News Search
by Brave Search in Search & web
News search over Brave's independent index. Returns recent articles with title, URL, source, and age. Use it for current events, where web search can surface older pages. Pass q, and optionally count, country, and freshness.
https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search- Price
- $0.005
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 71.9%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 655 ms
- 747 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Failed
- 1 h ago, next in 23 h
Reliability
Latest check failed 1 h ago: Expected HTTP 402, got 404
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How to call it
GET https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search
Each call costs $0.005 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search?freshness=pm&q=brave+browserParameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
count | integer | No | Default: 20. |
country | string | No | Country code such as US, or ALL |
freshness | string | No | pd, pw, pm, py, or a range like 2026-01-01to2026-06-30 |
offset | integer | No | Pages of count results to skip |
q | string | Yes | Search query |
safesearch | string | No | One of: off, moderate, strict. Default: "strict". |
search_lang | string | No | Language code such as en |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
{
"query": {
"original": "brave browser"
},
"results": [
{
"age": "4 weeks ago",
"page_age": "2026-08-28T18:50:00",
"title": "Brave's browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases | TechCrunch",
"type": "news_result",
"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/28/braves-browser-one-ups-chrome-with-its-new-support-for-email-aliases/"
}
],
"type": "news"
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.005.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search?freshness=pm&q=brave+browser'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search?freshness=pm&q=brave+browser' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.005 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.005" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.005 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.agent.s.brave.app%2Fres%2Fv1%2Fnews%2Fsearch
const res = await pay("https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search?freshness=pm&q=brave+browser");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.005 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.005"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://search.agent.s.brave.app/res/v1/news/search?freshness=pm&q=brave+browser")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
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Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 636 ms | - |
| 29 h ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 637 ms | - |
| 2 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 737 ms | - |
| 3 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 709 ms | - |
| 4 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 1.1 s | - |
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| 4 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 678 ms | - |
| 4 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 692 ms | - |
| 4 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 635 ms | - |
| 4 days ago | Expected HTTP 402, got 404 | 404 | 700 ms | - |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 629 ms | $0.005 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 581 ms | $0.005 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 708 ms | $0.005 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 618 ms | $0.005 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 621 ms | $0.005 |
| 5 days ago | Passed | 402 | 747 ms | $0.005 |