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scrape.js API 
const response =
await fetch(
  "/ajax/scrape.php",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Content-Type":
      "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      url: "https://example.com"
    })
  }
);

const data =
await response.json();

console.log(data);
Ready to scrape
Markdown output
WEB DATA WORKFLOW

From Website to Clean AI-Ready Content

Understand the core workflow behind modern web scraping and website crawling.

01
↗

Enter a URL

Start with the public webpage you want to extract content from.

02
⚡

Scrape the Page

Process the page and extract readable page content.

03
{ }

Use the Output

Work with Markdown and metadata in AI applications and development workflows.

INTERACTIVE PLAYGROUND

Test Website Scraping

Enter a public URL and view the extracted Markdown content.

>_ Scrape Playground
Ready
↗

Use a publicly accessible HTTP or HTTPS URL.

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START LEARNING

Explore the Core Firecrawl API Concepts

Start with the main API guide or focus specifically on scraping and crawling.

FOUNDATION ↗

Firecrawl API Guide

Learn what the API does, how authentication works and how web data workflows are built.

Read complete guide →
SCRAPING ↗

Scrape API

Learn how individual webpages can be extracted into cleaner developer-friendly content.

Learn scraping →
CRAWLING ↗

Crawl API

Understand multi-page crawling, discovery and processing complete website sections.

Learn crawling →
UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE

Scrape One Page.
Crawl a Website.

Scraping is useful when you already know the exact page you need. Crawling is useful when you want to discover and process multiple pages from a site.

Learn how crawling works →
Feature
Scrape
Crawl
Single URL
✓
✓
Multiple pages
—
✓
Markdown content
✓
✓
Website discovery
—
✓
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

What Can Web Data Be Used For?

AI

AI Applications

Prepare readable website content for applications that need web context.

RAG

RAG Pipelines

Convert web pages into content that can feed retrieval-based AI workflows.

DB

Research & Data

Collect public website information for research and structured processing.

DEV

Developer Automation

Integrate web extraction into backend applications and automated workflows.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Firecrawl API FAQs

What is Firecrawl API?
Firecrawl provides web data APIs that can scrape webpages and crawl websites into developer-friendly output such as Markdown.
What is the difference between scrape and crawl?
Scrape focuses on extracting a specific page. Crawl processes multiple pages discovered from a starting website URL.
Is FirecrawlAPI.com the official Firecrawl website?
No. FirecrawlAPI.com is an independent educational resource and is not operated or endorsed by Firecrawl.
Does the playground expose the API key?
No. Requests are sent through our PHP backend so the private API credential does not need to be included in frontend JavaScript.
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