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Exa Contents API

The Contents API from Exa — 1 operation(s) for contents.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Exa Search Answer Contents API
  description: 'Neural web search API for AI agents. Endpoints and parameters derived from the Exa API reference at https://exa.ai/docs/reference. Covers /search, /contents, /findSimilar, and /answer. Authenticate with an API key via the x-api-key header or Authorization: Bearer.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: API Evangelist
    email: kin@apievangelist.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://api.exa.ai
  description: Exa production API
security:
- apiKeyHeader: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Contents
paths:
  /contents:
    post:
      summary: Get contents for a set of URLs
      description: Extract page text, summaries, highlights, and subpages for a list of URLs already known to the caller.
      operationId: getContents
      tags:
      - Contents
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Contents results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ContentsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
        costDollars:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    ContentsRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - urls
      properties:
        urls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        text:
          oneOf:
          - type: boolean
          - type: object
            properties:
              maxCharacters:
                type: integer
              includeHtmlTags:
                type: boolean
        highlights:
          type: object
          properties:
            query:
              type: string
            numSentences:
              type: integer
            highlightsPerUrl:
              type: integer
        summary:
          type: object
          properties:
            query:
              type: string
            schema:
              type: object
              additionalProperties: true
        subpages:
          type: integer
        subpageTarget:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        maxAgeHours:
          type: integer
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        title:
          type: string
        publishedDate:
          type: string
        author:
          type: string
        score:
          type: number
        text:
          type: string
        highlights:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        summary:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer