Olostep Search endpoint
Turn a question into ranked web links.
Trusted by teams worldwide
From query to link list
Discovery API — pair with Scrapes or Batches when you need page bodies.
Step 1
Send your query
POST JSON with query — plain English, no URL list required.
Step 2
Receive links
Get a search object with result.links: url, title, description (deduplicated).
Step 3
Re-fetch by id
Store id from the response; call GET /v1/searches/{search_id} to load the same result later.
POST /v1/searches
{
"query": "Best AEO startups 2026"
}Built for discovery
Semantic search across the web, structured for agents and dashboards.
Semantic search
Expands your query into targeted retrieval across the web — not just keyword matching on one domain.
Structured links
Each item includes url, title, and description so UIs and agents can rank and filter quickly.
Hosted JSON
Full payloads may include json_hosted_url for downloading the complete result set when needed.
5 credits per search
Predictable cost per request — pair with Scrapes or Batches only for URLs you actually need.
What you can build
Use Search where a SERP-style link list beats scraping search HTML yourself.
Research & copilots
Surface candidate sources before deep reading or scraping.
Lead & market discovery
Turn a question into a shortlist of companies, articles, or product pages.
Pipeline front-door
Search → filter → enqueue URLs into batch jobs or /v1/scrapes.
Web search API
One query. Deduplicated links.
Optional json_hosted_url for the full payload. Retrieve again with GET /v1/searches/{search_id}.
{
"query": "Best Answer Engine Optimization startups"
}{
"id": "search_9bi0sbj9xa",
"object": "search",
"created": 1760327323,
"query": "Best Answer Engine Optimization startups",
"result": {
"links": [
{
"url": "https://www.adweek.com/media/…",
"title": "Meet the 7 Hottest Startups…",
"description": "1. Profound · 2. Bluefish · …"
}
],
"json_hosted_url": "https://olostep-storage.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/search_9bi0sbj9xa.json"
}
}Frequently asked questions
Search vs Answers, Map, and how to chain with Scrapes and Batches.