Proxies
Learn about proxy types, locations, and how Firecrawl selects proxies for your requests.
Firecrawl provides different proxy types to help you scrape websites with varying levels of anti-bot protection. The proxy type can be specified using the proxy
parameter.
By default, Firecrawl routes all requests through proxies to help ensure reliability and access, even if you do not specify a proxy type or location.
Location-Based Proxy Selection
Firecrawl automatically selects the best proxy based on your specified or detected location. This helps optimize scraping performance and reliability. However, not all locations are currently supported. The following locations are available:
Country Code | Country Name |
---|---|
AE | United Arab Emirates |
AU | Australia |
BR | Brazil |
CN | China |
DE | Germany |
GB | United Kingdom |
JP | Japan |
QA | Qatar |
TR | Turkey |
US | United States |
If you need proxies in a location not listed above, please contact us and let us know your requirements.
If you do not specify a proxy or location, Firecrawl will automatically select the best option based on the target site and your request.
How to Specify Proxy Location
You can request a specific proxy location by setting the location.country
parameter in your request. For example, to use a Brazilian proxy, set location.country
to BR
.
For full details, see the API reference for location.country
.
Proxy Types
Firecrawl supports two types of proxies:
- basic: Proxies for scraping sites with none to basic anti-bot solutions. Fast and usually works.
- stealth: Stealth proxies for scraping sites with advanced anti-bot solutions, or for sites that block regular proxies. Slower, but more reliable on certain sites. Learn more about Stealth Mode →
Note: For detailed information on using stealth proxies, including credit costs and retry strategies, see the Stealth Mode documentation.