examples

Express.js API Endpoint

import express from 'express';

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

const app = express();

app.use(express.json());

let zaiInstance;

async function initZAI() {

  zaiInstance = await ZAI.create();

}

app.post('/api/read-page', async (req, res) => {

  try {

    const { url } = req.body;

    if (!url) {

      return res.status(400).json({

        error: 'URL is required'

      });

    }

    const result = await zaiInstance.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

      url: url

    });

    res.json({

      success: true,

      data: {

        title: result.data.title,

        url: result.data.url,

        content: result.data.html,

        publishedTime: result.data.publishedTime,

        tokensUsed: result.data.usage.tokens

      }

    });

  } catch (error) {

    res.status(500).json({

      success: false,

      error: error.message

    });

  }

});

app.post('/api/read-multiple', async (req, res) => {

  try {

    const { urls } = req.body;

    if (!urls || !Array.isArray(urls)) {

      return res.status(400).json({

        error: 'URLs array is required'

      });

    }

    const results = await Promise.allSettled(

      urls.map(url =>

        zaiInstance.functions.invoke('page_reader', { url })

          .then(result => ({

            url: url,

            success: true,

            data: result.data

          }))

          .catch(error => ({

            url: url,

            success: false,

            error: error.message

          }))

      )

    );

    res.json({

      success: true,

      results: results.map(r => r.value)

    });

  } catch (error) {

    res.status(500).json({

      success: false,

      error: error.message

    });

  }

});

initZAI().then(() => {

  app.listen(3000, () => {

    console.log('Web reader API running on port 3000');

  });

});

Scheduled Content Fetcher

import ZAI from 'z-ai-web-dev-sdk';

import cron from 'node-cron';

class ScheduledFetcher {

  constructor() {

    this.urls = [];

    this.results = [];

  }

  async initialize() {

    this.zai = await ZAI.create();

  }

  addUrl(url, schedule) {

    this.urls.push({ url, schedule });

  }

  async fetchContent(url) {

    try {

      const result = await this.zai.functions.invoke('page_reader', {

        url: url

      });

      return {

        url: url,

        success: true,

        title: result.data.title,

        content: result.data.html,

        fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString()

      };

    } catch (error) {

      return {

        url: url,

        success: false,

        error: error.message,

        fetchedAt: new Date().toISOString()

      };

    }

  }

  startScheduledFetch(url, schedule) {

    cron.schedule(schedule, async () => {

      console.log(`Fetching ${url}...`);

      const result = await this.fetchContent(url);

      this.results.push(result);

      // Keep only last 100 results

      if (this.results.length > 100) {

        this.results = this.results.slice(-100);

      }

      console.log(`Fetched: ${result.success ? result.title : result.error}`);

    });

  }

  start() {

    for (const { url, schedule } of this.urls) {

      this.startScheduledFetch(url, schedule);

    }

  }

  getResults() {

    return this.results;

  }

}

// Usage

const fetcher = new ScheduledFetcher();

await fetcher.initialize();

// Fetch every hour

fetcher.addUrl('https://example.com/news', '0 * * * *');

// Fetch every day at midnight

fetcher.addUrl('https://example.com/daily', '0 0 * * *');

fetcher.start();

console.log('Scheduled fetching started');

Troubleshooting

Issue: "SDK must be used in backend"

  • Solution: Ensure z-ai-web-dev-sdk is only imported and used in server-side code

Issue: Failed to fetch page (404, 403, etc.)

  • Solution: Verify the URL is accessible and not behind authentication/paywall

Issue: Incomplete or missing content

  • Solution: Some pages may have dynamic content that requires JavaScript. The reader extracts static HTML content.

Issue: High token usage

  • Solution: The token usage depends on page size. Consider caching frequently accessed pages.

Issue: Slow response times

  • Solution: Implement caching, use parallel processing for multiple URLs, and consider rate limiting

Issue: Empty HTML content

  • Solution: Check if the page requires authentication or has anti-scraping measures. Verify the URL is correct.

Performance Tips

  • Implement caching: Cache frequently accessed pages to reduce API calls
  • Use parallel processing: Fetch multiple pages concurrently (with rate limiting)
  • Process content efficiently: Extract only needed information from HTML
  • Set timeouts: Implement reasonable timeouts for page fetching
  • Monitor token usage: Track usage to optimize costs
  • Batch operations: Group multiple URL fetches when possible

Security Considerations

  • Validate all URLs before processing
  • Sanitize extracted HTML content before displaying
  • Implement rate limiting to prevent abuse
  • Never expose SDK credentials in client-side code
  • Be respectful of robots.txt and website terms of service
  • Handle user data according to privacy regulations
  • Implement proper error handling for failed requests

Remember

  • Always use z-ai-web-dev-sdk in backend code only
  • The SDK is already installed - import as shown in examples
  • Implement proper error handling for robust applications
  • Use caching to improve performance and reduce costs
  • Respect website terms of service and rate limits
  • Process HTML content carefully to extract meaningful data
  • Monitor token usage for cost optimization
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