# Go (/quickstarts/go)
Related: [Elixir](/quickstarts/elixir.md), [Rust](/quickstarts/rust.md)
## Prerequisites [#prerequisites]
* Go 1.21+
* A Firecrawl API key — [get one free](https://www.firecrawl.dev/app/api-keys)
## Search the web [#search-the-web]
Firecrawl works with Go through the REST API. Use `net/http` to make requests directly.
```go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"os"
)
func main() {
apiKey := os.Getenv("FIRECRAWL_API_KEY")
body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
"query": "firecrawl web scraping",
"limit": 5,
})
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/search", bytes.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "request failed: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
result, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(result))
}
```
```json
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"web": [
{
"url": "https://docs.firecrawl.dev",
"title": "Firecrawl Documentation",
"markdown": "# Firecrawl\n\nFirecrawl is a web scraping API..."
}
]
}
}
```
## Scrape a page [#scrape-a-page]
```go
body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
"url": "https://example.com",
})
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape", bytes.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "request failed: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
result, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(result))
```
```json
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"markdown": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in illustrative examples...",
"metadata": {
"title": "Example Domain",
"sourceURL": "https://example.com"
}
}
}
```
## Interact with a page [#interact-with-a-page]
Start a browser session, interact with the page using natural-language prompts, then close the session.
### Step 1 — Scrape to start a session [#step-1--scrape-to-start-a-session]
```go
body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
"url": "https://www.amazon.com",
"formats": []string{"markdown"},
})
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape", bytes.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "request failed: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
var scrapeResult map[string]interface{}
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&scrapeResult)
data := scrapeResult["data"].(map[string]interface{})
metadata := data["metadata"].(map[string]interface{})
scrapeId := metadata["scrapeId"].(string)
fmt.Println("scrapeId:", scrapeId)
```
### Step 2 — Send interactions [#step-2--send-interactions]
```go
// Search for a product
interactBody, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
"prompt": "Search for iPhone 16 Pro Max",
})
interactURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2/scrape/%s/interact", scrapeId)
req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", interactURL, bytes.NewReader(interactBody))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "interact failed: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
result, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(result))
// Click on the first result
interactBody, _ = json.Marshal(map[string]string{
"prompt": "Click on the first result and tell me the price",
})
req, _ = http.NewRequest("POST", interactURL, bytes.NewReader(interactBody))
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "interact failed: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
result, _ = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(result))
```
### Step 3 — Stop the session [#step-3--stop-the-session]
```go
req, _ = http.NewRequest("DELETE", interactURL, nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
resp, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "delete failed: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println("Session stopped")
```
## Reusable helper [#reusable-helper]
For repeated use, wrap the API in a small helper:
```go
type FirecrawlClient struct {
APIKey string
BaseURL string
Client *http.Client
}
func NewFirecrawlClient(apiKey string) *FirecrawlClient {
return &FirecrawlClient{
APIKey: apiKey,
BaseURL: "https://api.firecrawl.dev/v2",
Client: &http.Client{},
}
}
func (fc *FirecrawlClient) post(endpoint string, payload interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
body, err := json.Marshal(payload)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", fc.BaseURL+endpoint, bytes.NewReader(body))
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+fc.APIKey)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err := fc.Client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
return io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
}
func (fc *FirecrawlClient) Scrape(url string) ([]byte, error) {
return fc.post("/scrape", map[string]string{"url": url})
}
func (fc *FirecrawlClient) Search(query string, limit int) ([]byte, error) {
return fc.post("/search", map[string]interface{}{"query": query, "limit": limit})
}
```
A [community Go SDK](https://github.com/mendableai/firecrawl-go) is available for the v1 API. See the [Go SDK docs](/sdks/go) for details.
## Next steps [#next-steps]
Search the web and get full page content
All scrape options including formats, actions, and proxies
Click, fill forms, and extract dynamic content
Complete REST API documentation