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Exa Answer

exa/answer

Get a direct, cited answer to a question.. Retrieve relevant sources and generate a direct answer or detailed summary with source citations.

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Base price
$0.08 / run
Execution
sync
Model type
api
Input fields
4

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Input
The question to answer.
Retrieval mode used to gather sources before answering. Allowed values: auto, fast, instant, deep-lite, deep, deep-reasoning.
Include the full page text of each citation.
JSON Schema for a structured answer output.
OutputReady

Your output will appear here

Complete the inputs, then click Run.

Specifications

Pricing

Base price
$0.08 / run
Billing formula
0.08

Context & modalities

Input
Schema-defined
Output
api

Capabilities

Chat
Not supported
Vision
Not supported
Reasoning
Not supported
Structured output
Not supported
Function calling
Not supported
Audio input
Not supported

Access

Provider
Exa
Model ID
exa/answer
Execution
sync
API
Unified Run API
Endpoint
/v1/run

API README

Exa Answer

Get a direct, cited answer to a question. Retrieve relevant sources and generate a direct answer or detailed summary with source citations. It is suitable for question-answering, web-search workflows.

Capability

Get a direct, cited answer to a question. Retrieve relevant sources and generate a direct answer or detailed summary with source citations. It helps applications, agents, and automated workflows turn that capability into repeatable tasks and useful downstream experiences.

Common use cases

  • Search and discover relevant records for research, monitoring, and product experiences.
  • Create repeatable integrations that pass structured results to downstream business systems.
  • Support scheduled jobs, internal tools, and agent workflows with structured results.

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OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.

Production API
Endpoint
https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model ID
exa/answer
# Preserve Unicode and shell metacharacters in the request body.
result=$(printf '%s' 'ewogICJtb2RlbCI6ICJleGEvYW5zd2VyIgp9' \
  | base64 --decode \
  | curl --fail-with-body --silent \
      -X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --data-binary @-)
printf '%s\n' "$result"

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