> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.obscura.sh/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.obscura.sh/guides/markdown-extraction.md).

# Markdown extraction

`--dump markdown` converts the rendered page to markdown.

```bash
obscura fetch https://example.com --dump markdown
```

### What gets converted

* Headings (`<h1>` through `<h6>`)
* Paragraphs, line breaks
* Bold, italic, code spans
* Links (with `href`)
* Images (with `src` and `alt`)
* Ordered and unordered lists
* Block quotes
* Code blocks (`<pre>`, `<code>`)
* Tables

### What gets stripped

* `<script>`, `<style>`, `<noscript>`
* Inline styles
* ARIA attributes
* Tracking pixels and beacons

### Save to file

```bash
obscura fetch https://docs.example.com/page --dump markdown -o page.md
```

### For RAG / LLM context

```bash
obscura fetch https://docs.example.com/page --dump markdown --quiet
```

`--quiet` strips info logging so the output is just markdown.

### Wait for SPA content

For pages that render content client-side:

```bash
obscura fetch https://my-spa.example --wait-until load --dump markdown
```

### Narrow to a region

`--selector` restricts the conversion to a CSS selector:

```bash
obscura fetch https://example.com --selector "main" --dump markdown
obscura fetch https://example.com --selector "article.post" --dump markdown
```

Useful for skipping nav, sidebars, and footers.


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