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POST /v1/news · engine=brave

Brave News API

News articles from Brave Search, with typed publish dates and images, in the same shape as SerpKite's Google News results. One credit returns a full page of articles, often 50.

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1 credit per page of results 2,500 free credits, no card Failed calls are free

Overview

What the Brave News API does

Brave Search runs its own web index, built by its own crawler, so its results are independent of both Google and Bing. Use it when you want a second, independent view of the web next to Google, or a non-Google source for an AI agent.

/v1/news with engine: "brave" returns Brave's news results for a query: title, link, domain, source, snippet, the date as shown and published_at in ISO 8601, plus an image_url when there is one. A page often carries 50 articles, so one credit covers a lot of coverage.

What you get

results[] array
Articles: position, title, link, domain, source, snippet, date as shown, published_at (ISO 8601) and image_url.
meta object
request_id, credits_used, cached, latency_ms, parse_quality, engine (the provider that answered) and route (each provider attempt with outcome and ms).

Request

curl https://api.serpkite.com/v1/news \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SERPKITE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"q":"electric vehicles","engine":"brave"}'

Response (live response, trimmed)

200 OK · Brave news · live response, trimmed 
{
  "request": {
    "country": "us",
    "endpoint": "news",
    "engine": "brave",
    "language": "en",
    "num": 10,
    "page": 1,
    "q": "electric vehicles"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "date": "1 day ago",
      "domain": "thedrive.com",
      "image_url": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/H_IY0btOcfxGqkmIgRLha1LkFc4QX3kGPKv750ZgGmU/rs:fit:200:200:1:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cu/dGhlZHJpdmUuY29t/L3dwLWNvbnRlbnQv/dXBsb2Fkcy8yMDI2/LzEwL3VudGl0bGVk/LTAxMTguanBnP3c9/MTIwMA",
      "link": "https://www.thedrive.com/news/electric-trucks-havent-sold-like-gm-hoped-its-vehicle-boss-says-they-still-make-sense",
      "position": 1,
      "published_at": "2026-10-22",
      "snippet": "GM Senior VP of Vehicle Products Jaclyn McQuaid told The Drive, \"What you have to remember about General Motors is we know trucks.\"",
      "source": "The Drive",
      "title": "Electric Trucks Haven't Sold Like GM Hoped. Its Vehicle Boss Says They Still Make Sense"
    },
    {
      "date": "2 days ago",
      "domain": "roadandtrack.com",
      "image_url": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/QnF0jaqfyH6gJnngt5gtV7i7n7sIUvHCUVlS82Stxs4/rs:fit:200:200:1:0/g:ce/aHR0cHM6Ly9oaXBz/LmhlYXJzdGFwcHMu/Y29tL2htZy1wcm9k/L2ltYWdlcy9iZTcx/MDkyMS1hODE4LTRj/ZmItYWU2Zi0wYzBk/…",
      "link": "https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a74197096/general-motors-new-electric-vehicle-strategy-announcement/",
      "position": 2,
      "published_at": "2026-10-21",
      "snippet": "Lithium manganese-rich batteries and a streamlined vehicle development process will define GM’s future EVs. ... General Motors laid out its technology blueprint for the coming years on Wednesday, and…",
      "source": "Road & Track",
      "title": "General Motors Is About to Bet Big on a New, Affordable Electric Vehicle Platform"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_01J8ZK4M6Q2V7",
    "credits_used": 1,
    "cached": false,
    "engine": "brave",
    "route": [
      {
        "provider": "brave",
        "outcome": "ok",
        "ms": 1145
      }
    ],
    "latency_ms": 1211,
    "parse_quality": "ok"
  }
}

Every response also carries X-Credits-Used, X-Credits-Remaining, X-Cache and X-Tokens-Estimate headers. Run this query in the playground

One key, many engines

Brave through SerpKite

  • Same key, same envelope and the same SDK call as Google: only engine changes.
  • meta.engine names the provider that answered and meta.route lists every attempt. A result is never relabelled.
  • engine: "auto" keeps Google first and falls back to Brave and the other engines only when Google fails. How fallback works
  • Failed, blocked and empty attempts are free; you pay only for the provider that answered.

Everything Brave serves on SerpKite

See all engines on the multi-engine search page or in the providers reference.

engine=auto answered by Brave (illustrative)

meta.route 
{
  "request": {
    "endpoint": "news",
    "engine": "auto",
    "q": "electric vehicles"
  },
  "meta": {
    "engine": "brave",
    "route": [
      {
        "provider": "google",
        "outcome": "blocked",
        "ms": 2140
      },
      {
        "provider": "brave",
        "outcome": "ok",
        "ms": 640
      }
    ]
  }
}

Reference

Parameters

The parameters /v1/news accepts, in the JSON body or the query string.

Brave News API parameters
Name Type Default Description
q required string – The search query. Required. Up to 2,048 characters.
engine string | string[] google "brave" for this page. "auto" tries Google first and falls back to other engines; a list such as ["google", "brave"] limits the route to those engines.
country string us Country to search from, as a two-letter ISO code (us, gb, de, in…). Defaults to the country a location ends in.
language string en Interface language, as a language code with an optional region (en, de, pt-BR, zh-TW…).
page integer 1 Results page, 1–10. Each page is billed separately.
format string json Response format. markdown is LLM-ready prose; compact is JSON with only the fields agents need. Values: json, compact, markdown.
fields string – Comma-separated projection, e.g. results.title,results.link,knowledge_graph. Cuts tokens.
max_age integer – Accept a cached result up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 50% of the credits.

Full reference, error codes and headers are in the /v1/news reference. Queue up to 100 requests at half price with POST /v1/batches.

Use cases

What people build with the Brave News API

01

A second index for agents

Ground answers in two independent indexes: Google by default, Brave with one parameter.

02

Fallback when Google is blocked

engine=auto tries Google first and answers from Brave when Google is unavailable.

03

Index comparison

Run the same query on Google and Brave and compare which domains each index ranks.

Pricing

Brave News API pricing

Cost per call

1 credit

per page of results

  • From $0.60 per 1,000 calls at volume.
  • Credits never expire. No subscription.
  • Failed, empty and blocked calls are refunded.
  • 2,500 free credits = 2,500 calls, then 1,000 credits a month.

For reference: Serper lists Google searches at $1.00 per 1k on its entry tier and $0.30 at its best tier, and its credits expire after 6 months. SerpKite credits cost $1.00 to $0.60 per 1k.

See all pricing
Brave News API cost per pack
Pack Price Per 1k credits Per 1k calls Calls per pack
Starter $10 $1.00 $1.00 10,000
Growth $50 $0.80 $0.80 62,500
Pro $300 $0.60 $0.60 500,000

FAQ

Brave News API: common questions

Keep exploring

Related APIs and integrations

Brave Search API Brave's independent web index: organic results, PAA, related searches. Brave Image Search API Brave image results: full-size URL, thumbnail, size and source page. Brave Video Search API Brave video results: channel, duration, date and thumbnail. Google News API Articles with source, date, snippet and thumbnail. Time filters.

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