firecrawl-api

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

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

Usage

curl -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

curl -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

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

Usage

curl -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

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

Usage

curl -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

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

Usage

curl -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:

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

Common Workflows

Scrape Documentation

curl -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

curl -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

# 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