> ## 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.

# Node.js

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

## Prerequisites

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

## Install the SDK

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

## 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
```

```javascript theme={null}
const app = new Firecrawl();
```

## Search the web

```javascript theme={null}
import Firecrawl from '@mendable/firecrawl-js';

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 theme={null}
const result = await app.scrape("https://example.com");

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

<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

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

```javascript theme={null}
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>