Exa Search API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Exa Answer Search 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: Search
paths:
  /search:
    post:
      summary: Neural or keyword web search
      description: Search the Exa neural web index. Modes include instant, fast, auto, deep-lite, deep, and deep-reasoning. Optionally returns contents, highlights, and summaries.
      operationId: search
      tags:
      - Search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
  /findSimilar:
    post:
      summary: Find pages similar to a URL
      operationId: findSimilar
      tags:
      - Search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FindSimilarRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Similar results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    ContentsOptions:
      type: object
      properties:
        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
        extras:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        requestId:
          type: string
        autopromptString:
          type: string
        resolvedSearchType:
          type: string
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
        costDollars:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    FindSimilarRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - url
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        numResults:
          type: integer
          default: 10
        excludeSourceDomain:
          type: boolean
        category:
          type: string
        contents:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentsOptions'
        includeDomains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        excludeDomains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        startCrawlDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endCrawlDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        startPublishedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endPublishedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - query
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: The query string for the search
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - instant
          - fast
          - auto
          - deep-lite
          - deep
          - deep-reasoning
        numResults:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
        category:
          type: string
          enum:
          - company
          - research paper
          - news
          - personal site
          - financial report
          - people
        contents:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentsOptions'
        additionalQueries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        systemPrompt:
          type: string
        outputSchema:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        stream:
          type: boolean
        moderation:
          type: boolean
        includeDomains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        excludeDomains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        startCrawlDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endCrawlDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        startPublishedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        endPublishedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    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