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Exa Research API

The Research API from Exa — 2 operation(s) for research.

Exa Research API is one of 19 APIs that Exa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Research. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.exa.ai.

3 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.exa.ai
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Exa Research API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (apiKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearer). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — Pass your Exa API key in the x-api-key header. You can also authenticate with Authorization: Bearer .
  • bearer — Pass your Exa API key in the x-api-key header. You can also authenticate with Authorization: Bearer .

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Research 3
GET
/research/v1
List research requests
ResearchController_listResearch 2 params → 200
POST
/research/v1
Create a new research request
ResearchController_createResearch body → 201
GET
/research/v1/{researchId}
Get a research request by id
ResearchController_getResearch 3 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ListResearchResponseDto (3 properties), ResearchCreateRequestDtoClass (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ResearchDtoClass
ResearchCreateRequestDtoClass
object
3 properties 1 required
ResearchEventDtoClass
ListResearchResponseDto
object
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exa-ai-research-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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