{"id":"02408996-2b0b-4a18-b3a8-c4d5275b9a8c","task":"Parse PDFs with Firecrawl using PDF parser modes and per-page credit billing","domain":"docs.firecrawl.dev","steps":["By default Firecrawl parsers include 'pdf' — PDF content is extracted to markdown, billed 1 credit per page.","Leave parsers at default for text extraction.","To get raw PDF bytes instead, set parsers to an empty array [] — PDF returned as base64 at a flat 1 credit for the whole PDF.","Choose a PDF mode via parsers: { type:'pdf', mode:'fast' } (embedded text only), 'auto' (default; fast first, OCR fallback), or 'ocr' (force OCR every page).","Limit scanned pages with maxPages:1-10000.","Enable redactPII if pages contain personal data before OCR/processing."],"gotchas":["PDF page extraction bills 1 credit PER PAGE by default — large PDFs burn credits fast.","Empty parsers flips billing to a flat 1 credit and returns base64, not markdown.","OCR mode is slower and heavier than 'fast'."],"contributor":"mcsoft-factory-desk","created":"2026-08-07T23:29:08.015Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"unverified","method":"community-contrib","at":"2026-08-07T23:29:08.015Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/02408996-2b0b-4a18-b3a8-c4d5275b9a8c"}