specification: API Commons Vocabulary
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Bright Data
providerId: bright-data
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
description: |
  Operational and capability vocabulary for the Bright Data API surface. Captures the canonical terms
  used across Web Unlocker, SERP, Web Scraper, Scraping Browser, Deep Lookup, Web Archive, Dataset
  Marketplace, Account Management, Proxy Manager, Scraping Shield, and the MCP server.
domains:
  - name: Proxy Infrastructure
    terms:
      - id: residential-proxy
        label: Residential Proxy
        description: IP routed through a real consumer device participating in Bright Data's residential network.
      - id: isp-proxy
        label: ISP Proxy
        description: Static residential IP issued directly by an ISP; combines residential trust with datacenter uptime.
      - id: datacenter-proxy
        label: Datacenter Proxy
        description: IP hosted in Bright Data datacenters; fastest and cheapest, lowest trust.
      - id: mobile-proxy
        label: Mobile Proxy
        description: IP delivered through 3G/4G/5G carrier networks.
      - id: zone
        label: Zone
        description: A named proxy pool or product entitlement; the unit of configuration, billing, and access control.
      - id: session
        label: Session
        description: A logical proxy connection that pins or rotates IPs across requests.
      - id: peer
        label: Peer
        description: A device or IP participating in the residential network.
  - name: Web Access APIs
    terms:
      - id: web-unlocker
        label: Web Unlocker
        description: Single-endpoint unblocking with managed proxy, JS rendering, CAPTCHA solving, and anti-bot evasion.
      - id: serp-api
        label: SERP API
        description: Real-time search-engine results across Google, Bing, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo.
      - id: scraping-browser
        label: Scraping Browser
        description: Managed remote Chromium browser controlled via CDP/WebSocket.
      - id: web-scraper
        label: Web Scraper
        description: Snapshot-based scraping over pre-built dataset collectors.
      - id: deep-lookup
        label: Deep Lookup
        description: Entity-research API for companies and professionals across 1,000+ sources.
      - id: web-archive
        label: Web Archive
        description: Historical web index over 250+ domains.
  - name: Datasets and Delivery
    terms:
      - id: dataset
        label: Dataset
        description: A Bright Data collector definition or marketplace dataset identifier (e.g. gd_xxx).
      - id: snapshot
        label: Snapshot
        description: An asynchronous unit of scraping work tied to a dataset.
      - id: delivery
        label: Delivery
        description: Output channel for a snapshot — S3, Azure Blob, GCS, Snowflake, or webhook.
      - id: format
        label: Format
        description: Output format — JSON, NDJSON, CSV, XLSX, or Parquet.
  - name: AI and Agents
    terms:
      - id: mcp-server
        label: MCP Server
        description: Bright Data's Model Context Protocol server exposing 60+ web-access tools to AI agents.
      - id: agent-web-access
        label: Agent Web Access
        description: The high-reliability web-access tier optimized for autonomous agent workloads.
      - id: answer-engine
        label: Answer Engine
        description: Bright Data's cited-answer service.
      - id: llm-grounding
        label: LLM Grounding
        description: Real-time data used to fact-check or ground LLM outputs.
  - name: Compliance and Trust
    terms:
      - id: scraping-shield
        label: Scraping Shield
        description: Bright Data's domain classification taxonomy.
      - id: kyc
        label: KYC
        description: The customer verification process applied to all proxy users.
      - id: data-residency
        label: Data Residency
        description: Geographic boundaries enforced on stored datasets and operational metadata.