AI URL Summarizer
Fetch any live webpage and summarize it with AI — choose the target length and whether you want flowing prose or a bulleted list of key points. No copy-pasting the article text required.
Input
The page is fetched server-side, its readable text is extracted, then summarized with AI.
Output
Guides
What this tool does
Paste a live URL and this tool fetches the page server-side, extracts its readable text, and asks AI to condense it — no copy-pasting the article into a separate summarizer first. Choose a target length (short, medium, or long) and a format (flowing paragraph, or a bulleted list of key points).
How to use it
- Sign in (this tool uses a paid AI model, so it's available to signed-in members on every plan).
- Enter the page's URL.
- Choose a summary length and format.
- Click Summarize.
Frequently asked questions
Why do I need to sign in? This tool calls a paid AI model on every run, and a truthfully-priced run costs more than a guest's daily allowance. Signing in is free and every member reaches this tool, including the free tier.
Why does this run on the server instead of my browser? Two reasons: fetching an arbitrary URL is blocked cross-origin in a browser (CORS), and the AI call has to run with our own provider credentials rather than exposing them client-side.
What if I already have the article text? Use Text Summarizer — the same AI summarization, but for text you paste directly instead of a URL to fetch.
Can I get the plain extracted text without summarizing it? Yes — URL to Text does the fetch-and-extract step alone, with no AI involved.
Does it work on JavaScript-rendered pages or content behind a login? No. It only sees the HTML the server returns on the initial request — it doesn't run JavaScript or log in, so client-rendered content and anything behind a paywall or login wall won't be summarized.
Use it from code
From 24 credits per callREST API
curl -X POST https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/url-summarizer \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"url": "https://example.com",
"length": "short",
"format": "paragraph"
}'Swap in your own key from your account. The tool's fields are the body — no wrapper.
Ask an AI agent
Use the IOTools `url-summarizer` tool (AI URL Summarizer) on this input:
YOUR_INPUT_HEREPaste this at any agent connected to the IOTools MCP server, then add your input.