## How to use it?
We provide an easy to use API with our hosted version. You can find the playground and documentation [here](https://firecrawl.dev/playground). You can also self host the backend if you'd like.
Check out the following resources to get started:
- [x] **API**: [Documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/introduction)
- [x] **SDKs**: [Python](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/sdks/python), [Node](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/sdks/node), [Go](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/sdks/go), [Rust](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/sdks/rust)
- [x] **LLM Frameworks**: [Langchain (python)](https://python.langchain.com/docs/integrations/document_loaders/firecrawl/), [Langchain (js)](https://js.langchain.com/docs/integrations/document_loaders/web_loaders/firecrawl), [Llama Index](https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/latest/examples/data_connectors/WebPageDemo/#using-firecrawl-reader), [Crew.ai](https://docs.crewai.com/), [Composio](https://composio.dev/tools/firecrawl/all), [PraisonAI](https://docs.praison.ai/firecrawl/)
- [x] **Low-code Frameworks**: [Dify](https://dify.ai/blog/dify-ai-blog-integrated-with-firecrawl), [Langflow](https://docs.langflow.org/), [Flowise AI](https://docs.flowiseai.com/integrations/langchain/document-loaders/firecrawl), [Cargo](https://docs.getcargo.io/integration/firecrawl), [Pipedream](https://pipedream.com/apps/firecrawl/)
- [x] **Others**: [Zapier](https://zapier.com/apps/firecrawl/integrations), [Pabbly Connect](https://www.pabbly.com/connect/integrations/firecrawl/)
- [ ] Want an SDK or Integration? Let us know by opening an issue.
To run locally, refer to guide [here](https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
### API Key
To use the API, you need to sign up on [Firecrawl](https://firecrawl.dev) and get an API key.
### Features
- [**Scrape**](#scraping): scrapes a URL and get its content in LLM-ready format (markdown, structured data via [LLM Extract](#llm-extraction-beta), screenshot, html)
- [**Crawl**](#crawling): scrapes all the URLs of a web page and return content in LLM-ready format
- [**Map**](#map-alpha): input a website and get all the website urls - extremly fast
### Powerful Capabilities
- **LLM-ready formats**: markdown, structured data, screenshot, HTML, links, metadata
- **The hard stuff**: 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
You can find all of Firecrawl's capabilites and how to use them in our [documentation](https://docs.firecrawl.dev)
### Crawling
Used to crawl a URL and all accessible subpages. This submits a crawl job and returns a job ID to check the status of the crawl.
```bash
curl -X POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer fc-YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{
"url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
"limit": 100,
"scrapeOptions": {
"formats": ["markdown", "html"]
}
}'
```
Returns a crawl job id and the url to check the status of the crawl.
```json
{
"success": true,
"id": "123-456-789",
"url": "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl/123-456-789"
}
```
### Check Crawl Job
Used to check the status of a crawl job and get its result.
```bash
curl -X GET https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl/123-456-789 \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
```
```json
{
"status": "completed",
"total": 36,
"creditsUsed": 36,
"expiresAt": "2024-00-00T00:00:00.000Z",
"data": [
{
"markdown": "[Firecrawl Docs home page!...",
"html": "...",
"metadata": {
"title": "Build a 'Chat with website' using Groq Llama 3 | Firecrawl",
"language": "en",
"sourceURL": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev/learn/rag-llama3",
"description": "Learn how to use Firecrawl, Groq Llama 3, and Langchain to build a 'Chat with your website' bot.",
"ogLocaleAlternate": [],
"statusCode": 200
}
}
]
}
```
### Scraping
Used to scrape a URL and get its content in the specified formats.
```bash
curl -X POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{
"url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
"formats" : ["markdown", "html"]
}'
```
Response:
```json
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"markdown": "Launch Week I is here! [See our Day 2 Release π](https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/launch-week-i-day-2-doubled-rate-limits)[π₯ Get 2 months free...",
"html": "