Pay-Per-Use Search EndpointThis endpoint allows you to use Firecrawl’s powerful search capabilities without a subscription by paying per search using cryptocurrency. Perfect for one-off searches or testing before committing to a subscription.
Experimental FeatureThis is an experimental endpoint. Features, pricing, and availability may change without notice. We recommend using the standard subscription-based search endpoint for production use cases.

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Authentication

This endpoint requires a special payment header instead of the standard API key: 
X-Payment: {{paymentHeader}}

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How it Works

The On-Demand Search endpoint combines web search (SERP) with Firecrawl’s scraping capabilities to return full page content for any query, just like the regular /search endpoint, but with pay-per-use pricing. Include scrapeOptions with formats: ["markdown"] to get complete markdown content for each search result otherwise you will default to getting the SERP results (url, title, description).

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Request Parameters

All parameters from the standard /search endpoint are supported with the following exception:
Important Limitation: The limit parameter is capped at 10 results maximum for the wallet endpoint (compared to 100 for the standard endpoint).
For the complete list of available parameters, supported query operators, and their descriptions, please refer to the standard Search endpoint documentation.

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Example Request

curl -X POST https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/x402/search \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  -H 'X-Payment: {{paymentHeader}}' \
  -d '{
    "query": "Premier league fixtures for the 2025/26 season",
    "limit": 10,  # Maximum 10 results allowed
    "scrapeOptions": {
      "formats": ["markdown"],
      "onlyMainContent": true
    }
  }'

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Response

The response format is identical to the standard /search endpoint: 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "title": "Page Title",
      "description": "Page description from search result",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "markdown": "# Page Content\n\nMarkdown content if scraping was requested...",
      "metadata": {
        "title": "Page Title",
        "description": "Meta description",
        "sourceURL": "https://example.com",
        "statusCode": 200
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Pricing

Current price: $0.01 per request
Pricing Notice: The current pricing of $0.01 per request is subject to change at any time without prior notice. Please check the latest pricing when generating your payment header.
Each search request is charged on a pay-per-use basis using cryptocurrency through the payment header system.

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