Firecrawl FAQs

Question 1

What features does Firecrawl offer?

Accepted Answer

Firecrawl offers features like scrape, crawl, search, extract, deep research, and batch scrape support. It supports JavaScript rendering, automatic retries, efficient batch processing with rate limiting, and credit usage monitoring.

Question 2

What are the rate limiting configurations?

Accepted Answer

Rate limiting configurations such as `FIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS`, `FIRECRAWL_RETRY_INITIAL_DELAY`, `FIRECRAWL_RETRY_MAX_DELAY` and `FIRECRAWL_RETRY_BACKOFF_FACTOR` are used to automatically retry requests and avoid overwhelming the API with exponential backoff.

Question 3

How do I install Firecrawl?

Accepted Answer

You can install Firecrawl using `npm install -g firecrawl-mcp` or run it directly with `npx -y firecrawl-mcp`. It's also configurable for use with Cursor and Windsurf. See the documentation for detailed installation steps.

Question 4

What is Firecrawl?

Accepted Answer

Firecrawl is a web scraping tool designed to enhance LLMs (Large Language Models) with powerful web scraping capabilities, allowing for better context and information retrieval.

Question 5

What is an API key used for?

Accepted Answer

The API key (`FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`) is required when using the cloud API. It authenticates your requests and allows you to access Firecrawl's web scraping services. A self-hosted instance requires the API key only when authentication is configured.

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