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Privacy-focused web search engine returning structured results across web pages, images, news, and videos without tracking users. Best for research workflows where user privacy matters or when you need multiple result types (web, image, news, video) from a single provider. Unlike Serper (Google index) or Exa (semantic), Brave maintains its own independent search index. 4 endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Brave Search API docs for full documentation.
Supports both managed (Lava’s API keys) and unmanaged (bring your own credentials) mode.

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Endpoints

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Search the web

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=query — $0.005 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=query', { method: 'GET' });

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Search for images

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/images/search?q=query — $0.005 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/images/search?q=query', { method: 'GET' });

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Search for news articles

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search?q=query — $0.005 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search?q=query', { method: 'GET' });

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Search for videos

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search?q=query — $0.005 / request 
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search?q=query', { method: 'GET' });

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