Jina Reader

Extract clean web content via Jina AI — without exposing your server IP.

Read a URL

{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://example.com/article"

Search the web (top 5 results with full content)

{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search "latest AI news 2025"

Fact-check a statement

{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode ground "OpenAI was founded in 2015"

Options

Flag	Description	Default
--mode	read, search, ground	read
--selector	CSS selector to extract specific region	—
--wait	CSS selector to wait for before extraction	—
--remove	CSS selectors to remove (comma-separated)	—
--proxy	Country code for geo-proxy (br, us, etc.)	—
--nocache	Force fresh content (skip cache)	off
--format	markdown, html, text, screenshot	markdown
--json	Raw JSON output	off

Examples

# Extract article content
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh "https://blog.example.com/post"

# Extract specific section via CSS selector
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --selector "article.main" "https://example.com"

# Remove nav and ads before extraction
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --remove "nav,footer,.ads" "https://example.com"

# Search with JSON output
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode search --json "AI enterprise trends"

# Read via Brazil proxy
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --proxy br "https://example.com.br"

# Fact-check a claim
{baseDir}/scripts/reader.sh --mode ground "Tesla is the most valuable car company"

API Key

Resolution order:

1. $JINA_API_KEY env var
2. ~/.config/jina/api_key file (canonical local path)

Either is fine. Pick one:

# Option A: env var
export JINA_API_KEY="jina_..."

# Option B: config file (preferred for local installs)
mkdir -p ~/.config/jina && echo "jina_..." > ~/.config/jina/api_key
chmod 600 ~/.config/jina/api_key

Free tier: 10M tokens (no signup needed). Get key at https://jina.ai/reader/

Pricing

• Read: ~$0.005/page (standard) | 3x for ReaderLM-v2
• Search: 10K tokens fixed + variable per result
• Ground: ~300K tokens/request (~30s latency)

Why Jina Reader?

• IP protection — requests route through Jina's infra, not your server
• Clean markdown — readability extraction + optional ReaderLM-v2
• Dynamic content — headless Chrome renders JavaScript
• Structured extraction — JSON schema support for data extraction