Kagi

aid: kagi
name: Kagi
description: Kagi is a privacy-focused premium search engine that also operates a commercial APIs portfolio for developers.
  The Kagi APIs Portal exposes Search, Enrichment, Universal Summarizer, and FastGPT endpoints, plus a free Small Web RSS
  feed for non-commercial use. The portal includes an API Playground, usage dashboard, and API key management with IP allowlists
  and per-product scopes. Kagi publishes an OpenAPI specification and ships official client libraries in Python, Go, Rust,
  and TypeScript. Billing is pay-per-use with monthly invoicing and a Discord community for developer support.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kagi.png
tags:
- Search
- Premium Search
- AI Search
- Summarization
- FastGPT
- Enrichment
- OpenAPI
- Pay-Per-Use
- Privacy
- LLMs
- Web Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kagi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: kagi:search-api
  name: Kagi Search API
  description: The Kagi Search API delivers premium, ad-free web search results powered by the Kagi index, designed for AI
    agents, research workflows, and applications that demand high-quality results.
  humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
  baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Search
  - Web
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/intro.html
  - type: Signup
    url: https://kagi.com/signup
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/kagisearch
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/intro.html
  features:
  - name: Premium Search Results
    description: Ad-free, privacy-focused web search results sourced from the Kagi index.
  - name: Structured Responses
    description: JSON responses with title, URL, snippet, and metadata for easy consumption.
  - name: API Playground
    description: Test requests directly in the browser from the API portal.
  - name: Pay-Per-Use Billing
    description: Pay only for requests made, invoiced monthly or at a $100 threshold.
  useCases:
  - name: Agent Web Search Tool
    description: Use as a high-quality web search tool inside AI agents.
  - name: Research Workflows
    description: Power research pipelines that need premium, low-noise results.
  - name: Internal Knowledge Apps
    description: Embed premium search inside internal portals and assistants.
  integrations:
  - name: Python
  - name: Go
  - name: Rust
  - name: TypeScript
  - name: Model Context Protocol
  authentication:
  - type: API Key
    description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
- aid: kagi:enrichment-api
  name: Kagi Enrichment API
  description: The Kagi Enrichment API provides access to Kagi's Teclis non-commercial web index and TinyGem news index for
    specialized retrieval and discovery workloads.
  humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/enrich.html
  baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Enrichment
  - Teclis
  - TinyGem
  - News
  - Web Index
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/enrich.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/enrich.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  features:
  - name: Teclis Index Access
    description: Query Kagi's curated non-commercial Teclis web index.
  - name: TinyGem News Index
    description: Access the TinyGem news index for fresh news content.
  - name: JSON Responses
    description: Lightweight JSON responses suited for agent and pipeline use.
  useCases:
  - name: Small-Web Discovery
    description: Surface high-quality, non-commercial sources for research and content discovery.
  - name: News Monitoring
    description: Track fresh news content for alerts and briefings.
  - name: Niche RAG Backends
    description: Use specialized indexes to ground RAG pipelines in curated sources.
  integrations:
  - name: Python
  - name: TypeScript
  - name: Go
  - name: Rust
  authentication:
  - type: API Key
    description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
- aid: kagi:summarizer-api
  name: Kagi Universal Summarizer API
  description: The Universal Summarizer API condenses URLs, documents, audio, and video into structured summaries using Kagi's
    hosted models.
  humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/summarizer.html
  baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Summarization
  - Documents
  - Audio
  - Video
  - LLMs
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/summarizer.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/summarizer.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  features:
  - name: URL Summarization
    description: Summarize the content of a public URL into structured text.
  - name: Multi-Format Input
    description: Handle web pages, documents, audio, and video sources.
  - name: Selectable Engines
    description: Choose summary engines tuned for different output styles.
  useCases:
  - name: Article TLDRs
    description: Generate TLDRs of news articles and blog posts.
  - name: Meeting Recaps
    description: Summarize recorded meetings and long-form audio.
  - name: Document Triage
    description: Quickly surface key points from long documents.
  integrations:
  - name: Python
  - name: TypeScript
  - name: Go
  - name: Rust
  authentication:
  - type: API Key
    description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
- aid: kagi:fastgpt-api
  name: Kagi FastGPT API
  description: FastGPT is Kagi's LLM-powered question answering API that combines a hosted model with live Kagi web search
    for grounded, cited answers.
  humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/fastgpt.html
  baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - FastGPT
  - QA
  - Grounded Answers
  - LLMs
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/fastgpt.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/fastgpt.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  features:
  - name: Grounded Answers
    description: LLM answers grounded in live Kagi search results with citations.
  - name: Low Latency
    description: Optimized for fast question answering in interactive agents.
  - name: Citation Sources
    description: Return source URLs and snippets alongside each answer.
  useCases:
  - name: Q&A Agents
    description: Build chat agents that answer factual questions with citations.
  - name: Knowledge Assistants
    description: Power knowledge assistants that need grounded responses.
  - name: Search-Backed Chat
    description: Replace bare LLMs with search-grounded chat experiences.
  integrations:
  - name: Python
  - name: TypeScript
  - name: Go
  - name: Rust
  authentication:
  - type: API Key
    description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
- aid: kagi:kagi-extract-api
  name: Kagi Extract API
  description: Extract markdown content from web URLs.
  humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
  baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Extract
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kagi-extract-api-openapi.yml
- aid: kagi:kagi-search-api
  name: Kagi Search API
  description: Perform Kagi web searches.
  humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
  baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/kagi-search-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/kagi-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/kagi-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kagi-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/kagi-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://kagi.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.kagi.com
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/kagisearch
- type: Pricing
  url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://kagi.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://kagi.com/privacy
- type: Discord
  url: https://kagi.com/discord
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/kagihq
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://kagi.com/changelog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com