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🔥 Firecrawl

Power AI agents with clean web data. The API to search, scrape, and interact with the web at scale. Open source and available as a hosted service.

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Why Firecrawl?

• Industry-leading reliability: Covers 96% of the web, including JS-heavy pages — no proxy headaches, just clean data (see benchmarks)
• Blazingly fast: P95 latency of 3.4s across millions of pages, built for real-time agents and dynamic apps
• LLM-ready output: Clean markdown, structured JSON, screenshots, and more — spend fewer tokens, build better AI apps
• We handle the hard stuff: Rotating proxies, orchestration, rate limits, JS-blocked content, and more — zero configuration
• Agent ready: Connect Firecrawl to any AI agent or MCP client with a single command
• Media parsing: Parse and extract content from web-hosted PDFs, DOCX, and more
• Actions: Click, scroll, write, wait, and press before extracting content
• Open source: Developed transparently and collaboratively — join our community

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Feature Overview

Core Endpoints

Feature	Description
Search	Search the web and get full page content from results
Scrape	Convert any URL to markdown, HTML, screenshots, or structured JSON
Interact	Scrape a page, then interact with it using AI prompts or code

More

Feature	Description
Agent	Automated data gathering, just describe what you need
Crawl	Scrape all URLs of a website with a single request
Map	Discover all URLs on a website instantly
Batch Scrape	Scrape thousands of URLs asynchronously

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Quick Start

Sign up at firecrawl.dev to get your API key. Try the playground to test it out.

Search

Search the web and get full content from results.

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

search_result = app.search("firecrawl web scraping", limit=5)

Node.js / cURL / CLI

Node.js

import Firecrawl from '@mendable/firecrawl-js';

const app = new Firecrawl({apiKey: "fc-YOUR_API_KEY"});

app.search("firecrawl web scraping", { limit: 5 })

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/search' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "query": "firecrawl web scraping",
  "limit": 5
}'

CLI

firecrawl search "firecrawl web scraping" --limit 5

Output:

[
  {
    "url": "https://firecrawl.dev",
    "title": "Firecrawl",
    "markdown": "Turn websites into..."
  },
  {
    "url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
    "title": "Firecrawl Docs",
    "markdown": "# Getting Started..."
  }
]

Scrape

Get LLM-ready data from any website — markdown, JSON, screenshots, and more.

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

result = app.scrape('firecrawl.dev')

Node.js / cURL / CLI

Node.js

import Firecrawl from '@mendable/firecrawl-js';

const app = new Firecrawl({ apiKey: "fc-YOUR_API_KEY" });

app.scrape('firecrawl.dev')

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "url": "firecrawl.dev"
}'

CLI

firecrawl scrape https://firecrawl.dev
firecrawl https://firecrawl.dev --only-main-content

Output:

# Firecrawl

Firecrawl is a powerful web scraping tool that makes it easy
to extract clean data from any website.

## Features
- Scrape: Markdown from any page
- Search: Search + scrape the web
- Map: Discover all site URLs
- Agent: Extract with AI prompts

Interact

Scrape a page, then interact with it using AI prompts or code.

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

result = app.scrape("https://amazon.com")
scrape_id = result.metadata.scrape_id

app.interact(scrape_id, prompt="Search for 'mechanical keyboard'")
app.interact(scrape_id, prompt="Click the first result")

Node.js / cURL / CLI

Node.js

import Firecrawl from '@mendable/firecrawl-js';

const app = new Firecrawl({apiKey: "fc-YOUR_API_KEY"});

const result = await app.scrape("https://amazon.com");

await app.interact(result.metadata.scrapeId, {
  prompt: "Search for 'mechanical keyboard'"
});
await app.interact(result.metadata.scrapeId, {
  prompt: "Click the first result"
});

cURL

# 1. Scrape the page
curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"url": "https://amazon.com"}'

# 2. Interact with the page (use scrapeId from step 1)
curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape/SCRAPE_ID/interact' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"prompt": "Search for mechanical keyboard"}'

CLI

firecrawl scrape https://amazon.com
firecrawl interact exec --prompt "Search for 'mechanical keyboard'"
firecrawl interact exec --prompt "Click the first result"

Output:

{
  "success": true,
  "output": "Keyboard available at $100",
  "liveViewUrl": "https://liveview.firecrawl.dev/..."
}

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Power Your Agent

Connect Firecrawl to any AI agent or MCP client in minutes.

Skill

Give your agent easy access to real-time web data with one command.

npx -y firecrawl-cli@latest init --all --browser

Restart your agent after installing. Works with Claude Code, Antigravity, OpenCode, and more.

