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Upload and parse a file
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/parse \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file='@example-file' \
  --form 'options={
  "formats": [
    "markdown"
  ],
  "onlyMainContent": true,
  "includeTags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "excludeTags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "headers": {},
  "timeout": 30000,
  "parsers": [
    "pdf"
  ],
  "skipTlsVerification": true,
  "removeBase64Images": true,
  "blockAds": true,
  "origin": "api",
  "integration": "<string>",
  "zeroDataRetention": false
}'
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "markdown": "<string>",
    "summary": "<string>",
    "html": "<string>",
    "rawHtml": "<string>",
    "screenshot": "<string>",
    "audio": "<string>",
    "video": "<string>",
    "answer": "<string>",
    "highlights": "<string>",
    "links": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "actions": {
      "screenshots": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "scrapes": [
        {
          "url": "<string>",
          "html": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "javascriptReturns": [
        {
          "type": "<string>",
          "value": "<unknown>"
        }
      ],
      "pdfs": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "title": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "language": "<string>",
      "sourceURL": "<string>",
      "url": "<string>",
      "keywords": "<string>",
      "ogLocaleAlternate": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "<any other metadata> ": "<string>",
      "statusCode": 123,
      "contentType": "<string>",
      "error": "<string>",
      "concurrencyLimited": true,
      "concurrencyQueueDurationMs": 123
    },
    "warning": "<string>",
    "changeTracking": {
      "previousScrapeAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "diff": "<string>",
      "json": {}
    },
    "branding": {
      "logo": "<string>",
      "colors": {
        "primary": "<string>",
        "secondary": "<string>",
        "accent": "<string>",
        "background": "<string>",
        "textPrimary": "<string>",
        "textSecondary": "<string>",
        "link": "<string>",
        "success": "<string>",
        "warning": "<string>",
        "error": "<string>"
      },
      "fonts": [
        {
          "family": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "typography": {
        "fontFamilies": {
          "primary": "<string>",
          "heading": "<string>",
          "code": "<string>"
        },
        "fontSizes": {
          "h1": "<string>",
          "h2": "<string>",
          "h3": "<string>",
          "body": "<string>"
        },
        "fontWeights": {
          "light": 123,
          "regular": 123,
          "medium": 123,
          "bold": 123
        },
        "lineHeights": {
          "heading": "<string>",
          "body": "<string>"
        }
      },
      "spacing": {
        "baseUnit": 123,
        "borderRadius": "<string>",
        "padding": {},
        "margins": {}
      },
      "components": {
        "buttonPrimary": {
          "background": "<string>",
          "textColor": "<string>",
          "borderRadius": "<string>"
        },
        "buttonSecondary": {
          "background": "<string>",
          "textColor": "<string>",
          "borderColor": "<string>",
          "borderRadius": "<string>"
        },
        "input": {}
      },
      "icons": {},
      "images": {
        "logo": "<string>",
        "favicon": "<string>",
        "ogImage": "<string>"
      },
      "animations": {},
      "layout": {},
      "personality": {}
    }
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.firecrawl.dev/llms.txt

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Upload a local or non-public document and convert it into clean, LLM-ready data. /parse accepts file bytes via multipart/form-data and returns Markdown, JSON, HTML, links, images, or a summary — with reading order and tables preserved.
  • Turn PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, and more into Markdown or structured JSON
  • Up to 5x faster parsing via a Rust-based engine
  • Files up to 50 MB per request
  • Zero Data Retention support

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When to use /parse

Use /parse when the source document is a local file or not publicly accessible by URL. If you have a public URL that points to a document, prefer /scrape — it auto-detects the file type from the extension or content type and parses it the same way.
SourceEndpoint
Public URL to a document (e.g. https://example.com/report.pdf)POST /scrape
Local file or non-public bytes (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, HTML, …)POST /parse (this endpoint)

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

multipart/form-data
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file
file
required

The file bytes to parse. Supported extensions: .html, .htm, .pdf, .docx, .doc, .odt, .rtf, .xlsx, .xls.

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options
object

Optional parse options sent as JSON in the multipart options field.

Response

Successful response

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success
boolean
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data
object