aid: brave
name: Brave
description: >
  Brave is a privacy-first browser company offering developer APIs for anonymous
  web search and privacy-preserving advertising. The Brave Search API provides
  real-time search results from an independent index of over 30 billion pages,
  designed for AI and LLM applications with schema-enriched results and citation-
  grounded answer completions. The Brave Ads API enables advertisers to manage
  campaigns and access performance reporting data for privacy-respecting native
  browser and search ads.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brave/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Search
  - Advertising
  - Privacy
  - Browser
  - AI
  - LLM

apis:

  - aid: brave:brave-search-api
    name: Brave Search API
    description: >
      Real-time web search results from Brave's independent index of over 30 billion
      pages with 100 million daily updates. Provides web, image, video, news,
      suggestions, and spellcheck endpoints with schema-enriched data optimized for
      AI and LLM integrations. Includes custom reranking via Goggles and citation-
      grounded Answers completions compatible with the OpenAI SDK.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://brave.com/search/api/
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/
    tags:
      - Search
      - Web Search
      - AI
      - LLM
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/get-started
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brave/refs/heads/main/openapi/brave-search-api.yml
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://brave.com/search/api/
      - type: Dashboard
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com
      - type: GitHubRepository
        url: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
    contact:
      - FN: Brave Software
        url: https://brave.com
        email: ''

  - aid: brave:brave-ads-api
    name: Brave Ads API
    description: >
      API for managing and reporting on Brave Ads campaigns. Enables advertisers
      to retrieve campaign details and performance data for privacy-preserving
      native browser ads and search ads. Supports customizable reporting dimensions
      and metrics including impressions, clicks, spend, and conversion tracking.
      Authentication uses API keys generated from the Brave Ads dashboard.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/API/
    baseURL: https://ads-serve.brave.com
    tags:
      - Advertising
      - Campaigns
      - Publisher
      - Privacy
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://ads-help.brave.com/campaign-performance/API/
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://ads.brave.com
      - type: Dashboard
        url: https://ads.brave.com
    contact:
      - FN: Brave Ads
        url: https://brave.com/brave-ads/
        email: adsales@brave.com

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://brave.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation/web-search/get-started
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/brave
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-software
  - type: Blog
    url: https://brave.com/blog/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://brave.com/search/api/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.brave.app
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/brave
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/brave-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/brave-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/brave-finops.yml

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com