About 9router-web-fetch
9router-web-fetch is a skill for retrieving webpage content through 9Router providers. It supports provider discovery, multiple output formats, character limits, and fetch-combo provider fallback.
Key features
- 01Discover available web-fetch models
- 02Extract webpage content from a URL
- 03Choose Markdown, text, or HTML output
- 04Set an output character limit
- 05Use fetch-combo for provider fallback
Use cases
- 01Retrieve pages for later processing
- 02Select Firecrawl for JavaScript-rendered pages
- 03Extract raw content from bulk-fetch providers
- 04Obtain page titles and discovered links
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/ / github.com/ decolua/ 9router --skill 9router-web-fetchAfter installing, type/9router-web-fetchin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project README9Router — Web Fetch
Requires NINEROUTER_URL (and NINEROUTER_KEY if auth enabled). See https://raw.githubusercontent.com/decolua/9router/refs/heads/master/skills/9router/SKILL.md for setup.
Discover
curl $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/web | jq '.data[] | select(.kind=="webFetch") | .id'
# Per-provider params
curl "$NINEROUTER_URL/v1/models/info?id=firecrawl/fetch"
IDs end in /fetch (e.g. firecrawl/fetch, jina/fetch). fetch-combo chains providers with auto-fallback.
Endpoint
POST $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/web/fetch
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
model (or provider) | yes | from /v1/models/web (e.g. firecrawl or jina-reader) |
url | yes | URL to extract |
format | no | markdown (default) / text / html |
max_characters | no | truncate output |
Examples
Jina Reader
curl -X POST $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/web/fetch \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NINEROUTER_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"jina-reader","url":"https://9router.com","format":"markdown"}'
Exa
curl -X POST $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/web/fetch \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NINEROUTER_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"exa","url":"https://example.com","format":"markdown","max_characters":0}'
Firecrawl
curl -X POST $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/web/fetch \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NINEROUTER_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"firecrawl","url":"https://example.com","format":"markdown","max_characters":0}'
Tavily
curl -X POST $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/web/fetch \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NINEROUTER_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"tavily","url":"https://example.com","format":"markdown","max_characters":0}'
Ollama Cloud
Uses the API key from the existing ollama connection.
curl -X POST $NINEROUTER_URL/v1/web/fetch \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $NINEROUTER_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"model":"ollama","url":"https://example.com","format":"markdown"}'
JS:
const r = await fetch(`${process.env.NINEROUTER_URL}/v1/web/fetch`, {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.NINEROUTER_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({ model: "fetch-combo", url: "https://example.com", format: "markdown", max_characters: 5000 }),
});
const { data } = await r.json();
console.log(data.title, data.content.length);
Response shape
{
"provider": "jina-reader",
"url": "...",
"title": "...",
"content": { "format": "markdown", "text": "...", "length": 1234 },
"links": ["https://example.com/related"],
"metadata": { "author": null, "published_at": null, "language": null },
"usage": { "fetch_cost_usd": 0 },
"metrics": { "response_time_ms": 850, "upstream_latency_ms": 700 }
}
links is included when the upstream provider returns discovered page links (currently Ollama Cloud).
Provider quirks
| Provider | Auth | Best for |
|---|---|---|
firecrawl | Bearer | JS-rendered pages, format=markdown/html |
jina-reader | Bearer (optional) | Free tier (~1M chars/mo); fastest plain markdown |
tavily | Bearer | Bulk extract; returns raw_content |
exa | x-api-key | Pre-indexed pages; fast text extraction |
ollama | Bearer | Markdown plus page title and discovered links; uses the Ollama Cloud key |