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Who are we?

We're a team of researchers and developers building web search and retrieval infrastructure for AI. Our mission is to make the live web programmable as one coherent, evidence-rich source for agents, RAG pipelines, and research products.

What is WebSearchAPI.ai?

WebSearchAPI.ai is a web search and retrieval API for AI. It searches supported web engines and public communities, fetches the useful pages behind the results, reconciles overlapping sources, and returns evidence in the form your application needs.

The platform combines the Web Search API and Web Scraper API in one retrieval workflow. Use search when you need to discover evidence. Use direct extraction when you already know the URL. Add only the fetching, ranking, structured extraction, or AI response processing your application needs.

Try a request in the interactive API Playground.

Why choose WebSearchAPI.ai?

One search index is not the whole web. Google, Bing, Brave, Yandex, Baidu, DuckDuckGo, X, Reddit, and public Discourse communities contribute different coverage, rankings, regional perspectives, and practical experience.

WebSearchAPI.ai retrieves across supported sources, then uses Search Fusion to turn fragmented results into one useful evidence set:

1. Search web engines and public communities.
2. Fetch and clean the pages behind useful results.
3. Normalize records and preserve source provenance.
4. Consolidate duplicate URLs.
5. Rerank the combined evidence for the request.
6. Return results, full context, structured fields, or a grounded response.

How does the Search API work?

Traditional search APIs often return one provider's ranked links and snippets. That leaves the application to integrate other sources, fetch pages, remove repetition, and prepare context.

The WebSearchAPI.ai Search API retrieves from supported sources, prepares the combined evidence, and returns a predictable response. You can keep the underlying results visible, include extracted page content, request structured output, or generate an answer from the retrieved evidence.

Our APIs

Web Search API

The Web Search API connects multi-source discovery to evidence preparation:

• Search supported web engines and public community sources
• Fetch clean, full-page content from useful results
• Normalize records and preserve source provenance
• Consolidate duplicate URLs and rerank for the request
• Return clean Markdown or structured fields for AI workflows
• Generate an optional response grounded in retrieved content
• Apply regional, language, freshness, and domain controls

Use it for agents, multi-source RAG, research, monitoring, structured extraction, and source-aware answers. Learn more →

Web Scraper API

The Web Scraper API is the direct-URL surface for Unstoppable Web Scraping:

• Extract content from supported public URLs with browser rendering
• Use CSS selectors to target specific content
• Inject custom JavaScript before scraping
• Generate AI-powered alt text for images
• Customize markdown output formatting
• Extract links and images with summaries
• Support for Shadow DOM, iframes, and complex SPAs

Unstoppable Web Scraping uses layered fallbacks for difficult pages, but technical, legal, and access constraints still apply. Use it for knowledge bases, RAG, and content processing pipelines. Learn more →

Getting started

Sign up for WebSearchAPI.ai to get your API key. Free monthly credits are available, and no credit card is required to start. See pricing for the current allowance and usage policy.

Head to the Web Search API Playground to familiarize yourself with the request and response.

To make your first request in code, follow the Quickstart Guide.