import re | |
import requests | |
from markdownify import markdownify | |
from requests.exceptions import RequestException | |
from smolagents import tool | |
def visit_webpage(url: str) -> str: | |
"""Visits a webpage at the given URL and returns its content as a markdown string. | |
Args: | |
url: The URL of the webpage to visit. | |
Returns: | |
The content of the webpage converted to Markdown, or an error message if the request fails. | |
""" | |
try: | |
# Send a GET request to the URL | |
response = requests.get(url) | |
response.raise_for_status() # Raise an exception for bad status codes | |
# Convert the HTML content to Markdown | |
markdown_content = markdownify(response.text).strip() | |
# Remove multiple line breaks | |
markdown_content = re.sub(r"\n{3,}", "\n\n", markdown_content) | |
return markdown_content | |
except RequestException as e: | |
return f"Error fetching the webpage: {str(e)}" | |
except Exception as e: | |
return f"An unexpected error occurred: {str(e)}" | |