CLI rejects job ID when checking crawl status

[Pipboyguy]

Problem

firecrawl crawl <job-id> fails with URL validation error instead of checking job status.

Steps to reproduce

# Start a crawl
firecrawl crawl https://docs.firecrawl.dev --limit 5 -o job.json

# Get job ID from output
cat job.json
# {"success":true,"data":{"jobId":"019c0ed5-126b-7581-90f1-894a349a1e9d",...}}

# Try to check status
firecrawl crawl 019c0ed5-126b-7581-90f1-894a349a1e9d
# Error: URL must have a valid top-level domain or be a valid path

Expected

Should return job status as documented in README:

# Check crawl status
firecrawl crawl <job-id>

Actual

URL validation runs before checking if argument is a job ID.

Environment

• firecrawl-cli: 1.1.1
• Node: v22.x
• OS: macOS

[abimaelmartell]

Hey @Pipboyguy ! 👋

This has been fixed in the latest version. The CLI now properly detects UUID job IDs before running URL validation.

# Start a crawl
firecrawl crawl https://docs.firecrawl.dev --limit 5

# Check status with job ID - now works!
firecrawl crawl 019c0ed5-126b-7581-90f1-894a349a1e9d

Output:

Job ID: 019c0ed5-126b-7581-90f1-894a349a1e9d
Status: completed
Progress: 5/5 pages
Credits Used: 5
Expires: Jan 30, 2025, 10:30 AM

Update to the latest version:

npm install -g firecrawl-cli

Let me know if you run into any issues!

Best,
Abimael Martell