The Direct Index

The Direct Index Search API

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

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Operations 1

GET /api/search Businesses in the indexes by name or domain, filtered by city, kind, grade… #

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https://artifacts.apis.io/directindex-org/openapi/directindex-org-search-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Direct Index Search API
  version: '0.2'
  description: 'Agent-Direct Scores: whether AI agents can find, read and act on a business''s own website. Free, open data, no authentication for reads. An API key (optional, agency plan) only raises the scan limit.'
  contact:
    url: https://directindex.org/
servers:
- url: https://directindex.org
security:
- {}
- apiKey: []
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /api/search:
    get:
      summary: Businesses in the indexes by name or domain, filtered by city, kind, grade…
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: pizza
      - name: city
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: berlin
      - name: kind
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - restaurants
          - cafes
          - salons
          - clinics
          - tours
      - name: grade
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - A
          - B
          - C
          - D
          - F
      - name: builder
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: wix
      - name: vendor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: thefork
      - name: finding
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: menu_pdf
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
      tags:
      - Search
      operationId: getApiSearch
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: di_live_ followed by 32 hex characters
      description: 'Optional. Raises the new-scan limit to the key''s own (300 an hour on the agency plan) and attributes the call to the key; reads need no key and stay unlimited. Keys come with the agency plan: https://directindex.org/agency. Details: https://directindex.org/auth.md'