{"slug":"brave-search","name":"Brave Search API","owner":null,"repo":null,"category":"search-retrieval","lang":"","blurb":"Independent search-index API (web, news, images) with an LLM-focused Answers/Grounding endpoint, from a privacy-first crawler.","use_cases":"[]","alternatives":[],"stars":0,"pushed_at":null,"synced_at":null,"kind":"api","one_liner":"Independent search-index API (web, news, images) with an LLM-focused Answers/Grounding endpoint, from a privacy-first crawler.","website":"https://brave.com/search/api/","docs_url":"https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation","signup_url":"https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register","pricing_model":"usage-based","pricing_note":"Free tier removed Feb 2026; ~$5/1k web requests, Answers ~$4/1k + $5/M tokens; $5 recurring monthly credit, card required","auth_type":"api-key","agent_signup":"manual-only","agent_signup_note":"As of Feb 2026 a credit card is required to provision a key (credit-based billing, no free tier), so a human must add payment.","mcp_server":"https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server","sdks":["REST"],"code_sample":"{\"lang\":\"bash\",\"code\":\"curl -s \\\"https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=brave+search+api\\\" \\\\\\n  -H \\\"Accept: application/json\\\" \\\\\\n  -H \\\"X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY\\\"\"}","tags":["web-search","independent-index","news","privacy","grounding"],"useCases":[],"codeSample":{"lang":"bash","code":"curl -s \"https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=brave+search+api\" \\\n  -H \"Accept: application/json\" \\\n  -H \"X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY\""},"oneLiner":"Independent search-index API (web, news, images) with an LLM-focused Answers/Grounding endpoint, from a privacy-first crawler.","docsUrl":"https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation","signupUrl":"https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/register","pricingModel":"usage-based","pricingNote":"Free tier removed Feb 2026; ~$5/1k web requests, Answers ~$4/1k + $5/M tokens; $5 recurring monthly credit, card required","authType":"api-key","agentSignup":"manual-only","agentSignupNote":"As of Feb 2026 a credit card is required to provision a key (credit-based billing, no free tier), so a human must add payment.","mcpServer":"https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server"}