Brave Search API

In plain words

Brave Search API is a search engine API that powers Brave's independent web search engine. It serves developers and companies seeking an alternative to Big Tech search solutions. The API accesses Brave's own search index, which is updated daily with millions of new pages and filtered to exclude spam and low-quality content. Brave Search operates independently without reliance on other search providers.

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From the sources

Enterprise-grade Web search API accessing an index of 40+ billion pages. Specialized endpoints to train models, power search, and more. Real-time indexing, low latencies, and flexible pricing.

Power your agents & chatbots with the world's largest independent index of the Web. Third-party verified as having the highest agent quality score and lowest latency among leading search APIs. The real-time search data your chatbots & agents need to generate answers. Complete search results (URLs, text, news, images, and more), with additional LLM context optimized for AI. Answers grounded on a single search or multiple searches for better accuracy & reduced hallucinations. Need custom terms, capacity, or endpoints? Contact us about bespoke plans for large-scale deployments. Chatbots, coding assistants, and AI-search engines all need real-time data to reduce hallucinations and ground their…from brave.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

Today, we're releasing the Brave Search API for public access. The Brave Search API is the backbone of our independent search engine, and we're excited to provide a competitive alternative to Big Tech. We hope to serve customers ranging from independent developers to large companies. Brave Search recently became 100%…

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