---
name: fastcrawl
description: Scrape, crawl, map, extract, screenshot, parse PDFs, and monitor pages via the Fastcrawl cloud API.
---

# Fastcrawl

Cloud scraping for agents. Base: `https://fastcrawl.net`

Auth: `Authorization: Bearer *** from https://fastcrawl.net/app`
Free tier: 2,000 credits/month, no card. See [pricing.md](/pricing.md) & [auth.md](/auth.md).

## Prefer MCP

Connect streamable HTTP at `https://mcp.fastcrawl.net/mcp` with the Bearer key.
Tools: scrape, crawl, map, search, extract, screenshot, pdf, parse,
monitor_create, monitor_list, monitor_run, monitor_delete.

## REST fallback

POST `/api/v1/scrape/` `{"url":"..."}` → markdown.
POST `/api/v1/crawl/` then GET `/api/v1/crawl/{id}/`.
POST `/api/v1/extract/` `{"url":"...","schema":{...}}`.
POST `/api/v1/monitors/` `{"url":"...","schedule":"daily"}` → change-detection webhooks.
Failed calls are never charged. 1 credit per successful page.

## Scrape options

`{"url":"...","formats":"markdown|html|json","timeout":30,"fetchMode":"auto|http|browser"}`

- `fetchMode:auto` (default) — HTTP first, browser fallback for JS/SPA. Fast on static pages.
- `fetchMode:http` — no browser, ~14ms on static pages. Use for known-static sites.
- `fetchMode:browser` — always render JS. For heavy SPAs set `timeout` up to 60.

## Monitors

Create a monitor to re-scrape on a schedule and get a webhook POST only when content changes:

```
POST /api/v1/monitors {"url":"https://…","schedule":"daily","timezone":"Asia/Hong_Kong","hour":9,"webhook_url":"https://…"}
```

`monitor_run` fires it now (1 credit). `monitor_list` shows status. `monitor_delete` removes it.

Docs: https://fastcrawl.net/docs
llms.txt: https://fastcrawl.net/llms.txt