# /v1/deep-research* is deprecated

Firecrawl API deprecated /v1/deep-research* without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Firecrawl API (api.firecrawl.dev)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `/v1/deep-research*`
- Source: [Announcement](https://docs.firecrawl.dev/features/alpha/deep-research)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/firecrawl-api/breaking-changes/v1-deep-research-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Build the research flow on POST /v2/search (with scrapeOptions) instead of /v1/deep-research.

## Firecrawl API's words

> This legacy v1 API is being deprecated in favor of the current Search API and Deep Research use case