Firecrawl API

by docs.firecrawl.dev

AI search and web reading Added on November 3rd, 2026 Checked and working on November 3rd, 2026

What it does

Firecrawl turns websites into clean data for AI apps: scrape a page to Markdown or structured JSON, search the web with the content of the results, or crawl a whole site, for example to feed documentation into a chatbot. Requests are JSON POST calls. Free without an API key for search and scrape within a daily limit per IP address; a free API key gives 1,000 credits a month and the other endpoints, no credit card needed. An official MCP server at https://mcp.firecrawl.dev/v2/mcp lets AI agents search, scrape and parse web pages.

API
JSON
MCP
REST

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free without an API key for search and scrape within a daily limit per IP address; a free API key gives 1,000 credits a month and the other endpoints, no credit card needed.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON
Interface: REST, MCP
Provider: docs.firecrawl.dev
Last checked: Working on November 3rd, 2026

More information: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/introduction

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Markdown

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Example request

curl

curl -X POST 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com","formats":["markdown"]}'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape", {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"url":"https://example.com","formats":["markdown"]}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "formats": [
            "markdown",
        ],
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.