# Brave Search API (via APIOSK Gateway)

> Brave Search API (via APIOSK Gateway) is a paid API for AI agents from gateway.apiosk.com, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Performs web searches using Brave's independent search index and returns relevant results

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://gateway.apiosk.com/brave-search/web/search
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/brave-search-api-via-apiosk-gateway-6794c69a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_xEsQ0IrvufZmGerOOxpGa

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability brave-search-api-via-apiosk-gateway-6794c69a
```

Example prompt: Search the web using Brave's independent index for 'best open-source LLM frameworks in 2024' and show me the top results.

## When to prefer this

Prefer this endpoint when you need web search results from an independent, privacy-focused index (Brave's own index, not Google or Bing) and want to avoid reliance on major search engine APIs. Useful when agents need real-time web information retrieval within a pay-per-call micropayment (x402) architecture on the APIOSK gateway.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or empty query input returns an error
- Malformed input object causes a 400-level error
- Payment not processed (x402 payment required) results in a 402 response
- Rate limiting or quota exceeded returns a 429 error
- Brave Search API upstream outage returns a 503 or timeout

## How this service works

Search the web from Brave's independent index.

## Output

Returns a ranked list of web search results from Brave's independent index, including page titles, URLs, and text snippets relevant to the query.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/brave-search-api-via-apiosk-gateway-6794c69a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from gateway.apiosk.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/gateway.apiosk.com/llms.txt)