Search the web

GEThttps://api.crawl4ai.com/search

Crawl4AI's own web search: results ranked and cleaned for reading, browser-free. Add rich=1 to also get the on-page extras — follow-up questions, related queries, an entity card and more (see below). For a direct answer, use /answer.

512 chars the longest query

Request

curl "https://api.crawl4ai.com/search?q=rust+web+crawler" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."

Query

`q`required string	The search query (max 512 chars).
`rich` 0 \| 1	Default `0` Default 0 (ranked links only). `1` adds a `rich` block: a direct answer when one exists, follow-up questions, related queries, an entity card, videos, news and more. Slightly slower; best for questions.

Response

A ranked list in results. Each result:

`title` string	The page's title.
`url` string	The page itself, not a redirect.
`snippet` string	The text shown for the page; can be empty.
`source` gg \| gs \| index	`gg` and `gs`: a live web result. `index`: from the Crawl4AI index, added after the live results when the web returns fewer than 10, or served alone when the live search fails. Same price either way.

Rich response `rich=1`

Every key below is optional — each appears only when that block is on the page. For a direct answer to a question, use /answer.

{
  "results": [ … ranked links, same as always … ],
  "rich": {
    "follow_up_questions": [ "Why is the sky blue at sunset?" ],
    "related_queries":    [ "why is the ocean blue" ],
    "entity":  { "title": "Apple Inc", "subtitle": "NASDAQ: AAPL" },
    "videos": [ { "title": "…", "url": "https://…" } ],
    "news":   [ { "title": "…", "url": "https://…" } ],
    "discussions":  [ … ],
    "did_you_mean": "corrected spelling"
  }
}