ToolAssay

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

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Endpoint

GET https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search

CategorySearch and research
Provider hostsearch.agent.s.brave.app
Networkseip155:8453
Payment schemesexact
Self-reported calls, 30 days0 from 0 payers (the provider's figure, not ours)

Our checks, last 30 days

DayResultHTTPAskedTime
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"
}

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