Scrape API Overview

Document parsing is performed via POST /v2/scrape. When your URL points to a supported document type (PDF/Word/Excel), Firecrawl detects the file type and picks the appropriate parser.

Basics

• Endpoint: POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape
• Headers: Authorization: Bearer <token>, Content-Type: application/json

Minimal example (Markdown)

import Firecrawl from '@mendable/firecrawl-js'

const firecrawl = new Firecrawl({ apiKey: 'fc-YOUR-API-KEY' })

const doc = await firecrawl.scrape('https://example.com/file.pdf', {
  formats: ['markdown'],
  onlyMainContent: true,
  parsers: [{ type: 'pdf' }],
})

Field-level reference

• Request Fields
• Response Fields
• Metadata Fields
• Output Formats
• Actions
• PDF Parser Options
• Batch Scrape