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Scrape your first website

Turn any website into clean, LLM-ready data with a single API call.

Get your API key

Sign up and get your API key to start scraping

Try it in the Playground

Test the API instantly without writing any code
The Firecrawl skill is the fastest way for agents to discover and use Firecrawl. Without it, your agent will not know Firecrawl is available. 
npx skills add firecrawl/cli
Restart your agent after installing the skill. See Skill + CLI for the full setup.

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Make your first request

Copy the code below, replace fc-YOUR-API-KEY with your API key, and run it: 
curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR-API-KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "markdown": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples...",
    "metadata": {
      "title": "Example Domain",
      "sourceURL": "https://example.com"
    }
  }
}

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What can Firecrawl do?

Scrape

Extract content from any URL in markdown, HTML, or structured JSON

Search

Search the web and get full page content from results

Agent

Autonomous web data gathering powered by AI

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Why Firecrawl?

  • LLM-ready output: Get clean markdown, structured JSON, screenshots, and more
  • Handles the hard stuff: Proxies, anti-bot, JavaScript rendering, and dynamic content
  • Reliable: Built for production with high uptime and consistent results
  • Fast: Get results in seconds, optimized for high-throughput

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Scraping

Scrape any URL and get its content in markdown, HTML, or other formats. See the Scrape feature docs for all options. 
from firecrawl import Firecrawl

firecrawl = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR-API-KEY")

# Scrape a website:
doc = firecrawl.scrape("https://firecrawl.dev", formats=["markdown", "html"])
print(doc)
SDKs will return the data object directly. cURL will return the payload exactly as shown below.
{
  "success": true,
  "data" : {
    "markdown": "Launch Week I is here! [See our Day 2 Release 🚀](https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/launch-week-i-day-2-doubled-rate-limits)[💥 Get 2 months free...",
    "html": "<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=\"en\" class=\"light\" style=\"color-scheme: light;\"><body class=\"__variable_36bd41 __variable_d7dc5d font-inter ...",
    "metadata": {
      "title": "Home - Firecrawl",
      "description": "Firecrawl crawls and converts any website into clean markdown.",
      "language": "en",
      "keywords": "Firecrawl,Markdown,Data,Mendable,Langchain",
      "robots": "follow, index",
      "ogTitle": "Firecrawl",
      "ogDescription": "Turn any website into LLM-ready data.",
      "ogUrl": "https://www.firecrawl.dev/",
      "ogImage": "https://www.firecrawl.dev/og.png?123",
      "ogLocaleAlternate": [],
      "ogSiteName": "Firecrawl",
      "sourceURL": "https://firecrawl.dev",
      "statusCode": 200
    }
  }
}
Firecrawl’s search API allows you to perform web searches and optionally scrape the search results in one operation.
  • Choose specific output formats (markdown, HTML, links, screenshots)
  • Choose specific sources (web, news, images)
  • Search the web with customizable parameters (location, etc.)
For details, see the Search Endpoint API Reference. 
from firecrawl import Firecrawl

firecrawl = Firecrawl(api_key="fc-YOUR-API-KEY")

results = firecrawl.search(
    query="firecrawl",
    limit=3,
)
print(results)
SDKs will return the data object directly. cURL will return the complete payload.
JSON
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "web": [
      {
        "url": "https://www.firecrawl.dev/",
        "title": "Firecrawl - The Web Data API for AI",
        "description": "The web crawling, scraping, and search API for AI. Built for scale. Firecrawl delivers the entire internet to AI agents and builders.",
        "position": 1
      },
      {
        "url": "https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl",
        "title": "mendableai/firecrawl: Turn entire websites into LLM-ready ... - GitHub",
        "description": "Firecrawl is an API service that takes a URL, crawls it, and converts it into clean markdown or structured data.",
        "position": 2
      },
      ...
    ],
    "images": [
      {
        "title": "Quickstart | Firecrawl",
        "imageUrl": "https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/firecrawl/logo/logo.png",
        "imageWidth": 5814,
        "imageHeight": 1200,
        "url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/",
        "position": 1
      },
      ...
    ],
    "news": [
      {
        "title": "Y Combinator startup Firecrawl is ready to pay $1M to hire three AI agents as employees",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/y-combinator-startup-firecrawl-is-ready-to-pay-1m-to-hire-three-ai-agents-as-employees/",
        "snippet": "It's now placed three new ads on YC's job board for “AI agents only” and has set aside a $1 million budget total to make it happen.",
        "date": "3 months ago",
        "position": 1
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
}

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Agent

Firecrawl’s Agent is an autonomous web data gathering tool. Just describe what data you need, and it will search, navigate, and extract it from anywhere on the web. See the Agent feature docs for all options. 
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"
  }'

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "result": "Notion offers the following pricing plans:\n\n1. **Free** - $0/month - For individuals...\n2. **Plus** - $10/seat/month - For small teams...\n3. **Business** - $18/seat/month - For companies...\n4. **Enterprise** - Custom pricing - For large organizations...",
    "sources": [
      "https://www.notion.so/pricing"
    ]
  }
}

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Resources

API Reference

Complete API documentation with interactive examples

SDKs

Python, Node.js, CLI, and community SDKs

Open Source

Self-host Firecrawl or contribute to the project

Integrations

LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI, and more