firecrawl-scrape

# firecrawl scrape Scrape one or more URLs. Returns clean, LLM-optimized markdown. Multiple URLs are scraped concurrently. ## When to use - You have a specific URL and want its content - The page is static or JS-rendered (SPA) - Step 2 in the [workflow escalation pattern](../firecrawl-cli/SKILL.md): search → **scrape** → map → crawl → interact ## Quick start ```bash # Basic markdown extraction firecrawl scrape "<url>" -o .firecrawl/page.md # Main content only, no nav/footer firecrawl scrape "<url>" --only-main-content -o .firecrawl/page.md # Wait for JS to render, then scrape firecrawl scrape "<url>" --wait-for 3000 -o .firecrawl/page.md # Multiple URLs (each saved to .firecrawl/) firecrawl scrape https://example.com https://example.com/blog https://example.com/docs # Get markdown and links together firecrawl scrape "<url>" --format markdown,links -o .firecrawl/page.json # Ask a question about the page firecrawl scrape "https://example.com/pricing" --query "What is the enterprise plan price?" ``` ## Options | Option | Description | | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | | `-f, --format <formats>` | Output formats: markdown, html, rawHtml, links, screenshot, json | | `-Q, --query <prompt>` | Ask a question about the page content (5 credits) | | `-H` | Include HTTP headers in output | | `--only-main-content` | Strip nav, footer, sidebar — main content only | | `--wait-for <ms>` | Wait for JS rendering before scraping | | `--include-tags <tags>` | Only include these HTML tags | | `--exclude-tags <tags>` | Exclude these HTML tags | | `-o, --output <path>` | Output file path | ## Tips - **Prefer plain scrape over `--query`.** Scrape to a file, then use `grep`, `head`, or read the markdown directly — you can search and reason over the full content yourself. Use `--query` only when you want a single targeted answer without saving the page (costs 5 extra credits). - **Try scrape before interact.** Scrape handles static pages and JS-rendered SPAs. Only escalate to `interact` when you need interaction (clicks, form fills, pagination). - Multiple URLs are scraped concurrently — check `firecrawl --status` for your concurrency limit. - Single format outputs raw content. Multiple formats (e.g., `--format markdown,links`) output JSON. - Always quote URLs — shell interprets `?` and `&` as special characters. - Naming convention: `.firecrawl/{site}-{path}.md` ## See also - [firecrawl-search](../firecrawl-search/SKILL.md) — find pages when you don't have a URL - [firecrawl-interact](../firecrawl-interact/SKILL.md) — when scrape can't get the content, use `interact` to click, fill forms, etc.