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GET search.brave.com HTTP 200470 ms14.6 KB$0.000173 captured Aug 7, 2026

search.brave.com, as data

One API turns any search.brave.com page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.

target profile from the capture
Render mode
Plain HTTP, no browser needed
Response
HTTP 200 in 470 ms
Page size
14.6 KB of markdown, 336 lines
Fields
Result title, URL, Snippet, Position and 4 more
Captured
Aug 7, 2026

Free balance on signup, no card. This search.brave.com page cost $0.000173 to fetch.

response 200 · 470 ms · 14.6 KB
Use the `id` values to fetch detailed POI information from the Local Search API endpoints. The `ids` query parameter accepts up to 20 location IDs:`curl "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/pois?ids=1520066f3f39496780c5931d9f7b26a6&ids=d00b153c719a427ea515f9eacf4853a2" \To fetch AI-generated descriptions for locations:`curl "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/descriptions?ids=1520066f3f39496780c5931d9f7b26a6&ids=d00b153c719a427ea515f9eacf4853a2" \### Local POIs ParametersThe Local POIs endpoint (`/local/pois`) supports the following parameters:Location IDs from the web search response (max 20)Search language preference (ISO 639-1, default: `en`)UI language for response (e.g., `en-US`)Measurement units: `metric` or `imperial`### Local Descriptions ParametersThe Local Descriptions endpoint (`/local/descriptions`) accepts only the `ids` parameter (same format as above, max 20).For complete API documentation, see the Local POIs API Reference and Local Descriptions API Reference.Note that the `id` fields of POIs are ephemeral and will expire after approximately 8 hours. Do not store them for later use.Rich Search API responses provide accurate, real-time informationabout the intent of the query. This data is sourced from 3rd-partyAPI providers and includes verticals such as sports, stocks, andA request must be made to the web search endpoint with the query parameter `enable_rich_callback=1`.An example cURL request for the query `weather in munich` is given below.`curl "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=weather+in+munich&enable_rich_callback=1" \The Web Search API response contains a `rich` field if the query is expected to return rich results. An example of the `rich` field is given below."callback_key": "86d06abffc884e9ea281a40f62e0a5a6"
POST /scrape · api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/responses.md · markdown · Showing 22 of 336 lines · captured Aug 7, 2026

What Spider does on search.brave.com

Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.

/scrape

Page to markdown

Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.

470 ms · $0.000173
/fetch

Page to JSON

Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.

/crawl

Whole site

Follows search.brave.com's own links, respects robots, streams pages as they land.

/links

Link graph

Every internal and external URL on a page, before you decide what to fetch.

/screenshot

Rendered capture

Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.

The call behind the panel

This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.

request scrape.sh
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/responses", "return_format": "markdown"}'
plain request · no browser, no selectors

What search.brave.com costs

Multiplied from the measured 14.6 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.

cost measured
This page, once 14.6 KB over HTTP, measured $0.000173
This page, daily for a month 30 fetches at the measured price ≈ $0.005188
1,000 pages this size 14.3 MB at the measured price ≈ $0.17
10,000 pages this size 142.6 MB at the measured price ≈ $1.73

1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.

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The capture above took 470 ms and cost $0.000173. The same call takes any URL on search.brave.com.

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