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GET

/deep-research/{id}

Firecrawl API

Get the status and results of a deep research operation

Base URL
https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1
Auth
Authorization: Bearer <FIRECRAWL_API_KEY>
Last verified
2026-09-03 · upstream hash matched
Actions
Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
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Critical gotchas

The formats field controls the output shape and defaults to ["markdown"]. Omitting it does not return HTML — request ["markdown","html"] explicitly.

/crawl is asynchronous: it returns a job id, and results are collected by polling /crawl/{id} until status is completed.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/deep-research/id' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"
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Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
id path string Yes The ID of the research job

Response 200 OK

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "finalAnalysis": "string",
    "json": {},
    "activities": [
      {
        "type": "string",
        "status": "string",
        "message": "string",
        "timestamp": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
        "depth": 0
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "url": "string",
        "title": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "favicon": "string"
      }
    ],
    "status": "processing",
    "error": "string",
    "expiresAt": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
    "currentDepth": 0,
    "maxDepth": 0,
    "totalUrls": 0
  }
}