News search over Brave's independent index
News search over Brave's independent index. Returns recent articles with title, URL, source, and age. Use it for current events, where web search can surface older pages. Pass q, and optionally count, country, and freshness.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-30
1 of 1checks answered this week
437 msmedian answer time
$0.005listed price per call
$0.005price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | search.agent.s.brave.app |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 0 from 0 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.005 | 437 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"freshness": "pm",
"q": "brave browser"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"count": {
"default": 20,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"country": {
"description": "Country code such as US, or ALL",
"type": "string"
},
"freshness": {
"description": "pd, pw, pm, py, or a range like 2026-01-01to2026-06-30",
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"description": "Pages of count results to skip",
"maximum": 9,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"q": {
"description": "Search query",
"maxLength": 400,
"type": "string"
},
"safesearch": {
"default": "strict",
"enum": [
"off",
"moderate",
"strict"
],
"type": "string"
},
"search_lang": {
"description": "Language code such as en",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"query": {
"properties": {
"original": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"results": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"age": {
"type": "string"
},
"page_age": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}