News Search

Name: news-search
Rating: 76
Author: brave

Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com

Plan: Included in the Search plan. See https://api.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions

Quick Start (cURL)

Basic Search

bash

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search?q=space+exploration" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}"

Recent News (Past 24 Hours)

bash

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=cybersecurity" \
  --data-urlencode "country=US" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=pd" \
  --data-urlencode "count=20"

Date Range Filter

bash

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=climate summit" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=2026-01-01to2026-01-31"

Endpoint

http

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search
POST https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search

Authentication: X-Subscription-Token: <API_KEY> header

Note: Both GET and POST are supported. POST is useful for long queries or complex Goggles.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`q`	string	Yes	-	Search query (1-400 chars, max 50 words)
`country`	string	No	`US`	Search country (2-letter country code or `ALL`)
`search_lang`	string	No	`en`	Language preference (2+ char language code)
`ui_lang`	string	No	`en-US`	UI language (e.g., "en-US")
`count`	int	No	`20`	Number of results (1-50)
`offset`	int	No	`0`	Page offset (0-9)
`safesearch`	string	No	`strict`	Adult content filter (`off`/`moderate`/`strict`)
`freshness`	string	No	-	Time filter (`pd`/`pw`/`pm`/`py` or date range)
`spellcheck`	bool	No	`true`	Auto-correct query
`extra_snippets`	bool	No	-	Up to 5 additional excerpts per result
`goggles`	string or array	No	-	Custom ranking filter (URL or inline; repeat param for multiple)
`operators`	bool	No	`true`	Apply search operators
`include_fetch_metadata`	bool	No	`false`	Include fetch timestamps in results

Freshness Values

Value	Description
`pd`	Past day (24 hours) - ideal for breaking news
`pw`	Past week (7 days)
`pm`	Past month (31 days)
`py`	Past year (365 days)
`YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD`	Custom date range

Response Format

json

{
  "type": "news",
  "query": {
    "original": "space exploration"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "news_result",
      "title": "New Developments in Space Exploration",
      "url": "https://news.example.com/space-exploration",
      "description": "Recent missions have advanced our understanding of...",
      "age": "2 hours ago",
      "page_age": "2026-01-15T14:30:00",
      "page_fetched": "2026-01-15T15:00:00Z",
      "meta_url": {
        "scheme": "https",
        "netloc": "news.example.com",
        "hostname": "news.example.com",
        "favicon": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/favicon/news.example.com",
        "path": "/space-exploration"
      },
      "thumbnail": {
        "src": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
`type`	string	Always `"news"`
`query.original`	string	The original search query
`query.altered`	string?	Spellcheck-corrected query (if changed)
`query.cleaned`	string?	Cleaned/normalized query from spellchecker
`query.spellcheck_off`	bool?	Whether spellcheck was disabled
`query.show_strict_warning`	bool?	True if strict safesearch blocked results
`query.search_operators`	object?	Applied search operators
`query.search_operators.applied`	bool	Whether operators were applied
`query.search_operators.cleaned_query`	string?	Query after operator processing
`query.search_operators.sites`	list[str]?	Domains from `site:` operators
`results[].type`	string	Always `"news_result"`
`results[].title`	string	Article title
`results[].url`	string	Source URL of the article
`results[].description`	string?	Article description/summary
`results[].age`	string?	Human-readable age (e.g. "2 hours ago")
`results[].page_age`	string?	Publication date from source (ISO datetime)
`results[].page_fetched`	string?	When page was last fetched (ISO datetime)
`results[].fetched_content_timestamp`	int?	Fetch timestamp (only with `include_fetch_metadata=true`)
`results[].meta_url.scheme`	string?	URL protocol scheme
`results[].meta_url.netloc`	string?	Network location
`results[].meta_url.hostname`	string?	Lowercased domain name
`results[].meta_url.favicon`	string?	Favicon URL
`results[].meta_url.path`	string?	URL path
`results[].thumbnail.src`	string	Served thumbnail URL
`results[].thumbnail.original`	string?	Original thumbnail URL
`results[].extra_snippets`	list[str]?	Up to 5 additional excerpts per result

Goggles (Custom Ranking) — Unique to Brave

Goggles let you re-rank news results — boost trusted outlets or suppress unwanted sources.

Method	Example
Hosted	`--data-urlencode "goggles=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/goggles-quickstart/main/goggles/hacker_news.goggle"`
Inline	`--data-urlencode 'goggles=$discard\n$site=example.com'`

Hosted goggles must be on GitHub/GitLab, include ! name:, ! description:, ! author: headers, and be registered at https://search.brave.com/goggles/create. Inline rules need no registration.

Syntax: $boost=N / $downrank=N (1–10), $discard, $site=example.com. Combine with commas: $site=example.com,boost=3. Separate rules with \n (%0A).

Allow list: $discard\n$site=docs.python.org\n$site=developer.mozilla.org — Block list: $discard,site=pinterest.com\n$discard,site=quora.com

Resources: Discover · Syntax · Quickstart

Search Operators

Use search operators to refine results:

•site:local-paper.com - Limit to specific news site
•"exact phrase" - Match exact phrase
•-exclude - Exclude term

Set operators=false to disable operator parsing.

Use Cases

•Breaking news monitoring: Use freshness=pd for the most recent articles on a topic.
•Custom news feeds with Goggles: Boost trusted sources and discard other sources — unique to Brave.
•Historical news research: Use freshness=YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD to find articles from specific time periods.
•Multilingual news: Combine country, search_lang, and ui_lang for cross-locale results.
•Data pipelines: Set include_fetch_metadata=true for fetched_content_timestamp on each result.

Notes

•SafeSearch: Defaults to strict
•Pagination: Use offset (0-9) with count
•Extra snippets: Up to 5 additional excerpts when extra_snippets=true