Extract Improvements - v1.4.1

We've significantly enhanced our data extraction capabilities with several key updates:

• Extract now returns a lot more data due to a new re-ranker system
• Improved infrastructure reliability
• Migrated from Cheerio to a high-performance Rust-based parser for faster and more memory-efficient parsing
• Enhanced crawl cancellation functionality for better control over running jobs

What's Changed

• Added "today" to extract prompts by @rafaelsideguide in #1084
• docs: update cancel crawl response by @ftonato in #1087
• port most of cheerio stuff to rust by @mogery in #1089
• Re-ranker changes by @nickscamara in #1090
• Rerank with lower threshold + back to map if length = 0 by @rafaelsideguide in #1086

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...1.4.1

Introducing /extract - v.1.4.0

Get structured web data with /extract

We’re excited to announce the release of /extract - get data from any website with just a prompt. With /extract, you can retrieve any information from anywhere on a website without being limited by scraping roadblocks or the typical context constraints of LLMs.

No more manual copy-pasting, broken scraping scripts, or debugging LLM calls. - it’s never been easier to enrich your data, create datasets, or power AI applications with clean, structured data from any website.

Companies are already using extract to:

• Enrich CRM data
• Streamline KYB processes
• Monitor competitors
• Supercharge onboarding experiences
• Build targeted prospecting lists

Instead of spending hours manually researching, fixing broken scrapers, or piecing together data from multiple sources, simply specify what information you need and the target website, and let the Firecrawl handle the entire retrieval process.

Specifically, you can:

• Extract structured data from entire websites using URL wildcards (https://example.com/*)
• Define custom schemas to capture exactly what you need—from simple product details to complex organizational structures
• Guide the extraction with custom prompts to ensure the LLM focuses on your target information
• Deploy anywhere with comprehensive support for Python, Node, cURL, and other popular tools. For no-code workflows, just connect via Zapier or use our API to set up integrations with other tools.

This versatility translates into a wide range of real-world applications—enabling you to enrich web data for just about any use case.

Limitations - (and the road ahead)

• Let's be honest - while /extract is pretty awesome at grabbing web data, it's not perfect yet. Here's what we're still working on:
• Big sites are tricky - It can't (yet!) grab every single product on Amazon in one go
• Complex searches need work - Things like "find all posts from 2025" aren't quite there
• Sometimes, it's a bit quirky - Results can vary between runs, though it usually gets what you need
• But here's the exciting part: we're seeing the future of web scraping take shape

Try it out

Curious to try /extract out for yourself?
Visit our playground to try out /extract - you get 500,000 tokens for free
Dive into our Extract Beta documentation for detailed technical guidance and API reference
Want a no-code solution? Connect /extract to thousands of applications through our enhanced Zapier integration

That's all for now! Happy Extracting from the whole Firecrawl team 🔥

Full Changelog: v.1.3.0...v1.4.0

v1.3 - /extract improvements

What's Changed

• feat: new snips test framework (FIR-414) by @mogery in #1033
• (feat/extract) New re-ranker + multi entity extraction by @nickscamara in #1061
• __experimental_streamSteps by @nickscamara in #1063

Full Changelog: v1.2.1...v.1.3.0

v1.2.1 - /extract Beta Improvements

What's Changed

• Indexes, Caching for /extract, Improvements by @nickscamara in #1037
• [SDK] fixed none and undefined on response by @rafaelsideguide in #1034
• feat: use new random user agent instead of the old one by @1101-1 in #1038
• (feat/extract) Move extract to a queue system by @nickscamara in #1044

/extract (beta) changes

• We have updated the /extract endpoint to now be asynchronous. When you make a request to /extract, it will return an ID that you can use to check the status of your extract job. If you are using our SDKs, there are no changes required to your code, but please make sure to update the SDKs to the latest versions as soon as possible.

• For those using the API directly, we have made it backwards compatible. However, you have 10 days to update your implementation to the new asynchronous model.

• For more details about the parameters, refer to the docs sent to you.

New Contributors

• @1101-1 made their first contribution in #1038

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.1

Changelog: https://www.firecrawl.dev/changelog#/extract-changes

v1.2.0 - v1/search is now available!

/v1/search

The search endpoint combines web search with Firecrawl’s scraping capabilities to return full page content for any query.

Include scrapeOptions with formats: ["markdown"] to get complete markdown content for each search result otherwise it defaults to getting SERP results (url, title, description).

