Firecrawl
by mendableai
Firecrawl is an API service that takes a URL, crawls it, and converts it into clean markdown or structured data. It empowers AI applications with advanced scraping, crawling, and data extraction capabilities.
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What is Firecrawl?
Firecrawl is an API service that crawls a URL and converts it into clean markdown or structured data. It crawls all accessible subpages and provides clean data for each, without requiring a sitemap.
How to use Firecrawl?
Firecrawl offers an easy-to-use API with a hosted version. You can also self-host the backend. Access the API documentation and playground on the Firecrawl website. SDKs are available for Python, Node, Go, and Rust. It also integrates with LLM frameworks and low-code platforms.
Key features of Firecrawl
Scrape URLs and get content in LLM-ready formats (markdown, structured data, screenshot, HTML)
Crawl URLs and all accessible subpages
Map a website and get all the website URLs
Extract structured data from single pages, multiple pages, or entire websites with AI
LLM-ready formats: markdown, structured data, screenshot, HTML, links, metadata
Proxies, anti-bot mechanisms, dynamic content (js-rendered), output parsing, orchestration
Customizability: exclude tags, crawl behind auth walls with custom headers, max crawl depth, etc.
Media parsing: PDFs, DOCX, images
Reliability first: designed to get the data you need - no matter how hard it is
Actions: click, scroll, input, wait and more before extracting data
Batching: scrape thousands of URLs at the same time with a new async endpoint.
Use cases of Firecrawl
Building AI chat applications
Training AI models with web data
Extracting structured data for analysis
Monitoring website content changes
Creating knowledge bases from web sources
FAQ from Firecrawl
What formats does Firecrawl support?
What formats does Firecrawl support?
Firecrawl supports markdown, structured data, screenshot, HTML, links, and metadata.
Does Firecrawl handle dynamic content?
Does Firecrawl handle dynamic content?
Yes, Firecrawl handles dynamic content rendered with JavaScript.
Can I customize the crawling process?
Can I customize the crawling process?
Yes, you can customize the crawling process by excluding tags, crawling behind authentication walls, and setting a maximum crawl depth.
Is there a free tier?
Is there a free tier?
Please refer to the Firecrawl website for pricing and free tier information.
How do I get an API key?
How do I get an API key?
Sign up on Firecrawl.dev to get an API key.