> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hono

> Use Firecrawl with Hono to build lightweight web scraping and search APIs that run anywhere.

## Prerequisites

* Node.js 18+, Bun, or Deno
* A Firecrawl API key — [get one free](https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys)

## Setup

```bash theme={null}
npm install hono @mendable/firecrawl-js
```

Add your API key to `.env`:

```bash theme={null}
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR-API-KEY
```

## Search the web

```typescript theme={null}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import Firecrawl from "@mendable/firecrawl-js";

const app = new Hono();
const firecrawl = new Firecrawl({ apiKey: process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY });

app.post("/search", async (c) => {
  const { query } = await c.req.json();
  const results = await firecrawl.search(query, { limit: 5 });
  return c.json(results);
});

export default app;
```

## Scrape a page

```typescript theme={null}
app.post("/scrape", async (c) => {
  const { url } = await c.req.json();
  const result = await firecrawl.scrape(url);
  return c.json(result);
});
```

## Interact with a page

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

```typescript theme={null}
app.post("/interact", async (c) => {
  const { url } = await c.req.json();

  const result = await firecrawl.scrape(url, { formats: ['markdown'] });
  const scrapeId = result.metadata?.scrapeId;

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

  await firecrawl.stopInteraction(scrapeId);

  return c.json({ output: response.output });
});
```

## Deploy anywhere

Hono runs on multiple runtimes. For Cloudflare Workers, pass the API key from the environment binding:

```typescript theme={null}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import Firecrawl from "@mendable/firecrawl-js";

type Bindings = { FIRECRAWL_API_KEY: string };
const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

app.post("/search", async (c) => {
  const firecrawl = new Firecrawl({ apiKey: c.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY });
  const { query } = await c.req.json();
  const results = await firecrawl.search(query, { limit: 5 });
  return c.json(results);
});

export default app;
```

## 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>