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tavily/search

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POSThttps://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run
Model IDtavily/search
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Input Schema

8 parameters · 1 required · 7 optional

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringRequiredThe search query.
topicstringOptionalTopic category to focus the search. · Options: general, news, finance · Default: "general"
generalnewsfinance
max_resultsintegerOptionalMaximum number of results to return. · Min: 1 · Max: 20 · Default: 5
search_depthstringOptionalDepth of search. 'advanced' returns more comprehensive results. · Options: basic, advanced · Default: "basic"
basicadvanced
include_answerbooleanOptionalInclude an LLM-generated answer summarizing the results. · Default: false
exclude_domainsstring[]OptionalExclude results from these domains.
include_domainsstring[]OptionalOnly include results from these domains.
include_raw_contentbooleanOptionalInclude the full raw page content for each result. · Default: false
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Output Schema

FieldTypeDescription
idstringUnique identifier for the generation task
statusstringTask status: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout
modelstringModel used for the generation
outputsarrayArray of output items
outputs[].urlstringURL of the generated artifact
outputs[].content_typestringMIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4)
errorobject | nullError details if failed, null on success
error.typestringMachine-readable error type code
error.messagestringHuman-readable error description
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Code Examples

Ready-to-run snippets

curl -X POST https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
  "model": "tavily/search",
  "query": "latest AI agent frameworks 2026",
  "topic": "general",
  "max_results": 5,
  "search_depth": "basic",
  "include_answer": false,
  "include_raw_content": false,
  "prompt": "a beautiful sunset over mountains"
}'