# Brave News Search API

> News Search from Brave. Returns the official Brave API response unchanged.

Source: https://www.sandbase.ai/model/brave/news
API reference: https://www.sandbase.ai/model/brave/news/docs

## Facts

- Provider: Brave
- Type: Data API
- Endpoint: `POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/brave/news`
- Price: $0.0075 per call
- Free allowance: 100 calls per organization per UTC day, shared across eligible APIs
- Capabilities: api, brave, web search
- Billing: pay per use from one SandBase balance; no provider account or subscription needed

## Call it

`POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/brave/news` with `Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY` and the parameters as a JSON body.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `q` | string | yes |  |
| `count` | integer | no |  |
| `country` | string | no | AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, IN, ID, IT, JP, KR, MY, MX, NL, NZ, NO, CN, PL, PT, PH, RU, SA, ZA, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, US, ALL |
| `extra_snippets` | boolean | no |  |
| `freshness` | string | no |  |
| `goggles` | string | no |  |
| `include_fetch_metadata` | boolean | no |  |
| `offset` | integer | no |  |
| `operators` | boolean | no |  |
| `safesearch` | string | no | off, moderate, strict |
| `search_lang` | string | no | ar, eu, bn, bg, ca, zh-hans, zh-hant, hr, cs, da, nl, en, en-gb, et, fi, fr, gl, de, el, gu, he, hi, hu, is, it, ja, jp, kn, ko, lv, lt, ms, ml, mr, nb, pl, pt-br, pt-pt, pa, ro, ru, sr, sk, sl, es, sv, ta, te, th, tr, uk, vi |
| `spellcheck` | boolean | no |  |
| `ui_lang` | string | no | es-AR, en-AU, de-AT, nl-BE, fr-BE, pt-BR, en-CA, fr-CA, es-CL, da-DK, fi-FI, fr-FR, de-DE, el-GR, zh-HK, en-IN, en-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, en-MY, es-MX, nl-NL, en-NZ, no-NO, zh-CN, pl-PL, en-PH, ru-RU, en-ZA, es-ES, sv-SE, fr-CH, de-CH, zh-TW, tr-TR, en-GB, en-US, es-US |

## FAQ

### How do I use the Brave News Search API?

Send a POST request to https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/brave/news with your SandBase API key in the Authorization header (Bearer) and the parameters as a JSON body. You can also try it in the Playground on this page without writing code.

### How much does the Brave News Search API cost?

$0.0075 per call. Every organization gets 100 free calls per UTC day, shared across eligible SandBase APIs including this one; after that each call is billed at this price from your SandBase balance. There is no subscription.

### What parameters does the Brave News Search API accept?

Required: q (string). Optional: count (integer), country (one of AR, AU, AT, BE, BR, CA, CL, DK, FI, FR, DE, GR, HK, IN, ID, IT, JP, KR, MY, MX, NL, NZ, NO, CN, PL, PT, PH, RU, SA, ZA, ES, SE, CH, TW, TR, GB, US, ALL), extra_snippets (boolean), freshness (string), goggles (string) and include_fetch_metadata (boolean) and 6 more. The Parameters table and the Playground on this page list every field.

### What does the Brave News Search API return?

A JSON response returned in the same HTTP request (synchronous).

### Do I need a Brave developer account or API key?

No. Brave News Search runs through SandBase, so one SandBase API key covers this endpoint and every other API and model in the catalog. You do not need to apply for Brave API access separately.

## README

### Brave News Search API

News Search from Brave. Returns the official Brave API response unchanged.

The response is the official Brave API response, unchanged.

#### Request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "brave/news", "q": "<q>"}'
```

#### Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `count` | integer | No | The number of search results returned in response. The maximum is 50. The actual number delivered may be less than requested. Combine this parameter with offset |
| `country` | string | No | The search query country, where the results come from. The country string is limited to 2 character country codes of supported countries or ALL for worldwide. |
| `extra_snippets` | boolean | No | A snippet is an excerpt from a page you get as a result of the query, and extra_snippets allow you to get up to 5 additional, alternative excerpts. |
| `freshness` | string | No | Filters search results by page age. The age of a page is determined by the most relevant date reported by the content, such as its published or last modified da |
| `goggles` | string | No | Goggles act as a custom re-ranking on top of Brave’s search index. The parameter supports both a url where the Goggle is hosted or the definition of the Goggle. |
| `include_fetch_metadata` | boolean | No | Include fetch metadata. |
| `offset` | integer | No | The zero based offset that indicates number of search results per page (count) to skip before returning the result. The maximum is 9. The actual number delivere |
| `operators` | boolean | No | Whether to apply search operators. |
| `q` | string | Yes | The user’s search query term. Query can not be empty. Maximum of 400 characters and 50 words in the query. |
| `safesearch` | string | No | Filters search results for adult content. The following values are supported: off - No filtering is done. moderate - Filter out explicit content. strict - Filte |
| `search_lang` | string | No | The search language preference. The 2 or more character language code for which the search results are provided. |
| `spellcheck` | boolean | No | Whether to spell check the provided query. If the spellchecker is enabled, the modified query is always used for search. The modified query can be found in alte |
| `ui_lang` | string | No | User interface language preferred in response. Usually of the format <language_code>-<country_code> . For more, see RFC 9110 . |

#### Pricing

Flat price per call. Failed calls are not charged.