More info here /v1/search docs

What's Changed

• /extract URL trace by @nickscamara in #1014
• (feat/v1) Search by @nickscamara in #1032

Full Changelog: v1.1.1...v1.2.0

v1.1.1

What's Changed

• feat(python-sdk): Make API key optional for self-hosted instances by @RutamBhagat in #990
• Sitemap fixes by @mogery in #1010
• fixed optional+default bug on llm schema by @rafaelsideguide in #955
• [FIR-37] feat: extract and return favicon URL during scraping by @ftonato in #1018
• fix: merge mock success data by @yujunhui in #1013
• feat(rust-sdk): Make API key optional for self-hosted instances by @RutamBhagat in #991
• feat(scrapeURL/pdf): switch to MU (FIR-356) by @mogery in #1016

New Contributors

• @ftonato made their first contribution in #1018
• @yujunhui made their first contribution in #1013

Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.1.1

v1.1.0

Starting today we are going to be posting weekly releases here and on firecrawl.dev/changelog. This release is just a summary of all the improvements and fixes we pushed since v1 release here. Thank you all for the contributions!

v1.1.0

Changelog Highlights

Feature Enhancements

• New Features:
  • Geolocation, mobile scraping, 4x faster parsing, better webhooks,
  • Credit packs, auto-recharges and batch scraping support.
  • Iframe support and query parameter differentiation for URLs.
  • Similar URL deduplication.
  • Enhanced map ranking and sitemap fetching.

Performance Improvements

• Faster crawl status filtering and improved map ranking algorithm.
• Optimized Kubernetes setup and simplified build processes.
• Sitemap discoverability and performance improved

Bug Fixes

• Resolved issues:
  • Badly formatted JSON, scrolling actions, and encoding errors.
  • Crawl limits, relative URLs, and missing error handlers.
• Fixed self-hosted crawling inconsistencies and schema errors.

SDK Updates

• Added dynamic WebSocket imports with fallback support.
• Optional API keys for self-hosted instances.
• Improved error handling across SDKs.

Documentation Updates

• Improved API docs and examples.
• Updated self-hosting URLs and added Kubernetes optimizations.
• Added articles: mastering /scrape and /crawl.

Miscellaneous

• Added new Firecrawl examples
• Enhanced metadata handling for webhooks and improved sitemap fetching.
• Updated blocklist and streamlined error messages.