MCP

Connect any MCP-compatible client to the web in seconds.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firecrawl-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "firecrawl-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "FIRECRAWL_API_KEY": "fc-YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Agent Onboarding

Are you an AI agent? Fetch this skill to sign up your user, get an API key, and start building with Firecrawl.

curl -s https://firecrawl.dev/agent-onboarding/SKILL.md

See the Skill + CLI documentation for all available commands. For MCP, see firecrawl-mcp-server.

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More Endpoints

Agent

The easiest way to get data from the web. Describe what you need, and our AI agent searches, navigates, and extracts it. No URLs required.

Agent is the evolution of our /extract endpoint: faster, more reliable, and doesn't require you to know the URLs upfront.

curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/agent' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "prompt": "Find the pricing plans for Notion"
  }'

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "result": "Notion offers the following pricing plans:\n\n1. Free - $0/month...\n2. Plus - $10/seat/month...\n3. Business - $18/seat/month...",
    "sources": ["https://www.notion.so/pricing"]
  }
}

Agent with Structured Output

Use a schema to get structured data:

from firecrawl import Firecrawl
from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
from typing import List, Optional

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

class Founder(BaseModel):
    name: str = Field(description="Full name of the founder")
    role: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="Role or position")

class FoundersSchema(BaseModel):
    founders: List[Founder] = Field(description="List of founders")

result = app.agent(
    prompt="Find the founders of Firecrawl",
    schema=FoundersSchema
)

print(result.data)

{
  "founders": [
    {"name": "Eric Ciarla", "role": "Co-founder"},
    {"name": "Nicolas Camara", "role": "Co-founder"},
    {"name": "Caleb Peffer", "role": "Co-founder"}
  ]
}

Agent with URLs (Optional)

Focus the agent on specific pages:

result = app.agent(
    urls=["https://docs.firecrawl.dev", "https://firecrawl.dev/pricing"],
    prompt="Compare the features and pricing information"
)

Model Selection

Choose between two models based on your needs:

Model	Cost	Best For
spark-1-mini (default)	60% cheaper	Most tasks
spark-1-pro	Standard	Complex research, critical extraction

result = app.agent(
    prompt="Compare enterprise features across Firecrawl, Apify, and ScrapingBee",
    model="spark-1-pro"
)

When to use Pro:

• Comparing data across multiple websites
• Extracting from sites with complex navigation or auth
• Research tasks where the agent needs to explore multiple paths
• Critical data where accuracy is paramount

Learn more about Spark models in our Agent documentation.

Crawl

Crawl an entire website and get content from all pages.

curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/crawl' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
    "limit": 100,
    "scrapeOptions": {
      "formats": ["markdown"]
    }
  }'

Returns a job ID:

{
  "success": true,
  "id": "123-456-789",
  "url": "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/crawl/123-456-789"
}

Check Crawl Status

curl -X GET 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/crawl/123-456-789' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "total": 50,
  "completed": 50,
  "creditsUsed": 50,
  "data": [
    {
      "markdown": "# Page Title\n\nContent...",
      "metadata": {"title": "Page Title", "sourceURL": "https://..."}
    }
  ]
}

Note: The SDKs handle polling automatically for a better developer experience.

Map

Discover all URLs on a website instantly.

curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/map' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url": "https://firecrawl.dev"}'

Response:

{
  "success": true,
  "links": [
    {"url": "https://firecrawl.dev", "title": "Firecrawl", "description": "Turn websites into LLM-ready data"},
    {"url": "https://firecrawl.dev/pricing", "title": "Pricing", "description": "Firecrawl pricing plans"},
    {"url": "https://firecrawl.dev/blog", "title": "Blog", "description": "Firecrawl blog"}
  ]
}

Map with Search

Find specific URLs within a site:

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

result = app.map("https://firecrawl.dev", search="pricing")
# Returns URLs ordered by relevance to "pricing"

Batch Scrape

Scrape multiple URLs at once:

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

job = app.batch_scrape([
    "https://firecrawl.dev",
    "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
    "https://firecrawl.dev/pricing"
], formats=["markdown"])

for doc in job.data:
    print(doc.metadata.source_url)

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SDKs

Our SDKs provide a convenient way to interact with all Firecrawl features and automatically handle polling for async operations like crawling and batch scraping.

