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Web Search API

Search the web from your code. Multi-engine results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Brave — in a single API call with clean JSON output.

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Why Use Our Search API?

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Multi-Engine

Results from Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Startpage, and Wikipedia — aggregated, deduplicated, and ranked by relevance.

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No Rate Limits

Unlike Brave (2K/mo free) or Google ($5/1K queries), our search API has generous limits. Self-hosted search engine, no per-query costs.

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Clean JSON

Structured response with title, URL, snippet, engine source, relevance score, thumbnails, and suggestions. Ready to use.

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Images, News & Video

Search across categories: general web, images, news, videos, music, IT (Stack Overflow, GitHub), science, and more.

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Language & Region

Filter results by language, enable safe search, restrict by time range (day, week, month, year).

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Autocomplete

Get search suggestions as users type with our autocomplete endpoint. Build search UIs with instant feedback.

API Reference

POST /v1/search

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Search query (1-500 chars)
category	string	No	general, images, news, videos, music, it, science, social_media
engines	string	No	Comma-separated engines: google,bing,duckduckgo,brave
language	string	No	Language code (default: en)
limit	integer	No	Results to return: 1-50 (default: 10)
page	integer	No	Page number: 1-10 (default: 1)
safe	integer	No	Safe search: 0=off, 1=moderate, 2=strict
time	string	No	Time range: day, week, month, year

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.toolcenter.dev/v1/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "best javascript frameworks 2026",
    "category": "general",
    "limit": 10,
    "language": "en"
  }'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://api.toolcenter.dev/v1/search', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query: 'best javascript frameworks 2026',
    limit: 10
  })
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.results);

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.toolcenter.dev/v1/search',
    headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'},
    json={'query': 'best javascript frameworks 2026', 'limit': 10}
)
data = response.json()
for result in data['results']:
    print(result['title'], result['url'])

Response

{
  "query": "best javascript frameworks 2026",
  "category": "general",
  "totalResults": 38,
  "returnedResults": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "6 Best JavaScript Frameworks for 2026",
      "url": "https://strapi.io/blog/best-javascript-frameworks",
      "snippet": "The JavaScript framework landscape has evolved...",
      "engine": "startpage",
      "engines": ["duckduckgo", "startpage", "brave"],
      "score": 6.6
    }
  ],
  "suggestions": [],
  "infoboxes": []
}

Autocomplete Endpoint

POST /v1/search/autocomplete

Get search suggestions as users type. Pass a partial query and receive relevant completions.

curl -X POST "https://api.toolcenter.dev/v1/search/autocomplete" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "best java"}'

// Response:
{
  "query": "best java",
  "suggestions": [
    "best javascript frameworks",
    "best java ide",
    "best java books 2026"
  ]
}

How We Compare

Feature	ToolCenter	Brave Search	Google CSE
Free tier	100 req/month	2,000/month	100/day
Multiple engines	✅ 5+ engines	❌ Brave only	❌ Google only
Image search	✅	✅	✅
News search	✅	✅	❌
Video search	✅	✅	❌
Autocomplete	✅	✅	❌
Time range filter	✅	✅	✅
Safe search	✅	✅	✅

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