# Scrape `POST /scrape` > Note: A new [v2 version of this API](/api-reference/endpoint/scrape) is now available with improved features and performance. ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/v1-openapi.json post /scrape openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Firecrawl API version: v1 description: API for interacting with Firecrawl services to perform web scraping and crawling tasks. contact: name: Firecrawl Support url: https://firecrawl.dev/support email: support@firecrawl.dev servers: - url: https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1 security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /scrape: post: summary: Scrape a single URL and optionally extract information using an LLM operationId: scrapeAndExtractFromUrl tags: - Scraping security: - bearerAuth: [] requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: allOf: - type: object properties: url: type: string format: uri description: The URL to scrape required: - url - $ref: "#/components/schemas/ScrapeOptions" - type: object properties: zeroDataRetention: type: boolean default: false description: If true, this will enable zero data retention for this scrape. To enable this feature, please contact help@firecrawl.dev responses: "200": description: Successful response content: application/json: schema: $ref: "#/components/schemas/ScrapeResponse" "402": description: Payment required content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: string example: Payment required to access this resource. "429": description: Too many requests content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: string example: Request rate limit exceeded. Please wait and try again later. "500": description: Server error content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: error: type: string example: An unexpected error occurred on the server. components: securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer schemas: BaseScrapeOptions: type: object properties: onlyMainContent: type: boolean description: Only return the main content of the page excluding headers, navs, footers, etc. default: true includeTags: type: array items: type: string description: Tags to include in the output. excludeTags: type: array items: type: string description: Tags to exclude from the output. maxAge: type: integer description: Returns a cached version of the page if it is younger than this age in milliseconds. If a cached version of the page is older than this value, the page will be scraped. If you do not need extremely fresh data, enabling this can speed up your scrapes by 500%. Defaults to 0, which disables caching. default: 0 headers: type: object description: Headers to send with the request. Can be used to send cookies, user-agent, etc. waitFor: type: integer description: Specify a delay in milliseconds before fetching the content, allowing the page sufficient time to load. default: 0 mobile: type: boolean description: Set to true if you want to emulate scraping from a mobile device. Useful for testing responsive pages and taking mobile screenshots. default: false skipTlsVerification: type: boolean description: Skip TLS certificate verification when making requests default: false timeout: type: integer description: Timeout in milliseconds for the request default: 30000 parsePDF: type: boolean description: Controls how PDF files are processed during scraping. When true, the PDF content is extracted and converted to markdown format, with billing based on the number of pages (1 credit per page). When false, the PDF file is returned in base64 encoding with a flat rate of 1 credit total. default: true jsonOptions: type: object description: JSON options object properties: schema: type: object description: The schema to use for the extraction (Optional). Must conform to [JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org/). systemPrompt: type: string description: The system prompt to use for the extraction (Optional) prompt: type: string description: The prompt to use for the extraction without a schema (Optional) checkPromptInjection: type: boolean description: When enabled, scans the scraped page content for prompt injection attempts before running the extraction. If an injection is detected, the request fails with a 403 and error code SCRAPE_PROMPT_INJECTION_DETECTED. Adds 4 credits when the check runs. Defaults to false. default: false actions: type: array description: Actions to perform on the page before grabbing the content items: oneOf: - type: object title: Wait properties: type: type: string enum: - wait description: Wait for a specified amount of milliseconds milliseconds: type: integer minimum: 1 description: Number of milliseconds to wait selector: type: string description: Query selector to find the element by example: "#my-element" required: - type - type: object title: Screenshot properties: type: type: string enum: - screenshot description: Take a screenshot. The links will be in the response's `actions.screenshots` array. fullPage: type: boolean description: Whether to capture a full-page screenshot or limit to the current viewport. default: false quality: type: integer description: The quality of the screenshot, from 1 to 100. 