# Brave Search via Locus x402

> 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 2026-09-15).

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

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://brave.x402.paywithlocus.com/brave/web-search
- Price: $0.035/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-via-locus-x402-80da5ddc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Cs5HZkF9o6PxJIrBulNI9

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-via-locus-x402-80da5ddc -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search Brave for the latest news on quantum computing breakthroughs from the past 7 days — give me 10 results with a summary, filtered to news only, in English.

## When to prefer this

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.

## Known failure modes

- 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

## 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.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "q": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "count": {
   "type": "number"
  },
  "offset": {
   "type": "number"
  },
  "country": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "summary": {
   "type": "boolean"
  },
  "freshness": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "safesearch": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "search_lang": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "result_filter": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "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
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/brave-search-via-locus-x402-80da5ddc/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from brave.x402.paywithlocus.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/brave.x402.paywithlocus.com/llms.txt)