What's Changed

• Add docs to api spec example by @ericciarla in #637
• [Docs] upgraded the path of the self-hosted documentation URL to /v1. by @shige in #635
• Removal of generic classnames/ids from onlyMainContent cleaning by @nickscamara in #638
• Improved team credits check and billing notifications by @nickscamara in #640
• Fixed 500 errors when JSON is badly formatted by @nickscamara in #648
• Better engine for wait + other params by @nickscamara in #649
• fix(py-sdk): removed asyncio package by @rafaelsideguide in #654
• perf(js-sdk): move dotenv and uuid to devDependencies, fix zod import by @MonsterDeveloper in #614
• build(js-sdk): simplify build process by @MonsterDeveloper in #611
• fix(v0/crawl-status): don't crash on big crawls when requesting jobs from supa by @mogery in #653
• Manual Rate Limiter for select team ids by @nickscamara in #664
• O1 crawler example by @ericciarla in #676
• [Bug] Fixed screenshot typo and added test for fullpage screenshot by @rafaelsideguide in #677
• v1/map improvements + higher limits by @nickscamara in #674
• Remove print statement in map by @anjor in #612
• fix wrong link to self host documentation by @itasli in #623
• feat: kubernetes example optimization by @yekkhan in #639
• Rust SDK 1.0.0 by @mogery in #689
• feat: Actions by @mogery in #682
• Fix the error message when trying search in v0 by @nickscamara in #690
• remove space in the examples/o1_web_crawler folder name by @h4r5h4 in #679
• o1 job recommender example by @ericciarla in #707
• Move auth and check credits operations into an RPC by @mogery in #704
• bugfix: using onlyIncludeTags and removeTags together by @skeptrunedev in #685
• Concurrency limits by @mogery in #721
• Docs: Remove wait_until_done from python-sdk example by @bytrangle in #728
• Improves error handler in Node SDK to return the status code by @nickscamara in #727
• Fixes crawl failed and webhooks not working properly by @nickscamara in #731
• [BUG] Fixed URLs with params by @rafaelsideguide in #732
• Fixed the self host issues where methods don't work by @nickscamara in #733
• Make sure the entrypoint script has the correct line endings by @busaud in #753
• Rm cluster mode + rm fly deployments by @nickscamara in #754
• Fixed Issue #734 by @Harsh0707005 in #747
• bugfix: self-host crawling doesnt respect limit by @busaud in #755
• [BUG] Fixed missing error handling in JS-SDK by @rafaelsideguide in #759
• [SKD] Cancel Crawl by @rafaelsideguide in #760
• fixed developer.notion special case by @rafaelsideguide in #762
• Spelling Corrections in README by @fadkeabhi in #763
• [RPC] Improvements to credit_usage rpc by @nickscamara in #767
• [BUG] filters failed and unknown jobs now by @rafaelsideguide in #761
• [Doc] Better explained how includePaths and excludePaths work by @rafaelsideguide in #766
• Update README.md by @busaud in #757
• ADDED : Contributors and Back to top by @Ruhi14 in #768
• Retries for ACUC RPC + Price credits fallback by @nickscamara in #773
• [BUG] added check files on crawl by @rafaelsideguide in #779
• [Feat] Performance improvements crawl status filters by @rafaelsideguide in #780
• Admin alerts for high usage by @nickscamara in #783
• Geolocation support for Firecrawl by @nickscamara in #784
• Return all the website metadata by @nickscamara in #785
• Extractor options logging v1 fix by @nickscamara in #788
• Update requirements.txt by @rishi-raj-jain in #790
• Improved /map ranking algorithm for search queries by @nickscamara in #798
• Fix Typos and Grammar in SELF_HOST.md by @Mefisto04 in #799
• [Bug] encoding error for special token by @rafaelsideguide in #793
• [BUG-SDK] missing error in response by @rafaelsideguide in #796
• examples: sales web crawler by @rishi-raj-jain in #797
• feat: clear ACUC cache endpoint based on team ID by @mogery in #807
• feat: skipTlsVerification by @tomkosm in #808
• feat: Batch Scrape by @mogery in #789
• feat: Auto Recharge Credits + Credit Packs by @nickscamara in #809
• Remove ph logs for single_urls by @nickscamara in #829
• Bump to gemini-1.5-pro-002 website_qa_with_gemini_caching.ipynb and add flash example by @s-smits in #739
• Add SearchApi as a Web Search Tool by @SebastjanPrachovskij in #628
• RM wait before interacting by @nickscamara in #838
• chore(README.md): use satisfies instead of as for ts example by @twlite in #831
• Geo-location rename to location by @nickscamara in #830
• concurrency limit fix by @mogery in #824
• [feat] Iframe support by @tomkosm in #855
• Fix go parser by @tomkosm in #856
• Support for the 2 new actions by @nickscamara in #858
• Adds support for mobile web scraping + mobile screenshot by @nickscamara in #847
• [Feat] Added remove base64 images options (true by default) by @rafaelsideguide in #867
• [Fix] Prevent Python Firecrawl logger from interfering with loggers in client applications by @reasonmethis in #613
• [BUG] Added trycatch and removed redundancy by @rafaelsideguide in #869
• Update CONTRIBUTING.md by @swyxio in https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl/p...

Welcome to v1 - A more reliable and developer friendly API

Firecrawl V1 is here! With that we introduce a more reliable and developer friendly API.

August 29th, 2024

Here is what’s new:

• Output Formats for /scrape. Choose what formats you want your output in.
• New /map endpoint for getting most of the URLs of a webpage.
• Developer friendly API for /crawl/{id} status.
• 2x Rate Limits for all plans.
• Go SDK and Rust SDK
• Teams support
• API Key Management in the dashboard.
• onlyMainContent is now default to true.
• /crawl webhooks and websocket support.

Learn more about it here

Start using v1 right away at https://firecrawl.dev

What's Changed (including v0 + v1)

