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name: firecrawl-api description: This skill enables web scraping and content extraction using Firecrawl API directly via curl. Use when scraping web pages, crawling websites, or extracting structured data. MCP server not required.

Firecrawl API (Direct)

Overview

Firecrawl provides powerful web scraping and content extraction. This skill uses the API directly via curl - no MCP server required.

API Key

Environment variable: FIRECRAWL_API_KEY

Scrape Single Page

Extract content from a single URL.

Endpoint

CopyPOST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape

Usage

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "formats": ["markdown"]
  }'

Parameters

• url (required): URL to scrape
• formats (optional): Output formats - markdown, html, rawHtml, links
• onlyMainContent (optional): Extract main content only (default: true)
• waitFor (optional): Wait time in ms for dynamic content

Example with Options

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://docs.example.com/api",
    "formats": ["markdown"],
    "onlyMainContent": true,
    "waitFor": 1000
  }' | jq '.data.markdown'

Map Website URLs

Discover all URLs on a website.

Endpoint

CopyPOST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/map

Usage

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/map" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com"
  }' | jq '.links[]'

Search Web

Search the web and optionally scrape results.

Endpoint

CopyPOST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/search

Usage

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "xterm.js WebGL performance",
    "limit": 5
  }'

Crawl Website

Crawl multiple pages from a website.

Endpoint

CopyPOST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl

Usage

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://docs.example.com",
    "limit": 10,
    "maxDepth": 2
  }'

This returns a job ID. Check status with:

Copycurl -s "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl/JOB_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"

Common Workflows

Scrape Documentation

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://xtermjs.org/docs/",
    "formats": ["markdown"]
  }' | jq '.data.markdown'

Extract Links from Page

Copycurl -s -X POST "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/scrape" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "formats": ["links"]
  }' | jq '.data.links[]'

Response Processing

Copy# Get markdown content
| jq '.data.markdown'

# Get metadata
| jq '.data.metadata'

# Get title and description
| jq '.data.metadata | {title, description}'

Notes

• API key required (set FIRECRAWL_API_KEY)
• Credits consumed per request
• Use waitFor for JavaScript-heavy pages
• Crawl jobs are async - poll for completion