Prerequisites
- Laravel 10+ project
- A Firecrawl API key — get one free
Configuration
Add your API key to.env:
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=fc-YOUR-API-KEY
config/services.php:
'firecrawl' => [
'api_key' => env('FIRECRAWL_API_KEY'),
'base_url' => env('FIRECRAWL_API_URL', 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2'),
],
Create a service class
Createapp/Services/FirecrawlService.php:
<?php
namespace App\Services;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
class FirecrawlService
{
private string $apiKey;
private string $baseUrl;
public function __construct()
{
$this->apiKey = config('services.firecrawl.api_key');
$this->baseUrl = config('services.firecrawl.base_url');
}
public function search(string $query, int $limit = 5): array
{
$response = Http::withToken($this->apiKey)
->post("{$this->baseUrl}/search", [
'query' => $query,
'limit' => $limit,
]);
return $response->json();
}
public function scrape(string $url, array $options = []): array
{
$response = Http::withToken($this->apiKey)
->post("{$this->baseUrl}/scrape", array_merge(['url' => $url], $options));
return $response->json();
}
public function interact(string $url, string $prompt, ?string $followUp = null): array
{
// 1. Scrape to open a browser session
$scrapeResult = $this->scrape($url, ['formats' => ['markdown']]);
$scrapeId = $scrapeResult['data']['metadata']['scrapeId'];
// 2. Send first prompt
Http::withToken($this->apiKey)
->post("{$this->baseUrl}/scrape/{$scrapeId}/interact", [
'prompt' => $prompt,
]);
// 3. Send follow-up prompt
$result = null;
if ($followUp) {
$result = Http::withToken($this->apiKey)
->post("{$this->baseUrl}/scrape/{$scrapeId}/interact", [
'prompt' => $followUp,
])->json();
}
// 4. Close the session
Http::withToken($this->apiKey)
->delete("{$this->baseUrl}/scrape/{$scrapeId}/interact");
return $result ?? $scrapeResult;
}
}
Create a controller
Createapp/Http/Controllers/FirecrawlController.php:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Services\FirecrawlService;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class FirecrawlController extends Controller
{
public function __construct(private FirecrawlService $firecrawl) {}
public function search(Request $request)
{
$validated = $request->validate(['query' => 'required|string']);
return response()->json(
$this->firecrawl->search($validated['query'], $request->input('limit', 5))
);
}
public function scrape(Request $request)
{
$validated = $request->validate(['url' => 'required|url']);
return response()->json($this->firecrawl->scrape($validated['url']));
}
public function interact(Request $request)
{
$validated = $request->validate([
'url' => 'required|url',
'prompt' => 'required|string',
]);
return response()->json(
$this->firecrawl->interact(
$validated['url'],
$validated['prompt'],
$request->input('followUp')
)
);
}
}
Register routes
Inroutes/api.php:
use App\Http\Controllers\FirecrawlController;
Route::post('/search', [FirecrawlController::class, 'search']);
Route::post('/scrape', [FirecrawlController::class, 'scrape']);
Route::post('/interact', [FirecrawlController::class, 'interact']);
Test it
php artisan serve
# Search the web
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/search \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"query": "firecrawl web scraping"}'
# Scrape a page
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/scrape \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://example.com"}'
# Interact with a page
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/interact \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://www.amazon.com", "prompt": "Search for iPhone 16 Pro Max", "followUp": "Click on the first result and tell me the price"}'
Next steps
Search docs
Search the web and get full page content
Scrape docs
All scrape options including formats, actions, and proxies
Interact docs
Click, fill forms, and extract dynamic content
API Reference
Complete REST API documentation

