Octen Search API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Octen Ai Search API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Search across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: octen-ai-openapi.json, octen-ai-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.octen.ai
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /search:
    post:
      summary: Web Search
      description: Searches the live web and returns ranked results with model-ready highlights and optional full content. Optional filters narrow sources, time windows, and languages.
      operationId: search
      security:
      - bearerAuthNoPayment: []
      - apiKeyAuthNoPayment: []
      x-mint:
        href: /api-reference/search
        metadata:
          title: Web Search
          sidebarTitle: Web Search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
            examples:
              basic:
                summary: Basic Search
                value:
                  query: What record did Kendrick Lamar break at the 2026 Grammy Awards?
                  count: 5
              domainFiltering:
                summary: Domain Filtering + Time Range + Highlights
                value:
                  query: summary judgment
                  count: 10
                  time_basis: published
                  start_time: '2024-01-01T00:00:00+08:00'
                  end_time: '2025-01-01T00:00:00+08:00'
                  include_domains:
                  - uscourts.gov
                  highlight:
                    enable: true
                    max_tokens: 300
                  full_content:
                    enable: false
                  format: text
              fullContent:
                summary: Full Content Enabled
                value:
                  query: latest WHO guidance on influenza vaccination
                  count: 5
                  full_content:
                    enable: true
                    max_tokens: 1000
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful search response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
              example:
                code: 0
                msg: success
                request_id: req_abc123def456
                data:
                  query: latest WHO guidance on influenza vaccination
                  results:
                  - title: Influenza (Seasonal) - World Health Organization (WHO)
                    url: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/influenza-(seasonal)
                    highlight: 'WHO recommends annual vaccination for high-risk groups


                      ...


                      Seasonal influenza vaccination policies vary by region...'
                    authors: World Health Organization
                    time_published: '2024-10-15T00:00:00Z'
                    time_last_crawled: '2026-01-20T02:12:34Z'
                    favicon: https://www.who.int/favicon.ico
                    cover_image:
                      url: https://www.who.int/images/default-source/influenza/seasonal-influenza-cover.jpg
                      description: Seasonal influenza vaccination
                    images:
                    - url: https://www.who.int/images/default-source/influenza/influenza-vaccine-vial.jpg
                      description: A vial of seasonal influenza vaccine.
                meta:
                  usage:
                    num_search_queries: 1
                    full_content_extra_count: 0
                  latency: 237
                  warning: null
        '400':
          description: Missing parameter query — Returned when a required parameter is missing.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
              example:
                code: 400
                msg: Missing parameter query
                request_id: req_abc123def456
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientBalance'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
      tags:
      - Search
    servers:
    - url: https://api.octen.ai
components:
  schemas:
    SearchUsage:
      type: object
      description: Usage information for the search request.
      properties:
        num_search_queries:
          type: integer
          description: Number of search queries executed.
        full_content_extra_count:
          type: integer
          description: Billable full_content results beyond the free allowance.
    FullContentOptions:
      type: object
      description: Controls whether to return the full raw content of each result page.
      properties:
        enable:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: If true, returns full_content for each result.
        max_tokens:
          type: integer
          default: 2048
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 100000
          description: Maximum tokens of full content included per result.
    SearchData:
      type: object
      description: The main response payload.
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: The original query.
        results:
          type: array
          description: A list of search results.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
    HighlightOptions:
      type: object
      description: Controls highlight extraction from result pages.
      properties:
        enable:
          type: boolean
          default: true
          description: If true, returns query-relevant highlight in each result.
        max_tokens:
          type: integer
          default: 512
          minimum: 100
          maximum: 20000
          description: Max tokens returned per highlight.
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - query
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          maxLength: 500
          description: 'The search query.


            **Operators**


            - `site:<domain>`: restrict results to a single domain. For multiple domains, use `include_domains` and `exclude_domains`.

