firecrawl-sdk-patterns

name	firecrawl-sdk-patterns
description	Apply production-ready Firecrawl SDK patterns for TypeScript and Python. Use when implementing Firecrawl integrations, building reusable scraping services, or establishing team coding standards for Firecrawl. Trigger with phrases like "firecrawl SDK patterns", "firecrawl best practices", "firecrawl code patterns", "idiomatic firecrawl", "firecrawl wrapper".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.11.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","firecrawl","python","typescript"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw

Firecrawl SDK Patterns

Overview

Production-ready patterns for Firecrawl SDK (@mendable/firecrawl-js / firecrawl-py). Covers singleton client, typed wrappers, retry with backoff, response validation, and reusable scraping service patterns.

Prerequisites

• @mendable/firecrawl-js installed
• Understanding of async/await patterns
• TypeScript strict mode recommended

Instructions

Step 1: Singleton Client with Configuration

// src/firecrawl/client.ts
import FirecrawlApp from "@mendable/firecrawl-js";

let instance: FirecrawlApp | null = null;

export function getFirecrawl(): FirecrawlApp {
  if (!instance) {
    if (!process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY) {
      throw new Error("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY environment variable is required");
    }
    instance = new FirecrawlApp({
      apiKey: process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY,
      ...(process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_URL
        ? { apiUrl: process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_URL }
        : {}),
    });
  }
  return instance;
}

Step 2: Typed Scrape Wrapper

// src/firecrawl/scrape.ts
import { getFirecrawl }  ;

  {
  : ;
  : ;
  : ;
  : [];
  : ;
}

   (): <> {
   firecrawl = ();
   : [] = [];
   (options?.) formats.();

   result =  firecrawl.(url, {
    formats,
    : ,
    ...(options?. ? { : options. } : {}),
  });

   (!result.) {
      ();
  }

   {
    : result.?. || url,
    : result.?. || ,
    : result. || ,
    : result. || [],
    :  ().(),
  };
}