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Exa Answer API

The Answer API from Exa — 1 operation(s) for answer.

Exa Answer API is one of 4 APIs that Exa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Answer. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.exa.ai
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

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

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Answer 1
POST
/answer
Get an LLM-grounded answer with citations
answer body → 200

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchResult (9 properties), AnswerRequest (6 properties), AnswerResponse (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AnswerResponse
object
3 properties
AnswerRequest
object
6 properties 1 required
SearchResult
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exa-answer-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Exa publishes across the network.

Exa Search API
Exa Contents API
Exa Search API