Python

Install the SDK:

pip install firecrawl-py

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

app = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR_API_KEY")

# Scrape a single URL
doc = app.scrape("https://firecrawl.dev", formats=["markdown"])
print(doc.markdown)

# Use the Agent for autonomous data gathering
result = app.agent(prompt="Find the founders of Stripe")
print(result.data)

# Crawl a website (automatically waits for completion)
docs = app.crawl("https://docs.firecrawl.dev", limit=50)
for doc in docs.data:
    print(doc.metadata.source_url, doc.markdown[:100])

# Search the web
results = app.search("best web scraping tools 2024", limit=10)
print(results)

Node.js

Install the SDK:

npm install @mendable/firecrawl-js

import Firecrawl from '@mendable/firecrawl-js';

const app = new Firecrawl({ apiKey: 'fc-YOUR_API_KEY' });

// Scrape a single URL
const doc = await app.scrape('https://firecrawl.dev', { formats: ['markdown'] });
console.log(doc.markdown);

// Use the Agent for autonomous data gathering
const result = await app.agent({ prompt: 'Find the founders of Stripe' });
console.log(result.data);

// Crawl a website (automatically waits for completion)
const docs = await app.crawl('https://docs.firecrawl.dev', { limit: 50 });
docs.data.forEach(doc => {
    console.log(doc.metadata.sourceURL, doc.markdown.substring(0, 100));
});

// Search the web
const results = await app.search('best web scraping tools 2024', { limit: 10 });
results.data.web.forEach(result => {
    console.log(`${result.title}: ${result.url}`);
});

Java

Add the dependency (Gradle/Maven):

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

dependencies {
    implementation 'com.github.firecrawl:firecrawl-java-sdk:2.0'
}

import dev.firecrawl.client.FirecrawlClient;
import dev.firecrawl.model.*;

FirecrawlClient client = new FirecrawlClient(
    System.getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"), null, null
);

// Scrape a single URL
ScrapeParams scrapeParams = new ScrapeParams();
scrapeParams.setFormats(new String[]{"markdown"});
FirecrawlDocument doc = client.scrapeURL("https://firecrawl.dev", scrapeParams);
System.out.println(doc.getMarkdown());

// Use the Agent for autonomous data gathering
AgentParams agentParams = new AgentParams("Find the founders of Stripe");
AgentResponse start = client.createAgent(agentParams);
AgentStatusResponse result = client.getAgentStatus(start.getId());
System.out.println(result.getData());

// Crawl a website (polls until completion)
CrawlParams crawlParams = new CrawlParams();
crawlParams.setLimit(50);
CrawlStatusResponse job = client.crawlURL("https://docs.firecrawl.dev", crawlParams, null, 10);
for (FirecrawlDocument page : job.getData()) {
    System.out.println(page.getMetadata().get("sourceURL"));
}

// Search the web
SearchParams searchParams = new SearchParams("best web scraping tools 2024");
searchParams.setLimit(10);
SearchResponse results = client.search(searchParams);
for (SearchResult r : results.getResults()) {
    System.out.println(r.getTitle() + ": " + r.getUrl());
}

Elixir

Add the dependency:

def deps do
  [
    {:firecrawl, "~> 1.0"}
  ]
end

# Scrape a URL
{:ok, response} = Firecrawl.scrape_and_extract_from_url(
  url: "https://firecrawl.dev",
  formats: ["markdown"]
)

# Crawl a website
{:ok, response} = Firecrawl.crawl_urls(
  url: "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
  limit: 50
)

# Search the web
{:ok, response} = Firecrawl.search_and_scrape(
  query: "best web scraping tools 2024",
  limit: 10
)

# Map URLs
{:ok, response} = Firecrawl.map_urls(url: "https://example.com")

Community SDKs

• Go SDK
• Rust SDK

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Integrations

Agents & AI Tools

• Firecrawl Skill
• Firecrawl MCP

Platforms

• Lovable
• Zapier
• n8n

View all integrations →

Missing your favorite tool? Open an issue and let us know!

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Resources

• Documentation
• API Reference
• Playground
• Changelog

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Open Source vs Cloud

Firecrawl is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license. The cloud version at firecrawl.dev includes additional features:

To run locally, see the Contributing Guide. To self-host, see Self-Hosting Guide.

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Contributing

We love contributions! Please read our Contributing Guide before submitting a pull request.

Contributors

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License

This project is primarily licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0). The SDKs and some UI components are licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE files in specific directories for details.

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It is the sole responsibility of end users to respect websites' policies when scraping. Users are advised to adhere to applicable privacy policies and terms of use. By default, Firecrawl respects robots.txt directives. By using Firecrawl, you agree to comply with these conditions.

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