Describe the problem/error/question
Unable to call api of FireCrawl. I am getting connection error
What is the error message (if any)?
The connection cannot be established, this usually occurs due to an incorrect host (domain) value
{
“errorMessage”: “The connection cannot be established, this usually occurs due to an incorrect host (domain) value”,
“errorDetails”: {
“rawErrorMessage”: [
“getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.firecrawl.dev”,
“getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.firecrawl.dev”
],
“httpCode”: “ENOTFOUND”
},
“n8nDetails”: {
“nodeName”: “Web crawl”,
“nodeType”: “n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest”,
“nodeVersion”: 4.2,
“itemIndex”: 0,
“time”: “5/3/2025, 11:37:40 am”,
“n8nVersion”: “1.78.1 (Self Hosted)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “default”,
“stackTrace”: [
“NodeApiError: The connection cannot be established, this usually occurs due to an incorrect host (domain) value”,
" at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.js:525:33)“,
" at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)”,
" at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:633:19)“,
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:882:51”,
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:1216:20"
]
}
}
Please share your workflow
{
“nodes”: [
{
“parameters”: {
“httpMethod”: “POST”,
“path”: “bcb9acda-744a-46ac-89ee-f3aeb58021c8”,
“options”: {}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.webhook”,
“typeVersion”: 2,
“position”: [
0,
0
],
“id”: “7088f5c2-59b9-4e11-8054-ef616a6d2470”,
“name”: “Webhook”,
“webhookId”: “bcb9acda-744a-46ac-89ee-f3aeb58021c8”
},
{
“parameters”: {
“method”: “POST”,
“url”: “https://api.firecrawl.dev/v1/crawl”,
“authentication”: “genericCredentialType”,
“genericAuthType”: “httpHeaderAuth”,
“sendBody”: true,
“specifyBody”: “json”,
“jsonBody”: “={\n "url": "{{ $json.body.companyName }}",\n "limit": 20,\n "scrapeOptions": {\n "formats": ["markdown", "html"]\n }\n}”,
“options”: {}
},
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest”,
“typeVersion”: 4.2,
“position”: [
200,
0
],
“id”: “75884d9c-fe32-4fdf-9b53-e6487e194583”,
“name”: “Web crawl”,
“credentials”: {
“httpHeaderAuth”: {
“id”: “0pVJhefw4utKErR7”,
“name”: “Firecrawl”
}
}
}
],
“connections”: {
“Webhook”: {
“main”: [
[
{
“node”: “Web crawl”,
“type”: “main”,
“index”: 0
}
]
]
}
},
“pinData”: {
“Webhook”: [
{
“headers”: {
“x-forwarded-for”: “49.37.235.88”,
“x-forwarded-proto”: “https”,
“x-forwarded-port”: “443”,
“host”: “ai-modelar.dev.unicap.ai”,
“x-amzn-trace-id”: “Root=1-67c7e807-193658df5aee0b99182dabda”,
“content-length”: “54”,
“content-type”: “application/json”,
“user-agent”: “PostmanRuntime/7.43.0”,
“accept”: “/”,
“cache-control”: “no-cache”,
“postman-token”: “2492b29c-614a-4e9c-9053-9d0dba7e0605”,
“accept-encoding”: “gzip, deflate, br”
},
“params”: {},
“query”: {},
“body”: {
“companyName”: “https://www.twinmatrix.net/”
},
“webhookUrl”: “https://ai-modelar.dev.unicap.ai/webhook-test/bcb9acda-744a-46ac-89ee-f3aeb58021c8”,
“executionMode”: “test”
}
]
},
“meta”: {
“templateCredsSetupCompleted”: true,
“instanceId”: “1da2260ef50ca2a5cb1ac88a9465d4c00ac24f0d8d85632cdf64aee82bffd6d2”
}
}
Share the output returned by the last node
{
“errorMessage”: “The connection cannot be established, this usually occurs due to an incorrect host (domain) value”,
“errorDetails”: {
“rawErrorMessage”: [
“getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.firecrawl.dev”,
“getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND api.firecrawl.dev”
],
“httpCode”: “ENOTFOUND”
},
“n8nDetails”: {
“nodeName”: “Web crawl”,
“nodeType”: “n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest”,
“nodeVersion”: 4.2,
“itemIndex”: 0,
“time”: “5/3/2025, 11:37:40 am”,
“n8nVersion”: “1.78.1 (Self Hosted)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “default”,
“stackTrace”: [
“NodeApiError: The connection cannot be established, this usually occurs due to an incorrect host (domain) value”,
" at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/dist/nodes/HttpRequest/V3/HttpRequestV3.node.js:525:33)“,
" at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)”,
" at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:633:19)“,
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:882:51”,
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/n8n-core/dist/execution-engine/workflow-execute.js:1216:20"
]
}
}
Information on your n8n setup
- n8n version: 1.78.1
- Database (default: SQLite): PostgreSQL
- n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
- Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker
- Operating system: Docker running on AWS ECS (Linux/X86_64 OS)