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Exa Search API

The Search API from Exa — 2 operation(s) for search.

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

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 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.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 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 Search 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 2

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

Search 2
POST
/search
Neural or keyword web search
search body → 200
POST
/findSimilar
Find pages similar to a URL
findSimilar body → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchRequest (16 properties), FindSimilarRequest (11 properties), SearchResult (9 properties), ContentsOptions (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ContentsOptions
object
6 properties
SearchResponse
object
5 properties
FindSimilarRequest
object
11 properties 1 required
SearchRequest
object
16 properties 1 required
SearchResult
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exa-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Exa publishes across the network.

Exa Search API
Exa Answer API
Exa Contents API