Parse

POST /parse

Upload and parse a file

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/parse \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file' \
  --form 'options={
  "formats": [
    "markdown"
  ],
  "onlyMainContent": true,
  "includeTags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "excludeTags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "headers": {},
  "timeout": 30000,
  "parsers": [
    "pdf"
  ],
  "skipTlsVerification": true,
  "removeBase64Images": true,
  "blockAds": true,
  "redactPII": false,
  "origin": "api",
  "integration": "<string>",
  "zeroDataRetention": false
}'

200

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "markdown": "<string>",
    "summary": "<string>",
    "html": "<string>",
    "rawHtml": "<string>",
    "screenshot": "<string>",
    "audio": "<string>",
    "video": "<string>",
    "answer": "<string>",
    "highlights": "<string>",
    "links": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "actions": {
      "screenshots": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "scrapes": [
        {
          "url": "<string>",
          "html": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "javascriptReturns": [
        {
          "type": "<string>",
          "value": "<unknown>"
        }
      ],
      "pdfs": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "title": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "language": "<string>",
      "sourceURL": "<string>",
      "url": "<string>",
      "keywords": "<string>",
      "ogLocaleAlternate": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "<any other metadata> ": "<string>",
      "statusCode": 123,
      "contentType": "<string>",
      "error": "<string>",
      "concurrencyLimited": true,
      "concurrencyQueueDurationMs": 123
    },
    "warning": "<string>",
    "changeTracking": {
      "previousScrapeAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "diff": "<string>",
      "json": {}
    },
    "branding": {
      "logo": "<string>",
      "colors": {
        "primary": "<string>",
        "secondary": "<string>",
        "accent": "<string>",
        "background": "<string>",
        "textPrimary": "<string>",
        "textSecondary": "<string>",
        "link": "<string>",
        "success": "<string>",
        "warning": "<string>",
        "error": "<string>"
      },
      "fonts": [
        {
          "family": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "typography": {
        "fontFamilies": {
          "primary": "<string>",
          "heading": "<string>",
          "code": "<string>"
        },
        "fontSizes": {
          "h1": "<string>",
          "h2": "<string>",
          "h3": "<string>",
          "body": "<string>"
        },
        "fontWeights": {
          "light": 123,
          "regular": 123,
          "medium": 123,
          "bold": 123
        },
        "lineHeights": {
          "heading": "<string>",
          "body": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "spacing": {
        "baseUnit": 123,
        "borderRadius": "<string>",
        "padding": {},
        "margins": {}
      },
      "components": {
        "buttonPrimary": {
          "background": "<string>",
          "textColor": "<string>",
          "borderRadius": "<string>"
        },
        "buttonSecondary": {
          "background": "<string>",
          "textColor": "<string>",
          "borderColor": "<string>",
          "borderRadius": "<string>"
        },
        "input": {}
      },
      "icons": {},
      "images": {
        "logo": "<string>",
        "favicon": "<string>",
        "ogImage": "<string>"
      },
      "animations": {},
      "layout": {},
      "personality": {}
    },
    "product": {
      "title": "<string>",
      "url": "<string>",
      "variants": [
        {
          "availability": {
            "inStock": true,
            "text": "<string>"
          },
          "id": "<string>",
          "sku": "<string>",
          "title": "<string>",
          "values": {},
          "price": {
            "amount": 123,
            "currency": "<string>",
            "formatted": "<string>"
          },
          "sale": {
            "originalPrice": {
              "amount": 123,
              "currency": "<string>",
              "formatted": "<string>"
            }
          },
          "images": [
            {
              "url": "<string>",
              "alt": "<string>"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "brand": "<string>",
      "category": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>"
    },
    "menu": {
      "isMenu": true,
      "sections": [
        {
          "name": "<string>",
          "items": [
            {
              "name": "<string>",
              "id": "<string>",
              "description": "<string>",
              "images": [
                {
                  "url": "<string>",
                  "alt": "<string>"
                }
              ],
              "price": {
                "amount": 123,
                "currency": "<string>",
                "formatted": "<string>"
              },
              "availability": {
                "inStock": true,
                "text": "<string>"
              },
              "dietary": [
                "<string>"
              ],
              "calories": 123,
              "optionGroups": [
                {}
              ],
              "identifiers": {
                "merchantItemId": "<string>"
              },
              "url": "<string>",
              "sourceUrl": "<string>"
            }
          ],
          "id": "<string>",
          "description": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "confidence": 123,
      "merchant": {
        "name": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>"
      },
      "currency": "<string>",
      "sourceUrl": "<string>"
    }
  }
}

Upload a local or non-public document and convert it into clean, LLM-ready data. /parse accepts file bytes via multipart/form-data and returns Markdown, JSON, HTML, links, images, or a summary — with reading order and tables preserved.

• Turn PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, and more into Markdown or structured JSON
• Up to 5x faster parsing via a Rust-based engine
• Files up to 50 MB per request
• Zero Data Retention support

When to use /parse

Use /parse when the source document is a local file or not publicly accessible by URL. If you have a public URL that points to a document, prefer /scrape — it auto-detects the file type from the extension or content type and parses it the same way.

Source	Endpoint
Public URL to a document (e.g. https://example.com/report.pdf)	POST /scrape
Local file or non-public bytes (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, …)	POST /parse (this endpoint)

Using Firecrawl through MCP? Use firecrawl_parse for local files. Local MCP can read the file directly when configured with FIRECRAWL_API_URL. Remote hosted MCP returns a short-lived upload command first, then parses the returned uploadRef. Public document URLs should still use /scrape.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

multipart/form-data

file · file · required

The file bytes to parse. Supported extensions: .html, .htm, .pdf, .docx, .doc, .odt, .rtf, .xlsx, .xls.

options · object

Optional parse options sent as JSON in the multipart options field.

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Response

200

application/json

Successful response

success · boolean

data · object

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