Launch Week II - Day 4: Advanced iframe Scraping

Welcome to Day 4 of Firecrawl’s second Launch Week! Today, we’re excited to announce a significant enhancement to our web scraping capabilities: Advanced iframe Scraping.

Introducing Advanced iframe Scraping

Our scraper can now seamlessly handle nested iframes, dynamically loaded content, and cross-origin frames—solving one of web scraping’s most challenging technical hurdles. This means you can extract content from iframes just as easily as any other part of a webpage.

Firecrawl now implements:

• Recursive iframe Traversal and Content Extraction: Navigate through nested iframes to extract content at any depth.
• Cross-Origin iframe Handling with Proper Security Context Management: Scrape content from iframes hosted on different domains while respecting security protocols.
• Smart Automatic Wait for iframe Content to Load: The scraper intelligently waits for iframe content to fully load before extraction.
• Support for Dynamically Injected iframes: Capture iframes that are added to the DOM after the initial page load.
• Proper Handling of Sandboxed iframes: Accurately retrieve data from iframes with sandbox attributes.

Many modern websites use iframes for:

• Embedded Content and Widgets: Like maps, videos, and interactive tools.
• Payment Forms and Secure Inputs: Handling sensitive information securely.
• Third-Party Integrations: Such as customer support chats and analytics tools.
• Advertisement Frames: Managed by ad networks.
• Social Media Embeds: Including Twitter feeds and Facebook posts.

Previously, these elements were often inaccessible during scraping, leaving gaps in your data. Now, with Advanced iframe Scraping, you get complete access to iframe content just like any other part of the page.

No additional configuration is needed! The iframe scraping happens automatically when you use any of our scraping or crawling endpoints. Whether you’re using /scrape for single pages or /crawl for entire websites, iframe content will be seamlessly integrated into your results.

Happy scraping, and join us tomorrow for Launch Week II Day 5!