Enhanced Mode

Use enhanced proxies for reliable scraping on complex sites

Firecrawl provides different proxy types to help you scrape websites with varying levels of complexity. Set the proxy parameter to control which proxy strategy is used for a request.

Proxy types

Firecrawl supports three proxy types:

Type	Description	Speed	Cost
basic	Standard proxies suitable for most sites	Fast	1 credit
enhanced	Enhanced proxies for complex sites	Slower	5 credits per request
auto	Tries basic first, then retries with enhanced on failure	Varies	1 credit if basic succeeds, 5 credits if enhanced is needed

If you do not specify a proxy, Firecrawl defaults to auto.

Basic usage

Set the proxy parameter to choose a proxy strategy. The following example uses auto, which lets Firecrawl decide when to escalate to enhanced proxies.

Python

from firecrawl import Firecrawl

firecrawl = Firecrawl(api_key='fc-YOUR-API-KEY')

# Choose proxy strategy: 'basic' | 'enhanced' | 'auto'
doc = firecrawl.scrape('https://example.com', formats=['markdown'], proxy='auto')

print(doc.warning or 'ok')

Enhanced proxy requests cost 5 credits per request. When using auto, the 5-credit cost only applies if the basic proxy fails and the enhanced retry succeeds.