POST

Try POST /deep-research — Firecrawl API

Firecrawl playground

Start a deep research operation on a query

Credentials

Firecrawl API key · sent as Authorization

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Body application/json

8 body fields

query · required · string — The query to research
maxDepth · optional · integer — Maximum depth of research iterations
timeLimit · optional · integer — Time limit in seconds
maxUrls · optional · integer — Maximum number of URLs to analyze
analysisPrompt · optional · string — The prompt to use for the final analysis. Useful to format the final analysis markdown in a specific way.
systemPrompt · optional · string — The system prompt to use for the research agent. Useful to steer the research agent to a specific direction.
formats · optional · string[] — Request body field formats.
jsonOptions · optional · object — Options for JSON output