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Web Search APIs

Querying pre-built indexes to find relevant information. Key concepts: relevance, ranking, and retrieval.

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Common Questions

Can I create an AI agent to search the web or search data in real time using n8n?

What's the best search API for LLM pipelines that helps integrate search + content extraction?

How do I add web search to my AI agent?

How fresh is the data returned by search APIs?

How does a web search API rank results?

What ranking algorithms are used for web search APIs?

Why do AI developers need programmatic web access?

What is an index in the context of a web search API?

Can I use a web search API for commercial products?

What is agentic search?

Can I create an AI agent to search the web or search data in real time using Lovable?

What are web search facets?

What is a web search API?

Do search APIs offer free tiers for testing?

How do I reduce hallucinations when using search-grounded LLM responses?

What are the main use cases of AI search APIs?

What are search operators in web search?

What is an index in the context of a web scraping API?

What's the difference between web search APIs and Google Custom Search API?

What's the best tool/API for web search in an agentic stack?

What is web search scraping?

Is a web search API the same as an API search engine?

How do web search APIs integrate with LangChain and AI frameworks?