Exa-powered web search for AI agents
Exa-powered web search for AI agents. Find relevant web sources with optional task objective, category, domain, and publication-date filters. Returns ranked URLs and query-relevant highlights for grounding, RAG, research, and fact finding.
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-18
1 of 1checks answered this week
963 msmedian answer time
$0.011listed price per call
$0.011price it asked us
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Endpoint
POST https://api.ai-open-models.com/v1/exa/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | api.ai-open-models.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 2 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-18 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.011 | 963 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"category": "news",
"num_results": 5,
"objective": "Find recent, credible sources explaining production adoption and merchant usage.",
"query": "latest developments in x402 payments"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"category": {
"description": "Optional Exa category filter.",
"enum": [
"company",
"publication",
"news",
"personal site",
"financial report",
"people"
],
"type": "string"
},
"end_published_date": {
"description": "Optional latest publication date in ISO 8601 format.",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
},
"exclude_domains": {
"description": "Optional domains or domain paths excluded from results.",
"items": {
"maxLength": 500,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 20,
"type": "array",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"include_domains": {
"description": "Optional domains or domain paths allowed in results.",
"items": {
"maxLength": 500,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 20,
"type": "array",
"uniqueItems": true
},
"num_results": {
"default": 5,
"description": "Number of results to return, from 1 to 10.",
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"objective": {
"description": "Optional broader goal explaining which sources and facts should rank highest.",
"maxLength": 4096,
"minLength": 1,
"pattern": "\\S",
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"description": "Search query describing the information the agent needs.",
"maxLength": 1000,
"minLength": 1,
"pattern": "\\S",
"type": "string"
},
"start_published_date": {
"description": "Optional earliest publication date in ISO 8601 format.",
"format": "date-time",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"request_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"results": {
"items": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"author": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"highlights": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"published_date": {
"type": "string"
},
"score": {
"type": "number"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"title",
"url",
"highlights"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"search_time_ms": {
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"results"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}