Firecrawl Interact
Overview
- Extract data from gated and hard-to-reach areas by having AI agents log in, click, scroll, and type just like a human user
- Instruct the agent in plain English or Playwright code to execute precise, repeatable browser steps for full control
- Resume long-running tasks exactly where they left off with stateful sessions that save your progress
- Stay logged into your target sites across runs using persistent profiles that store cookies, localStorage, and session state
- Watch and control login flows in real time with an embeddable live view for better oversight
- Integrate seamlessly with Playwright, Puppeteer, or any CDP client to fit your existing automation stack
- Get structured, CSV-ready results from your web data extraction, making analysis and further processing effortless
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Active web interaction
- Accesses gated content
- Instruction in plain English
- Playwright code compatibility
- Structured results
- CSV output
- Stateful sessions
- Resumable tasks
- Persistent profiles
- Saves cookies and localStorage
- Embeddable live view
- Real-time visibility
- Control over login flows
- Playwright integration
- Puppeteer integration
- CDP client compatibility
- Automated web browsing
- Hard-to-reach data extraction
- Login automation
- Click automation
- Scrolling automation
- Typing automation
- Trusted by major companies
- Natural language actions
- Code execution
- Persistent authentication
- Stream URL for sessions
- Bring-your-own-tool concept
- Can attach Playwright
- Can attach Puppeteer
- CDP client direct control
- Claude Code compatibility
- Windsurf compatibility
Cons
- Only CSV output
- No explicit error handling
- Manual instruction required
- No multi-language support
- Login required for automation
- Limited platform integrations
- No built-in scheduler
- Potential privacy concerns
- Unclear documentation
- No mobile automation
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Firecrawl Interact is a web interaction API that provides a live web browser for AI agents. Unlike standard web scraping tools, Firecrawl Interact allows the agent to actively interact with the webpage rather than just read its content.
Firecrawl Interact differs from other web scraping tools in its ability to provide active interaction with the webpages. Instead of just reading the content, Firecrawl's AI agents can perform operations like logging in, clicking, scrolling, and typing. Moreover, it allows extraction of data from hard-to-reach areas, which may not be possible with conventional web scraping.
Firecrawl Interact can perform a variety of operations such as logging in, clicking, scrolling, typing, and accessing gated content. This enables it to extract data from challenging areas of a website.
Users can instruct the AI agent in Firecrawl Interact either in plain English or by using the Playwright code. This makes it user-friendly and versatile, catering to different levels of technical expertise.
Firecrawl Interact provides the results in a structured format which can be viewed in CSV form. This makes the analysed data easily readable and usable for further processing or analysis.
A stateful session in Firecrawl Interact refers to the feature that allows ongoing tasks to be saved and resumed. This means that the AI agents can pick up where they left off, providing a seamless browsing and data extraction experience.
Persistent profiles in Firecrawl Interact are a feature that allows agents to stay logged in, saving cookies, localStorage, and session state to a named profile. This enables repeated access without the need for multiple logins, saving time and enhancing efficiency.
The embeddable live view in Firecrawl Interact provides real-time visibility or control over login flows. In practice, this means that users can monitor the actions undertaken by the AI agents live, allowing for better oversight and management of the browsing and data extraction process.
Firecrawl Interact can integrate with various popular AI tools such as Playwright, Puppeteer, or any CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) client. This enhances its versatility and usability across different platforms.
Firecrawl Interact can access and interact with the content on the webpage just like a user would, allowing it to extract data from hard-to-reach areas. With features like login, click, scroll, type, and more, it navigates around obstacles that might block standard scraping tools.
Yes, Firecrawl Interact can stay logged into user profiles. It allows agentsto save cookies, localStorage, and session states to persistent profiles that enable them to stay logged in and reuse across runs.
Firecrawl Interact carries out login automation by running commands or prompts in plain English or using Playwright code. Its ability to save and reuse login states under persistent profiles also contributes to automating this process.
'Realtime Visibility' refers to Firecrawl Interact's feature of providing embeddable live view. This feature gives users the ability to watch live the operations carried out by AI agents, and to control login flows in real time.
Click automation in Firecrawl Interact works through the AI agent's ability to interact with web content. Users can instruct the agent via plain English or Playwright code to perform clicking operations, just like a manual user would.
For scrolling automation, some use cases could be browsing through large documents or web pages, automating the exploration of dynamic or infinite scroll pages, or navigating through a website based on the scrolling prompts.
Yes, Firecrawl Interact can interact with any webpage. It operates like a live browser, allowing AI agents to log in, navigate, and extract data just like a user would do manually.
To use the Playwright code to instruct the AI agent in Firecrawl Interact, users can run the code to execute precise, repeatable browser steps. This provides full control and a high degree of precision in navigating and interacting with the webpage.
Yes, Firecrawl Interact allows extraction of gated content. Its AI agents can log into pages, interact with them, and access areas of the site that might be closed off without login. This makes it possible to pull data from places that would be inaccessible to basic scraping tool.
In Firecrawl Interact, a CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) client contributes to connecting and driving the browser with your desired code. It enhances compatibility and enables integration with popular AI tools such as Playwright and Puppeteer.
Yes, Firecrawl Interact comes with a compatible typing automation feature. This means the AI agents can type into fields on a webpage, filling forms or using search functionalities as part of the interaction and data collection process.
Pricing
Pricing model
Freemium
Paid options from
$16/month
Billing frequency
Monthly
