Proxies

Learn about proxy types, locations, and how Firecrawl selects proxies for your requests.

Firecrawl provides different proxy types to help you scrape websites with varying levels of complexity. The proxy type can be specified using the proxy parameter.

By default, Firecrawl routes all requests through proxies to help ensure reliability and access, even if you do not specify a proxy type or location.

Location-Based Proxy Selection

Firecrawl automatically selects the best proxy based on your specified or detected location. This helps optimize scraping performance and reliability. However, not all locations are currently supported. The following locations are available:

Country Code	Country Name	Enhanced Mode Support
AE	United Arab Emirates	No
AU	Australia	Yes
BR	Brazil	No
CA	Canada	No
CN	China	No
CZ	Czechia	No
DE	Germany	No
ES	Spain	No
FR	France	No
GB	United Kingdom	No
GR	Greece	No
HU	Hungary	No
ID	Indonesia	No
IL	Israel	No
IN	India	No
IT	Italy	No
JP	Japan	No
MY	Malaysia	No
NO	Norway	No
PL	Poland	No
PT	Portugal	No
QA	Qatar	No
SG	Signapore	No
TR	Turkey	No
US	United States	Yes
VN	Vietnam	No

The list of supported proxy locations was last updated on Dec 12, 2025. Availability may change over time.

If you need proxies in a location not listed above, please contact us and let us know your requirements.

If you do not specify a proxy or location, Firecrawl will automatically use US proxies.

How to Specify Proxy Location

You can request a specific proxy location by setting the location.country parameter in your request. For example, to use a Brazilian proxy, set location.country to BR.

For full details, see the API reference for location.country.

Python

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

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

doc = firecrawl.scrape('https://example.com',
    formats=['markdown'],
    location={
        'country': 'US',
        'languages': ['en']
    }
)

print(doc)

If you request a country where a proxy is not available, Firecrawl will use the closest available region (EU or US) and set the browser location to your requested country.

Proxy Types

Firecrawl supports three types of proxies:

• basic: Proxies for scraping most sites. Fast and usually works.
• enhanced: Enhanced proxies for scraping complex sites while maintaining privacy. Slower, but more reliable on certain sites. Learn more about Enhanced Mode →
• auto: Firecrawl will automatically retry scraping with enhanced proxies if the basic proxy fails. If the retry with enhanced is successful, 5 credits will be billed for the scrape. If the first attempt with basic is successful, only the regular cost will be billed.

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Note: For detailed information on using enhanced proxies, including credit costs and retry strategies, see the Enhanced Mode documentation.