Firecrawl MCP Server 00a

🚀 Firecrawl Management Control Plane (MCP) Server Documentation

This documentation provides a detailed guide on installing, configuring, and using the Firecrawl MCP server, a powerful tool for web crawling and content management.

🚀 Quick Start

📦 Installation

Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-repository.git
cd firecrawl-mcp-server

Install Dependencies

npm install

Start the Service

node index.js

⚙️ Configuration

Create a configuration file config.json:

{
  "firecrawl_api_key": "your_firecrawl_api_key",
  "max_concurrent_requests": 10,
  "proxy_settings": {
    "enabled": false,
    "url": "http://proxy.example.com:8080"
  },
  "logging": {
    "level": "INFO",
    "file_name": "firecrawl_mcp.log",
    "max_file_size": 1024 * 1024
  }
}

✨ Features

Introduction to Firecrawl MCP Server

FireCrawl is a powerful web crawler and content management tool that supports multiple crawling modes, search functions, and intelligent extraction. The MCP (Management Control Plane) server is its core component, responsible for task scheduling, status monitoring, and data management.

Key Features of Firecrawl MCP Server

• Multi-threaded Crawling: Efficiently handle large-scale data scraping.
• Distributed Support: Scale across multiple nodes.
• Intelligent Anti-anti-crawling Mechanism: Avoid being blocked by target websites.
• Content Extraction and Structuring: Use LLM technology for intelligent parsing.

💻 Usage Examples

1. Crawler Startup Tool (firecrawl_start_crawl)

Basic Usage

# Basic usage
firecrawl_start_crawl --url https://example.com --depth 2

Advanced Usage

# Advanced options
firecrawl_start_crawl --url https://example.com --depth 3 --max_pages 100 --allow_external false

2. Status Check Tool (firecrawl_check_status)

firecrawl_check_status --id crawl_1

3. Search Tool (firecrawl_search)

firecrawl_search --query "your search query" --limit 5 --lang en --country us

4. Extraction Tool (firecrawl_extract)

firecrawl_extract --urls https://example.com/page1,https://example.com/page2 --prompt "Extract product information including name, price, and description"

📚 Documentation

Logging System

Log File Location

Log files are saved in the logs/ directory by default, named firecrawl_mcp.log.

Log Levels

• DEBUG: Detailed debugging information.
• INFO: Normal operation information.
• WARNING: Warnings for potential issues.
• ERROR: Records of serious errors.
• CRITICAL: System-level failures.

Error Handling

Common Errors and Solutions

1. Connection Timeout

   • Check if the target website restricts IP access.
   • Ensure the proxy server is configured correctly.

2. API Key Error

   • Confirm the validity of the API Key.
   • Check the Key permission settings.

3. Insufficient Resources

   • Increase the max_concurrent_requests configuration.
   • Optimize the crawler strategy to reduce the number of simultaneous requests.

Development

Create a New Feature Module

npm run dev

Testing

npm test

Submit Code

git add .
git commit -m "Add new feature"
git push origin main

⚠️ Important Note

1. Comply with Laws and Regulations: Ensure that the crawler's behavior complies with relevant laws and website terms of use.
2. Resource Management: Configure resources reasonably to avoid excessive consumption of server performance.
3. Regular Updates: Update to the latest version in a timely manner to obtain the latest features and security patches.

For more help, please visit FireCrawl Official Documentation.