• Delete .DS_Store by @szepeviktor in #8
• [Bugfix] added normalized apikey to craw/status route by @rafaelsideguide in #12
• [Feat] improving reative paths by @rafaelsideguide in #4
• Fix typos by @szepeviktor in #9
• [Feat] Added html to markdown table parser by @rafaelsideguide in #11
• Option to extract only the main content, excluding headers, navs, footers etc. by @nickscamara in #14
• [Feat] Adding pdf parser by @rafaelsideguide in #17
• adding ci-cd workflow by @rafaelsideguide in #20
• adding workflow by @rafaelsideguide in #21
• adding env secrets by @rafaelsideguide in #22
• [Feat] Added TSDocs and types for js-sdk by @rafaelsideguide in #28
• Added option to replace all relative paths with absolute paths by @rafaelsideguide in #25
• [Bugfix] Fixed scrape preview test by @rafaelsideguide in #30
• Caleb: fixing some documentation and rebuilding the server by @calebpeffer in #32
• Rate limit fixes for crawl status by @nickscamara in #36
• Better logging by @nickscamara in #35
• [Feat] Added type declarations by @rafaelsideguide in #31
• Refactor api routes by @nickscamara in #37
• Logging by @nickscamara in #38
• Cjp/making db auth optional <> Running project locally by @calebpeffer in #40
• chore: add context.close by @mattzcarey in #46
• Fixes table parsing for websites such as news.ycombinator.com (HN) by @nickscamara in #52
• [Feat] Server health check + slack message by @rafaelsideguide in #53
• [Feat] Added blocklist for social media urls by @rafaelsideguide in #55
• [Feat:mvp] Search Endpoint => serp api + firecrawl => 🔥 🔍 by @nickscamara in #56
• [Feat] Added anthropic vision api by @rafaelsideguide in #5
• [Bugfix] Trim and Lowercase all urls by @rafaelsideguide in #13
• Implements the ability for the crawler to output all the links it found, without scraping by @nickscamara in #34
• Serper params by @nickscamara in #62
• Support for tbs, filter, lang, country and location with Serper search. by @rogerserper in #61
• [Feat] Added allowed urls by @rafaelsideguide in #64
• /search support in node sdk by @nickscamara in #72
• Free credits increase by @nickscamara in #75
• [Bugfix] JS-SDK: Remove dotenv and add tests by @mdp in #68
• [Feat] Coupon system by @rafaelsideguide in #66
• Specific website params support by @nickscamara in #83
• Greenpay fixes by @nickscamara in #84
• [Feat] Implemented retry attempts to handle 502 errors by @rafaelsideguide in #67
• feat: LLM Extraction (mvp) by @nickscamara in #90
• Update README.md by @bllchmbrs in #110
• Add Posthog Logging by @ericciarla in #109
• Refactor of main web scraper + Partial data streaming by @nickscamara in #120
• [Feat] Added includeHTML option by @rafaelsideguide in #126
• Cancel Job Route by @nickscamara in #129
• [Feat] Added max depth option by @rafaelsideguide in #130
• Add keyAuth endpoint by @ericciarla in #131
• [Test] Added integration tests suite by @rafaelsideguide in #118
• Adds Zod Integration for LLM Extraction in the Firecrawl JS SDK by @nickscamara in #135
• [Docs] Updated examples by @rafaelsideguide in #137
• Switching to AGPL - We Need Your Consent! by @calebpeffer in #134
• Nsc/refactor scraping order by @nickscamara in #139
• Update models.ts by @ericciarla in #144
• Timeout on /scrape by @nickscamara in #145
• [Doc] Added default value for crawlOptions.limit by @rafaelsideguide in #142
• feat: 4x-5x faster crawler (fast mode) by @nickscamara in #149
• Add Docker Compose for easy self hosting by @chand1012 in #119
• refactor: fix typo in WebScraper/index.ts by @eltociear in #27
• [Tests] Added crawl test suite -> crawl improvements by @rafaelsideguide in #153
• feat: Docx Support by @nickscamara in #158
• Fixes pdfs not found if .pdf is not present by @nickscamara in #29
• Update README.md: Typo fix by @elimisteve in #160
• [Feat] Added rate limits by @rafaelsideguide in #151
• Allow override of API URL by @mattjoyce in #166
• feat: HyperDX Integration by @nickscamara in #167
• beta: Fire-Engine fallback by @nickscamara in #174
• Add additional file extensions to crawler.ts by @tractorjuice in #77
• [Bug] Fixing /crawl limit by @rafaelsideguide in #143
• Update issue templates by @rafaelsideguide in #180
• [Feat] Added proxy and media blocking support for Playwright by @JakobStadlhuber in #181
• update: wait until body attached in playwright-service by @qyou in #170
• feat: Allow privacy/legal/ other pages in social media websites by @nickscamara in #168
• [Bug] Added data check for python SDK by @rafaelsideguide in #176
• Fix FIRECRAWL_API_URL bug, also various PyLint fixes by @mattjoyce in #178
• [Feat] Added idempotency key to crawl route by @rafaelsideguide in #132
• Feat: Provide more details for 429 error msg by @simonha9 in #190
• Limit on /search is not deterministic by @Keredu in #186
• Various PyPi Metadata by @mattjoyce in #191
• [Test] Added sdk e2e tests by @rafaelsideguide in #183
• Allow users to manually set the waitFor param on /scrape by @nickscamara in #200
• [Feat] Added custom scraping conditions for readme docs by @rafaelsideguide in #204
• Feat/screenshot support by @ericciarla in #207
• feat: New pricing/limits changes by @nickscamara in #216
• [sdk] Fixes waiting status not being present on check status by @nickscamara in #218
• Fixed fire-engine content bug by @rafaelsideguide in #228
• Use @ instead of # for default BULL_AUTH_KEY. Hash mark is reserved...