deepset-ai--haystack/docs-website/reference/integrations-api/firecrawl.md

---
title: "Firecrawl"
id: integrations-firecrawl
description: "Firecrawl integration for Haystack"
slug: "/integrations-firecrawl"
---


## haystack_integrations.components.fetchers.firecrawl.firecrawl_crawler

### FirecrawlCrawler

A component that uses Firecrawl to crawl one or more URLs and return the content as Haystack Documents.

Crawling starts from each given URL and follows links to discover subpages, up to a configurable limit.
This is useful for ingesting entire websites or documentation sites, not just single pages.

Firecrawl is a service that crawls websites and returns content in a structured format (e.g. Markdown)
suitable for LLMs. You need a Firecrawl API key from [firecrawl.dev](https://firecrawl.dev).

### Usage example

```python
from haystack_integrations.components.fetchers.firecrawl import FirecrawlFetcher

fetcher = FirecrawlFetcher(
    api_key=Secret.from_env_var("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"),
    params={"limit": 5},
)
fetcher.warm_up()

result = fetcher.run(urls=["https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/docs/intro"])
documents = result["documents"]
```

#### __init__

```python
__init__(
    api_key: Secret = Secret.from_env_var("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"),
    params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> None
```

Initialize the FirecrawlFetcher.

**Parameters:**

- **api_key** (<code>Secret</code>) – API key for Firecrawl.
  Defaults to the `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` environment variable.
- **params** (<code>dict\[str, Any\] | None</code>) – Parameters for the crawl request. See the
  [Firecrawl API reference](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/crawl-post)
  for available parameters.
  Defaults to `{"limit": 1, "scrape_options": {"formats": ["markdown"]}}`.
  Without a limit, Firecrawl may crawl all subpages and consume credits quickly.

#### run

```python
run(urls: list[str], params: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]
```

Crawls the given URLs and returns the extracted content as Documents.

**Parameters:**

- **urls** (<code>list\[str\]</code>) – List of URLs to crawl.
- **params** (<code>dict\[str, Any\] | None</code>) – Optional override of crawl parameters for this run.
  If provided, fully replaces the init-time params.

**Returns:**

- <code>dict\[str, Any\]</code> – A dictionary with the following keys:
- `documents`: List of documents, one for each URL crawled.

#### run_async

```python
run_async(
    urls: list[str], params: dict[str, Any] | None = None
) -> dict[str, Any]
```

Asynchronously crawls the given URLs and returns the extracted content as Documents.

**Parameters:**

- **urls** (<code>list\[str\]</code>) – List of URLs to crawl.
- **params** (<code>dict\[str, Any\] | None</code>) – Optional override of crawl parameters for this run.
  If provided, fully replaces the init-time params.

**Returns:**

- <code>dict\[str, Any\]</code> – A dictionary with the following keys:
- `documents`: List of documents, one for each URL crawled.

#### warm_up

```python
warm_up() -> None
```

Warm up the Firecrawl client by initializing the clients.
This is useful to avoid cold start delays when crawling many URLs.

## haystack_integrations.components.websearch.firecrawl.firecrawl_websearch

### FirecrawlWebSearch

A component that uses Firecrawl to search the web and return results as Haystack Documents.

This component wraps the Firecrawl Search API, enabling web search queries that return
structured documents with content and links. It follows the standard Haystack WebSearch
component interface.

Firecrawl is a service that crawls and scrapes websites, returning content in formats suitable
for LLMs. You need a Firecrawl API key from [firecrawl.dev](https://firecrawl.dev).

### Usage example

```python
from haystack_integrations.components.websearch.firecrawl import FirecrawlWebSearch
from haystack.utils import Secret

websearch = FirecrawlWebSearch(
    api_key=Secret.from_env_var("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"),
    top_k=5,
)
result = websearch.run(query="What is Haystack by deepset?")
documents = result["documents"]
links = result["links"]
```

#### __init__

```python
__init__(
    api_key: Secret = Secret.from_env_var("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"),
    top_k: int | None = 10,
    search_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> None
```

Initialize the FirecrawlWebSearch component.

**Parameters:**

- **api_key** (<code>Secret</code>) – API key for Firecrawl.
  Defaults to the `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` environment variable.
- **top_k** (<code>int | None</code>) – Maximum number of documents to return.
  Defaults to 10. This can be overridden by the `"limit"` parameter in `search_params`.
- **search_params** (<code>dict\[str, Any\] | None</code>) – Additional parameters passed to the Firecrawl search API.
  See the [Firecrawl API reference](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/api-reference/endpoint/search)
  for available parameters. Supported keys include: `tbs`, `location`,
  `scrape_options`, `sources`, `categories`, `timeout`.

#### warm_up

```python
warm_up() -> None
```

Warm up the Firecrawl clients by initializing the sync and async clients.
This is useful to avoid cold start delays when performing searches.

#### run

```python
run(query: str, search_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]
```

Search the web using Firecrawl and return results as Documents.

**Parameters:**

- **query** (<code>str</code>) – Search query string.
- **search_params** (<code>dict\[str, Any\] | None</code>) – Optional override of search parameters for this run.
  If provided, fully replaces the init-time search_params.

**Returns:**

- <code>dict\[str, Any\]</code> – A dictionary with the following keys:
- `documents`: List of documents with search result content.
- `links`: List of URLs from the search results.

#### run_async

```python
run_async(
    query: str, search_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None
) -> dict[str, Any]
```

Asynchronously search the web using Firecrawl and return results as Documents.

**Parameters:**

- **query** (<code>str</code>) – Search query string.
- **search_params** (<code>dict\[str, Any\] | None</code>) – Optional override of search parameters for this run.
  If provided, fully replaces the init-time search_params.

**Returns:**

- <code>dict\[str, Any\]</code> – A dictionary with the following keys:
- `documents`: List of documents with search result content.
- `links`: List of URLs from the search results.