Brave

aid: brave
name: Brave
description: 'Brave is a privacy-first browser company offering developer APIs for anonymous web search and privacy-preserving
  advertising. The Brave Search API provides real-time search results from an independent index of over 30 billion pages,
  designed for AI and LLM applications with schema-enriched results and citation- grounded answer completions. The Brave Ads
  API enables advertisers to manage campaigns and access performance reporting data for privacy-respecting native browser
  and search ads.

  '
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brave/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Search
- Advertising
- Privacy
- Browser
- AI
- LLM
apis:
- aid: brave:brave-search-api
  name: Brave Search API
  description: 'Real-time web search results from Brave''s independent index of over 30 billion pages with 100 million daily
    updates. Provides web, image, video, news, suggestions, and spellcheck endpoints with schema-enriched data optimized for
    AI and LLM integrations. Includes custom reranking via Goggles and citation- grounded Answers completions compatible with
    the OpenAI SDK.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://brave.com/search/api/
  baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/
  tags:
  - Search
  - Web Search
  - AI
  - LLM
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/get-started
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brave/refs/heads/main/openapi/brave-search-api.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://brave.com/search/api/
  - type: Dashboard
    url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
  contact:
  - FN: Brave Software
    url: https://brave.com
    email: ''
- aid: brave:brave-ads-api
  name: Brave Ads API
  description: 'API for managing and reporting on Brave Ads campaigns. Enables advertisers to retrieve campaign details and
    performance data for privacy-preserving native browser ads and search ads. Supports customizable reporting dimensions
    and metrics including impressions, clicks, spend, and conversion tracking. Authentication uses API keys generated from
    the Brave Ads dashboard.

    '
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/API/
  baseURL: https://ads-serve.brave.com
  tags:
  - Advertising
  - Campaigns
  - Publisher
  - Privacy
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/API/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://ads.brave.com
  - type: Dashboard
    url: https://ads.brave.com
  contact:
  - FN: Brave Ads
    url: https://brave.com/brave-ads/
    email: adsales@brave.com
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://brave.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/get-started
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/brave
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-software
- type: Blog
  url: https://brave.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://brave.com/search/api/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.brave.app
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/brave
- type: Plans
  url: plans/brave-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/brave-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/brave-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com