# Brave Search

## Overview

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Status** | active |
| **Method** | `GET` |
| **Endpoint** | `/v2/brave/search` |
| **Base URL** | `https://api.autom.dev` |
| **Credit Cost** | 1 credit per call |
| **Documentation** | https://www.piloterr.com/library/brave-search |

## Description

Access the Brave search engine results directly through our efficient Piloterr service for reliable data scraping.

## Authentication

- **Key Name:** `x-api-key`
- **Location:** HTTP Header
- **Get an API key:** https://app.autom.dev/register

## Example Request

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.autom.dev/v2/brave/search' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
```

## Example Response

### Search 'best programming languages 2024'

```json
{
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "link": "https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024/technology",
      "title": "Technology | 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey",
      "domain": "survey.stackoverflow.co",
      "snippet": "JavaScript, Python and SQL are all highly-desired and admired programming languages, but Rust continues to be the most-admired programming language with an 83% score this year.",
      "position": 1,
      "displayed_link": "survey.stackoverflow.co › 2024  › technology",
      "snippet_matched": []
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/",
      "title": "TIOBE Index - TIOBE",
      "domain": "www.tiobe.com",
      "snippet": "1 day ago - The complete top 50 of programming languages is listed below.",
      "position": 2,
      "displayed_link": "tiobe.com   › home  › tiobe index",
      "snippet_matched": []
    },
    {
      "link": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2024",
      "title": "Top Programming Languages 2024 - IEEE Spectrum",
      "domain": "spectrum.ieee.org",
      "snippet": "September 3, 2024 - At the top, Python continues to rank first. SQL, Java, C++, Typescript, C, Rust, Swift, PHP...",
      "position": 3,
      "displayed_link": "spectrum.ieee.org › top-programming-languages-2024",
      "snippet_matched": []
    }
  ],
  "search_parameters": {
    "q": "best programming languages 2024",
    "page": 0,
    "engine": "brave"
  }
}
```

### Search 'startup funding news' page 2

```json
{
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/ai-startups-are-eating-the-venture-industry-and-the-returns-so-far-are-good/",
      "title": "AI startups are eating the venture industry and the returns, so far, are good | TechCrunch",
      "domain": "techcrunch.com",
      "snippet": "1 week ago - AI startups accounted for 41% of the $128 billion in venture dollars raised by companies on Carta last year: a record-high annual share.",
      "position": 1,
      "displayed_link": "techcrunch.com   › home  › ai startups are eating the venture industry...",
      "snippet_matched": []
    },
    {
      "link": "https://www.crunchbase.com/",
      "title": "Crunchbase",
      "domain": "www.crunchbase.com",
      "snippet": "Unnatural Products secured multiple significant collaborations and funding rounds, including a partnership with Novartis that provided up to $100 million in upfront payments.",
      "position": 2,
      "displayed_link": "crunchbase.com",
      "snippet_matched": []
    },
    {
      "link": "https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/kleiner-perkins-raises-ai-focused-funds/",
      "title": "Kleiner Perkins Raises $3.5B For AI-Focused Funds",
      "domain": "news.crunchbase.com",
      "snippet": "3 days ago - Kleiner Perkins' fundraise includes $1 billion for KP22, a fund to back early-stage companies, and $2.5 billion targeted for growth-stage investments.",
      "position": 3,
      "displayed_link": "news.crunchbase.com   › home  › kleiner perkins raises $3.5b for ai-focused funds",
      "snippet_matched": []
    }
  ],
  "search_parameters": {
    "q": "startup funding news",
    "page": 1,
    "engine": "brave"
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## Overview
Scrape organic search results from Brave Search: a privacy-focused search engine with its own independent web index.

## Quickstart
```
POST https://api.piloterr.com/v2/brave/search
Content-Type: application/json

{"query": "best programming languages 2024"}
```

## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | The Brave search query |
| `page` | integer | no | Page number for pagination |

## Main use cases
- Build privacy-respecting search pipelines using Brave's independent index
- Cross-validate SERP rankings by comparing Brave results against Google and Bing
- Research content gaps by querying topics across multiple search engines simultaneously
- Aggregate search intelligence for SEO tools and content strategy workflows