# Node.js

> Get started with Firecrawl in Node.js. Scrape, search, and interact with web data using the official SDK.

## Prerequisites

- Node.js 22+
- A Firecrawl API key — [get one free](https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys)

## Install the SDK

```bash
npm install firecrawl
```

## Environment variable

Instead of passing `apiKey` directly, set the `FIRECRAWL_API_KEY` environment variable:

```bash
export FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR-API-KEY
```

```javascript
const app = new Firecrawl();
```

## Search the web

```javascript
import { Firecrawl } from 'firecrawl';

const app = new Firecrawl({ apiKey: "fc-YOUR-API-KEY" });
const results = await app.search("firecrawl web scraping", { limit: 5 });

for (const result of results.web) {
  console.log(result.title, result.url);
}
```

## Scrape a page

```javascript
const result = await app.scrape("https://example.com");

console.log(result.markdown);
```

<Accordion title="Example response">
```json
{
  "markdown": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples...",
  "metadata": {
    "title": "Example Domain",
    "sourceURL": "https://example.com"
  }
}
```
</Accordion>

## Interact with a page

Use interact to control a live browser session — click buttons, fill forms, and extract dynamic content.

```javascript
const result = await app.scrape('https://www.amazon.com', { formats: ['markdown'] });
const scrapeId = result.metadata?.scrapeId;

await app.interact(scrapeId, { prompt: 'Search for iPhone 16 Pro Max' });
const response = await app.interact(scrapeId, { prompt: 'Click on the first result and tell me the price' });
console.log(response.output);

await app.stopInteraction(scrapeId);
```

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Scrape docs" icon="file-lines" href="/features/scrape">
    All scrape options including formats, actions, and proxies
  </Card>
  <Card title="Search docs" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/features/search">
    Search the web and get full page content
  </Card>
  <Card title="Interact docs" icon="hand-pointer" href="/features/interact">
    Click, fill forms, and extract dynamic content
  </Card>
  <Card title="Node SDK reference" icon="node" href="/sdks/node">
    Full SDK reference with crawl, map, batch scrape, and more
  </Card>
</CardGroup>