Kagi Search API

Perform Kagi web searches.

Operations 2

GET /search Run a Kagi search query via GET #

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OpenAPI Specification

kagi-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Kagi Extract Search API
  description: REST API for the Kagi premium search platform, exposing web search and markdown extract endpoints. All requests are authenticated with a Kagi API token issued from the Kagi API portal.
  version: 1.0.0
  termsOfService: https://kagi.com/terms
  contact:
    name: Kagi Support
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://kagi.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://kagi.com/api/v1
  description: Kagi API production endpoint
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Perform Kagi web searches.
paths:
  /search:
    post:
      operationId: search
      summary: Run a Kagi search query
      description: Perform a web search using the Kagi index. Supports access to premium results, Lenses, and markdown extraction features.
      tags:
      - Search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                q:
                  type: string
                  description: Search query string.
              required:
              - q
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
    get:
      operationId: searchGet
      summary: Run a Kagi search query via GET
      description: Perform a web search using the Kagi index by passing the query as a URL parameter.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Search query string.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Kagi API token issued from https://kagi.com/api/keys, sent in the Authorization header as "Bearer <token>" (or the equivalent "Bot <token>" form documented for the legacy Search endpoint).