# Brave Search API

> Independent search infrastructure for developers: web, image, video and news search, plus LLM-ready context and cited answers.

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## Overview

- [Documentation home](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/index.html.md): Privacy-first search infrastructure for developers

## Getting started

- [Quickstart](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/quickstart/index.html.md): Get started with the Brave Search API in minutes
- [Playground](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/playground/index.html.md): Try out the Brave Search API endpoints in your browser. Select an endpoint to see the available parameters
- [Pricing](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/pricing/index.html.md): Explore the Brave Search API pricing plans and features

## AI Search

- [LLM Context](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/llm-context/index.html.md): Advanced Web search, with pre-extracted content that's optimized for AI agents, LLM grounding, and RAG pipelines.
- [Answers](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/answers/index.html.md): API for AI-generated answers backed by real-time web search and verifiable sources

## Specialized search

- [Web Search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/web-search/index.html.md): Search from a large index of web pages with optional local and rich data enrichments, with results intended for human consumption.
- [News search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/news-search/index.html.md): Dedicated search for news, with advanced filtering and freshness options
- [Video search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/video-search/index.html.md): Dedicated search for videos, with advanced filtering and freshness options
- [Image search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/image-search/index.html.md): Search from a comprehensive index of images across the web with advanced filtering options
- [Place search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/place-search/index.html.md): Find geographic places — businesses, landmarks, and points of interest — from our index of over 200 million locations worldwide
- [Autosuggest](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/suggest/index.html.md): Real-time query autocompletion and suggestions to enhance search experiences
- [Spellcheck](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/services/spellcheck/index.html.md): Intelligent spellchecking to improve query quality and help users find what they're looking for

## Guides

- [Authentication](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/authentication/index.html.md): Learn how to authenticate your requests to the Brave Search API using API keys
- [Versioning](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/versioning/index.html.md): How API versioning works and what changes to expect between versions
- [Rate limiting](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/guides/rate-limiting/index.html.md): Understand how rate limiting works and best practices for staying within your quota

## Resources

- [Skills](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/skills/index.html.md): Official skills for using Brave Search API with AI coding agents.
- [Help & Feedback](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/help-feedback/index.html.md): Find answers to common questions and get support for the Brave Search API
- [Goggles](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/goggles/index.html.md): Customize search rankings with Goggles to create personalized search experiences
- [Search operators](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/search-operators/index.html.md): Learn what search operators are and how to use them to refine and control your search results
- [Status updates](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/status-updates/index.html.md): Information about Brave Search API incidents
- [Security](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/security/index.html.md): Security at Brave
- [Privacy notice](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/privacy-notice/index.html.md): Privacy notice for Brave Search API customers
- [Terms of service](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation/resources/terms-of-service)

## API reference

- [AI Search: LLM Context](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/ai/llm_context/get/index.html.md)
- [AI Search: Answers](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/ai/answers/index.html.md)
- [Search: Web Search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/search/get/index.html.md)
- [Search: Local POIs](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/local_pois/index.html.md)
- [Search: POI Descriptions](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/poi_descriptions/index.html.md)
- [Search: Rich search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/rich_search/index.html.md)
- [Specialized search: News](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/news/news_search/get/index.html.md)
- [Specialized search: Videos](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/videos/video_search/get/index.html.md)
- [Specialized search: Images](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/images/image_search/index.html.md)
- [Specialized search: Place Search](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/web/place_search/index.html.md)
- [Other: Suggest](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/other/suggestions/index.html.md)
- [Other: Spell check](https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/api-reference/other/spell_check/index.html.md)

## Agent skills

Drop-in instructions for coding agents, one file per API:

- [llm-context](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/llm-context/SKILL.md)
- [web-search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/web-search/SKILL.md)
- [answers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/answers/SKILL.md)
- [news-search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/news-search/SKILL.md)
- [videos-search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/videos-search/SKILL.md)
- [images-search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/images-search/SKILL.md)
- [local-place-search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/local-place-search/SKILL.md)
- [local-pois](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/local-pois/SKILL.md)
- [local-descriptions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/local-descriptions/SKILL.md)
- [suggest](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/suggest/SKILL.md)
- [spellcheck](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/brave-search-skills/main/skills/spellcheck/SKILL.md)