Brave Search via Locus x402

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Brave Search via Locus x402 is a paid API for AI agents from brave.x402.paywithlocus.com, paid per call via x402, $0.035/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Performs privacy-first web search using Brave's independent index, returning web results, news, videos, and AI-generated summaries via x402 micropayment.

Price / call$0.035

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How this service works

Independent web search — web, news, images, videos, AI answers, and LLM context. Privacy-first search from a large independent index.

Output

Returns a JSON object containing web search results from Brave's independent index, which may include web page listings, news articles, video results, discussion threads, FAQs, infoboxes, and an optional AI-generated summary. Also includes payment settlement details (USDC amount) and a request tracking ID with a status URL.

Example use cases

Real-time news monitoring for a topic

“Search Brave for news about the US Federal Reserve interest rate decision from the past 24 hours — return 10 results with a summary enabled, filtered to news only.”

Research assistant for a niche query

“Use Brave to find web pages about open-source LLM fine-tuning techniques — give me 20 results in English, moderate safe search, no freshness filter.”

Localized regional search

“Search Brave for local government announcements about flood warnings in Germany — 10 results, country set to DE, language German, filtered to news and discussions from the past month.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://brave.x402.paywithlocus.com/brave/web-search

When to prefer

Choose this endpoint when you need privacy-respecting, independent web search results that aren't filtered through Google or Bing's indexes. It is especially valuable when you need fresh news (with freshness filters), regional results (country-specific), or an AI-generated summary alongside raw links. Prefer it over general scraping tools when structured result types (news, video, discussions) are needed in a single call, and when paying per-query via x402 micropayments is acceptable.

Side effects

Query exceeds 400 characters or 50 words — request rejected
Invalid country code or language code — may return default or error
Offset out of range (>9) — no results returned
Payment failure via x402 protocol — request not processed
Empty results for highly niche or very recent queries not yet indexed
Rate limiting if too many requests are made in rapid succession

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
q	string
count	number
offset	number
country	string
summary	boolean
freshness	string
safesearch	string
search_lang	string
result_filter	string

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "data": {},
    "payment": {
      "scheme": "exact",
      "settledUsdc": "0.001000",
      "authorizedMaxUsdc": "0.001000"
    },
    "request": {
      "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "statusUrl": "/requests/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
    },
    "success": true
  }
}

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How this service works

Independent web search — web, news, images, videos, AI answers, and LLM context. Privacy-first search from a large independent index.

Output

Example use cases

Real-time news monitoring for a topic

“Search Brave for news about the US Federal Reserve interest rate decision from the past 24 hours — return 10 results with a summary enabled, filtered to news only.”

Research assistant for a niche query

“Use Brave to find web pages about open-source LLM fine-tuning techniques — give me 20 results in English, moderate safe search, no freshness filter.”

Localized regional search

“Search Brave for local government announcements about flood warnings in Germany — 10 results, country set to DE, language German, filtered to news and discussions from the past month.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://brave.x402.paywithlocus.com/brave/web-search

When to prefer

Side effects

Query exceeds 400 characters or 50 words — request rejected
Invalid country code or language code — may return default or error
Offset out of range (>9) — no results returned
Payment failure via x402 protocol — request not processed
Empty results for highly niche or very recent queries not yet indexed
Rate limiting if too many requests are made in rapid succession

Input

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
q	string
count	number
offset	number
country	string
summary	boolean
freshness	string
safesearch	string
search_lang	string
result_filter	string

Output

Schema · Response

{
  "type": "json",
  "example": {
    "data": {},
    "payment": {
      "scheme": "exact",
      "settledUsdc": "0.001000",
      "authorizedMaxUsdc": "0.001000"
    },
    "request": {
      "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
      "statusUrl": "/requests/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
    },
    "success": true
  }
}