FireCrawl Install & Auth

Overview

Set up FireCrawl SDK/CLI and configure authentication credentials.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
• Package manager (npm, pnpm, or pip)
• FireCrawl account with API access
• API key from FireCrawl dashboard

Instructions

Step 1: Install SDK

set -euo pipefail
# Node.js
npm install @firecrawl/sdk

# Python
pip install firecrawl

Step 2: Configure Authentication

# Set environment variable
export FIRECRAWL_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Or create .env file
echo 'FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-api-key' >> .env

Step 3: Verify Connection

// Test connection code here

Output

• Installed SDK package in node_modules or site-packages
• Environment variable or .env file with API key
• Successful connection verification output

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Solution
Invalid API Key	Incorrect or expired key	Verify key in FireCrawl dashboard
Rate Limited	Exceeded quota	Check quota at https://docs.firecrawl.com
Network Error	Firewall blocking	Ensure outbound HTTPS allowed
Module Not Found	Installation failed	Run npm install or pip install again

Examples

TypeScript Setup

import { FireCrawlClient } from '@firecrawl/sdk';

const client = new FireCrawlClient({
  apiKey: process.env.FIRECRAWL_API_KEY,
});

Python Setup

from firecrawl import FireCrawlClient

client = FireCrawlClient(
    api_key=os.environ.get('FIRECRAWL_API_KEY')
)

Resources

• FireCrawl Documentation
• FireCrawl Dashboard
• FireCrawl Status

Next Steps

After successful auth, proceed to firecrawl-hello-world for your first API call.