firecrawl-scraper

Web scraping to Markdown converts HTML pages into LLM-ready format using the Firecrawl API. It handles JavaScript-rendered sites, removes boilerplate, and preserves structure—ideal for feeding page content into language models without manual cleanup.

Firecrawl's scraper renders modern JavaScript before extraction, so dynamic content loads fully. This works for sites that require browser automation, bypasses anti-bot measures, and captures rendered state—not just static HTML.

Single-page scraping uses /v2/scrape to fetch one URL as Markdown; full-site crawling uses /v2/crawl with depth and limit controls to extract multiple pages. Choose scraping for targeted extraction and crawling for building knowledge bases across domains.

Firecrawl extracts page-level metadata, article bodies, and product information by parsing rendered content and returning structured results. You can also use AI-powered data extraction to pull specific fields beyond standard scraping.

Yes, Firecrawl requires an API key for authentication. All requests to /v2/scrape and /v2/crawl endpoints must include credentials, and you can configure headers, format options, and content filters per request.

The removeBase64Images parameter strips embedded images from Markdown output, and onlyMainContent filters boilerplate to keep just article or product body text. This reduces noise and file size in LLM-ready extracts.