            - `-site:<domain>`: exclude a single domain from the results.'
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebSearchOptions'
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      description: A single search result.
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: The title of the result page.
        url:
          type: string
          description: The URL of the result page.
        highlight:
          type: string
          description: Query-relevant highlight snippets. Returned only if highlight.enable is true.
        full_content:
          type: string
          description: Full raw page content. Returned only if full_content.enable is true.
        authors:
          type: string
          description: Website name or author.
        time_published:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Publish time in ISO 8601.
        time_last_crawled:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Last crawl time in ISO 8601.
        favicon:
          type: string
          description: The favicon URL of the result site.
        cover_image:
          type: object
          description: The page cover image. Returned only when `include_images` is true and the page has a cover image.
          properties:
            url:
              type: string
              description: The cover image URL.
            description:
              type: string
              description: Text description of the cover image.
        images:
          type: array
          description: In-body images of the page, in order of appearance. Returned only when `include_images` is true.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              url:
                type: string
                description: The image URL.
              description:
                type: string
                description: Text description of the image.
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Business status code. 0 indicates success.
        msg:
          type: string
          description: A message describing the result.
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: The unique identifier for this request.
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchData'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchMeta'
    SearchMeta:
      type: object
      description: Additional metadata for the search request.
      properties:
        usage:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchUsage'
        latency:
          type: number
          description: Response time in milliseconds.
        warning:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Warning message, if any.
    WebSearchOptions:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          default: 5
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          description: Number of results to return.
        include_domains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            maxLength: 60
          maxItems: 1200
          description: A list of domains to specifically include in the search results. The `site:` query operator adds to this list.
          example:
          - octen.ai
          - wikipedia.org
        exclude_domains:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            maxLength: 60
          maxItems: 1200
          description: A list of domains to specifically exclude from the search results. The `-site:` query operator adds to this list. If a domain appears in both `include_domains` and `exclude_domains`, `exclude_domains` takes precedence.
          example:
          - spam.com
          - ads.example.net
        include_text:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            maxLength: 30
          maxItems: 5
          description: Strings that must appear in the result page text.
        exclude_text:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            maxLength: 30
          maxItems: 5
          description: Strings that must not appear in the result page text.
        time_basis:
          type: string
          enum:
          - auto
          - published
          - crawled
          default: auto
          description: Determines which time field is used for time filtering. `published` uses time_published; `crawled` uses time_last_crawled. Results missing this field are excluded when filtering by time.
        time_range:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
          - year
          - d
          - w
          - m
          - y
          description: Relative time window counting back from the current time based on `time_basis`. Mutually exclusive with `start_time`/`end_time` — if both are provided, `start_time`/`end_time` take precedence.
        start_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Start time for filtering results. ISO 8601 format.
          example: '2025-01-01T00:00:00+08:00'
        end_time:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: End time for filtering results. ISO 8601 format.
          example: '2025-01-01T00:00:00+08:00'
        language:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - ar
            - de
            - en
            - es
            - fr
            - hi
            - id
            - it
            - ja
            - ko
            - nl
            - pl
            - pt
            - ru
            - th
            - tr
            - vi
            - zh
          default: []
          description: A list of languages to restrict results to, as ISO 639-1 codes. By default, no language filter is applied.
          example:
          - en
          - zh
        highlight:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HighlightOptions'
        full_content:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FullContentOptions'
        format:
          type: string
          enum:
          - markdown
          - text
          default: text
          description: Controls the formatting of highlight outputs.
        safesearch:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 'off'
          - strict
          default: strict
          description: Controls filtering of explicit/adult content. `off` disables filtering; `strict` drops all adult content.
        include_images:
          type: boolean
          default: false
          description: Whether to include images in each result.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Business status code. Non-zero values indicate an error.
        msg:
          type: string
          description: A message describing the error.
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the request.
      required:
      - code
      - msg
      - request_id
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Exceeding the rate limit — Returned when the request exceeds the configured rate limit.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: 429
            msg: Exceeding the rate limit
            request_id: req_abc123def456
    InternalError:
      description: Internal error — Returned when an unexpected server-side error occurs.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: 500
            msg: Internal error
            request_id: req_abc123def456
    Unauthorized:
      description: Invalid API Key — Returned when the API key is missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: 401
            msg: Invalid API Key
            request_id: req_abc123def456
    InsufficientBalance:
      description: Insufficient balance in account — Returned when the account balance is insufficient to complete the request.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            code: 403
            msg: Insufficient balance in account
            request_id: req_abc123def456
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Bearer token used for request authentication. Alternatively, you can send the API key in the `x-api-key` header. Note: A payment method is required to use the API.'
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: 'API key used for request authentication. Alternatively, you can send the key as a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header. Note: A payment method is required to use the API.'
    bearerAuthNoPayment:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token used for request authentication. Alternatively, you can send the API key in the `x-api-key` header.
    apiKeyAuthNoPayment:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      description: API key used for request authentication. Alternatively, you can send the key as a Bearer token in the `Authorization` header.
x-refined-from:
- octen-ai-openapi.json
- octen-ai-openapi.yml