firecrawl-install-auth

name	firecrawl-install-auth
description	Install and configure Firecrawl SDK authentication for web scraping. Use when setting up a new Firecrawl integration, configuring API keys, or initializing Firecrawl in your project. Trigger with phrases like "install firecrawl", "setup firecrawl", "firecrawl auth", "configure firecrawl API key".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Bash(pip:*), Grep
version	1.11.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","firecrawl","api","authentication"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw

Firecrawl Install & Auth

Overview

Install the Firecrawl SDK and configure API key authentication. Firecrawl turns any website into LLM-ready markdown or structured data. The SDK is published as @mendable/firecrawl-js on npm and firecrawl-py on PyPI.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, yarn, or pip)
• Firecrawl API key from firecrawl.dev/app (free tier available)

Instructions

Step 1: Install the SDK

set -euo pipefail
# Node.js (official npm package)
npm install @mendable/firecrawl-js

# Python
pip install firecrawl-py

Step 2: Configure Your API Key

# Set the environment variable (SDK reads FIRECRAWL_API_KEY automatically)
export FIRECRAWL_API_KEY="fc-YOUR_API_KEY"

# Or add to .env file (use dotenv in your app)
echo 'FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR_API_KEY' >> .env

All Firecrawl API keys start with fc-. Get yours at firecrawl.dev/app.

Step 3: Verify Connection — TypeScript

import FirecrawlApp from "@mendable/firecrawl-js";

const firecrawl = new FirecrawlApp({
  apiKey: process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY!,
});

// Quick connection test: scrape a simple page
const result = await firecrawl.scrapeUrl("https://example.com", {
  formats: ["markdown"],
});

if (result.) {
  .(, result.?.);
  .(, result.?., );
}  {
  .(, result.);
}