Brave — keyword web search over Brave's own independent index (not Google/Bing)
Brave — keyword web search over Brave's own independent index (not Google/Bing). Pass `q`; optional `count` (1-20), `offset` (pagination), `country` (2-letter), `search_lang`, `freshness` (pd|pw|pm|py or YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD), `safesearch`, `result_filter` (comma list: web,news,videos,faq,discussions), `extra_snippets` (up to 5 alternative excerpts per hit). Returns ranked results with snippets — no page content; chain a scrape action for full text. The independent keyword-index alternative t…
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Endpoint
POST https://vaaya.ai/api/run/brave/search
| Category | Search and research |
|---|---|
| Provider host | vaaya.ai |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 7 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 236 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"count": 5,
"q": "x402 payment protocol"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"pathParams": {},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"count": {
"maximum": 20,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"country": {
"maxLength": 2,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"extra_snippets": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"freshness": {
"maxLength": 30,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"offset": {
"maximum": 9,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"q": {
"maxLength": 400,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"result_filter": {
"maxLength": 120,
"minLength": 1,
"type": "string"
},
"safesearch": {
"enum": [
"off",
"moderate",
"strict"
],
"type": "string"
},
"search_lang": {
"maxLength": 5,
"minLength": 2,
"type": "string"
},
"spellcheck": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"q"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"pathParams": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}