100 is the highest quality. required: - type - type: object title: Click properties: type: type: string enum: - click description: Click on an element selector: type: string description: Query selector to find the element by example: "#load-more-button" all: type: boolean description: Clicks all elements matched by the selector, not just the first one. Does not throw an error if no elements match the selector. default: false required: - type - selector - type: object title: Write text properties: type: type: string enum: - write description: "Write text into an input field, text area, or contenteditable element. Note: You must first focus the element using a 'click' action before writing. The text will be typed character by character to simulate keyboard input." text: type: string description: Text to type example: Hello, world! required: - type - text - type: object title: Press a key description: Press a key on the page. See https://asawicki.info/nosense/doc/devices/keyboard/key_codes.html for key codes. properties: type: type: string enum: - press description: Press a key on the page key: type: string description: Key to press example: Enter required: - type - key - type: object title: Scroll properties: type: type: string enum: - scroll description: Scroll the page or a specific element direction: type: string enum: - up - down description: Direction to scroll default: down selector: type: string description: Query selector for the element to scroll example: "#my-element" required: - type - type: object title: Scrape properties: type: type: string enum: - scrape description: Scrape the current page content, returns the url and the html. required: - type - type: object title: Execute JavaScript properties: type: type: string enum: - executeJavascript description: Execute JavaScript code on the page script: type: string description: JavaScript code to execute example: document.querySelector('.button').click(); required: - type - script - type: object title: Generate PDF properties: type: type: string enum: - pdf description: Generate a PDF of the current page. The PDF will be returned in the `actions.pdfs` array of the response. format: type: string enum: - A0 - A1 - A2 - A3 - A4 - A5 - A6 - Letter - Legal - Tabloid - Ledger description: The page size of the resulting PDF default: Letter landscape: type: boolean description: Whether to generate the PDF in landscape orientation default: false scale: type: number description: The scale multiplier of the resulting PDF default: 1 required: - type location: type: object description: Location settings for the request. When specified, this will use an appropriate proxy if available and emulate the corresponding language and timezone settings. Defaults to 'US' if not specified. properties: country: type: string description: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., 'US', 'AU', 'DE', 'JP') pattern: ^[A-Z]{2}$ default: US languages: type: array description: Preferred languages and locales for the request in order of priority. Defaults to the language of the specified location. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language items: type: string example: en-US removeBase64Images: type: boolean description: Removes all base 64 images from the output, which may be overwhelmingly long. The image's alt text remains in the output, but the URL is replaced with a placeholder. default: true blockAds: type: boolean description: Enables ad-blocking and cookie popup blocking. default: true proxy: type: string enum: - basic - enhanced - auto description: >- Specifies the type of proxy to use. - **basic**: Proxies for scraping sites with none to basic anti-bot solutions. Fast and usually works. - **enhanced**: Enhanced proxies for scraping sites with advanced anti-bot solutions. Slower, but more reliable on certain sites. Billed at the same credit cost as basic. - **auto**: Firecrawl will automatically retry scraping with enhanced proxies if the basic proxy fails. Enhanced proxies carry no credit surcharge, so either way only the regular cost is billed. If you do not specify a proxy, Firecrawl will default to basic. storeInCache: type: boolean description: If true, the page will be stored in the Firecrawl index and cache. Setting this to false is useful if your scraping activity may have data protection concerns. Using some parameters associated with sensitive scraping (actions, headers) will force this parameter to be false. default: true threatProtection: $ref: "#/components/schemas/ThreatProtectionOverride" ScrapeOptions: allOf: - $ref: "#/components/schemas/BaseScrapeOptions" - type: object properties: formats: type: array items: type: string enum: - markdown - html - rawHtml - links - screenshot - screenshot@fullPage - json - changeTracking description: Formats to include in the output. default: - markdown changeTrackingOptions: type: object description: Options for change tracking (Beta). Only applicable when 'changeTracking' is included in formats. The 'markdown' format must also be specified when using change tracking. properties: modes: type: array items: type: string enum: - git-diff - json description: The mode to use for change tracking. 'git-diff' provides a detailed diff, and 'json' compares extracted JSON data. schema: type: object description: Schema for JSON extraction when using 'json' mode. Defines the structure of data to extract and compare. Must conform to [JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org/). prompt: type: string description: Prompt to use for change tracking when using 'json' mode. If not provided, the default prompt will be used. tag: type: string nullable: true default: null description: Tag to use for change tracking. Tags can separate change tracking history into separate "branches", where change tracking with a specific tagwill only compare to scrapes made in the same tag. If not provided, the default tag (null) will be used. ScrapeResponse: type: object properties: success: type: boolean data: type: object properties: markdown: type: string html: type: string nullable: true description: Cleaned HTML of the page if `html` is in `formats`. Removes `