Browserbase Search API

The Search API from Browserbase — 1 operation(s) for search.

Operations 1

POST /v1/search Web Search #

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OpenAPI Specification

browserbase-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Browserbase Search API
  description: Browserbase API for 3rd party developers
  version: v1
servers:
- url: https://api.browserbase.com
  description: Public endpoint
  variables: {}
security:
- BrowserbaseAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /v1/search:
    post:
      operationId: Search_web
      summary: Web Search
      description: Perform a web search and return structured results.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                query:
                  description: The search query string
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 200
                  minLength: 1
                numResults:
                  description: Number of results to return (1-25)
                  type: integer
                  default: 10
                  maximum: 25
                  minimum: 1
                provider:
                  description: Search provider to serve this request. Omit to use the default provider for your project.
                  default: parallel
                  anyOf:
                  - type: string
                    enum:
                    - parallel
                  - type: string
                    enum:
                    - exa
                mode:
                  description: The search mode used by the underlying provider. [Search docs](https://docs.browserbase.com/platform/search/overview) for the available modes and defaults.
                  anyOf:
                  - type: string
                    enum:
                    - fast
                  - type: string
                    enum:
                    - advanced
              oneOf:
              - type: object
                properties:
                  provider:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - parallel
                  mode:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: string
                      enum:
                      - fast
                    - type: string
                      enum:
                      - advanced
                required:
                - provider
              - not:
                  required:
                  - mode
                type: object
                properties:
                  provider:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                    - exa
              required:
              - query
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The request has succeeded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  requestId:
                    description: Unique identifier for the request
                    type: string
                  query:
                    description: The search query that was executed
                    type: string
                  results:
                    description: List of search results
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          description: Unique identifier for the result
                          type: string
                        url:
                          description: The URL of the search result
                          type: string
                        title:
                          description: The title of the search result
                          type: string
                        author:
                          description: Author of the content if available
                          type: string
                        publishedDate:
                          description: Publication date in RFC 3339 format
                          type: string
                          format: date-time
                        image:
                          description: Image URL if available
                          type: string
                        favicon:
                          description: Favicon URL
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - id
                      - url
                      - title
                required:
                - requestId
                - query
                - results
      tags:
      - Search
components:
  securitySchemes:
    BrowserbaseAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-BB-API-Key
      description: Your [Browserbase API Key](https://www.browserbase.com/settings).
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Browserbase
  source: https://docs.browserbase.com/reference/api/openapi.v1.yaml
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)