The Mercury Parser extracts the bits that humans care about from any URL you give it. That includes article content, titles, authors, published dates, excerpts, lead images, and more.
Mercury Parser powers the [Mercury AMP Converter](https://mercury.postlight.com/amp-converter/) and [Mercury Reader](https://mercury.postlight.com/reader/), a Chrome extension that removes ads and distractions, leaving only text and images for a beautiful reading view on any site.
Mercury Parser allows you to easily create custom parsers using simple JavaScript and CSS selectors. This allows you to proactively manage parsing and migration edge cases. There are [many examples available](https://github.com/postlight/mercury-parser/tree/master/src/extractors/custom) along with [documentation](https://github.com/postlight/mercury-parser/blob/master/src/extractors/custom/README.md).
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