# Firecrawl API

Category: [AI search and web reading](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/ai/search/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/ai/search/firecrawl-api.html  
Documentation: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/introduction

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 key: Not needed
- 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

Example request:

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

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