> ## 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.

# Java

> Get started with Firecrawl in Java. Search, scrape, and interact with web data using the official SDK.

## Prerequisites

* Java 11+
* A Firecrawl API key — [get one free](https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys)

## Install the SDK

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Gradle (Kotlin DSL)">
    ```kotlin theme={null}
    dependencies {
        implementation("com.firecrawl:firecrawl-java:1.2.0")
    }
    ```
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Maven">
    ```xml theme={null}
    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.firecrawl</groupId>
        <artifactId>firecrawl-java</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.0</version>
    </dependency>
    ```
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Search the web

```java theme={null}
import com.firecrawl.client.FirecrawlClient;
import com.firecrawl.models.SearchData;
import com.firecrawl.models.SearchOptions;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        FirecrawlClient client = FirecrawlClient.builder()
            .apiKey("fc-YOUR-API-KEY")
            .build();

        SearchData results = client.search(
            "firecrawl web scraping",
            SearchOptions.builder().limit(5).build()
        );

        if (results.getWeb() != null) {
            for (var result : results.getWeb()) {
                System.out.println(result.get("title") + " - " + result.get("url"));
            }
        }
    }
}
```

## Scrape a page

```java theme={null}
import com.firecrawl.models.Document;

Document doc = client.scrape("https://example.com");
System.out.println(doc.getMarkdown());
```

<Accordion title="Example response">
  ```json theme={null}
  {
    "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

Open a browser session, run Playwright code against it, and close it when done:

```java theme={null}
import com.firecrawl.models.ScrapeOptions;
import com.firecrawl.models.BrowserExecuteResponse;
import java.util.List;

Document doc = client.scrape("https://www.amazon.com",
    ScrapeOptions.builder().formats(List.of((Object) "markdown")).build());
String scrapeId = (String) doc.getMetadata().get("scrapeId");

BrowserExecuteResponse run = client.interact(scrapeId,
    "const title = await page.title(); console.log(title);");
System.out.println(run.getStdout());

client.stopInteractiveBrowser(scrapeId);
```

## Environment variable

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

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

```java theme={null}
FirecrawlClient client = FirecrawlClient.fromEnv();
```

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Search docs" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/features/search">
    Search the web and get full page content
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scrape docs" icon="file-lines" href="/features/scrape">
    All scrape options including formats, actions, and proxies
  </Card>

  <Card title="Interact docs" icon="hand-pointer" href="/features/interact">
    Click, fill forms, and extract dynamic content
  </Card>

  <Card title="Java SDK reference" icon="java" href="/sdks/java">
    Full SDK reference with crawl, map, batch scrape, and more
  </Card>
</CardGroup>