news-search

name	news-search
description	USE FOR news search. Returns news articles with title, URL, description, age, thumbnail. Supports freshness and date range filtering, SafeSearch filter and Goggles for custom ranking.

News Search

Requires API Key: Get one at https://api.search.brave.com

Plan: Included in the Search plan. See https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/subscriptions/subscribe

Quick Start (cURL)

Basic Search

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search?q=space+exploration" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}"

Recent News (Past 24 Hours)

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=cybersecurity" \
  --data-urlencode "country=US" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=pd" \
  --data-urlencode "count=20"

Date Range Filter

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: ${BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}" \
  -G \
  --data-urlencode "q=climate summit" \
  --data-urlencode "freshness=2026-01-01to2026-01-31"

Endpoint

GET https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search
POST https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search

Authentication: X-Subscription-Token: <API_KEY> header

Note: Both GET and POST are supported. POST is useful for long queries or complex Goggles.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
q	string	Yes	-	Search query (1-400 chars, max 50 words)
country	string	No	US	Search country (2-letter country code or ALL)
search_lang	string	No	en	Language preference (2+ char language code)
ui_lang	string	No	en-US	UI language (e.g., "en-US")
count	int	No	20	Number of results (1-50)
offset	int	No	0	Page offset (0-9)
safesearch	string	No	strict	Adult content filter (off/moderate/strict)
freshness	string	No	-	Time filter (pd/pw/pm/py or date range)
spellcheck	bool	No	true	Auto-correct query
extra_snippets	bool	No	-	Up to 5 additional excerpts per result
goggles	string or array	No	-	Custom ranking filter (URL or inline; repeat param for multiple)
operators	bool	No	true	Apply search operators
include_fetch_metadata	bool	No	false	Include fetch timestamps in results

Freshness Values

Value	Description
pd	Past day (24 hours) - ideal for breaking news
pw	Past week (7 days)
pm	Past month (31 days)
py	Past year (365 days)
YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD	Custom date range

Response Format

{
  "type": "news",
  "query": {
    "original": "space exploration"
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "type": "news_result",
      "title": "New Developments in Space Exploration",
      "url": "https://news.example.com/space-exploration",
      "description": "Recent missions have advanced our understanding of...",
      "age": "2 hours ago",
      "page_age": "2026-01-15T14:30:00",
      "page_fetched": "2026-01-15T15:00:00Z",
      "meta_url": {
        "scheme": "https",
        "netloc": "news.example.com",
        "hostname": "news.example.com",
        "favicon": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/favicon/news.example.com",
        "path": "/space-exploration"
      },
      "thumbnail": {
        "src": "https://imgs.search.brave.com/..."
      }
    }
  ]
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
type	string	Always "news"
query.original	string	The original search query
query.altered	string?	Spellcheck-corrected query (if changed)
query.cleaned	string?	Cleaned/normalized query from spellchecker
query.spellcheck_off	bool?	Whether spellcheck was disabled
query.show_strict_warning	bool?	True if strict safesearch blocked results
query.search_operators	object?	Applied search operators
query.search_operators.applied	bool	Whether operators were applied
query.search_operators.cleaned_query	string?	Query after operator processing
query.search_operators.sites	list[str]?	Domains from site: operators
results[].type	string	Always "news_result"
results[].title	string	Article title
results[].url	string	Source URL of the article
results[].description	string?	Article description/summary
results[].age	string?	Human-readable age (e.g. "2 hours ago")
results[].page_age	string?	Publication date from source (ISO datetime)
results[].page_fetched	string?	When page was last fetched (ISO datetime)
results[].fetched_content_timestamp	int?	Fetch timestamp (only with include_fetch_metadata=true)
results[].meta_url.scheme	string?	URL protocol scheme
results[].meta_url.netloc	string?	Network location
results[].meta_url.hostname	string?	Lowercased domain name
results[].meta_url.favicon	string?	Favicon URL
results[].meta_url.path	string?	URL path
results[].thumbnail.src	string	Served thumbnail URL
results[].thumbnail.original	string?	Original thumbnail URL
results[].extra_snippets	list[str]?	Up to 5 additional excerpts per result

Goggles (Custom Ranking) — Unique to Brave

Goggles let you re-rank news results — boost trusted outlets or suppress unwanted sources.

Method	Example
Hosted	--data-urlencode "goggles=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brave/goggles-quickstart/main/goggles/hacker_news.goggle"
Inline	--data-urlencode 'goggles=$discard\n$site=example.com'

Hosted goggles must be on GitHub/GitLab, include ! name:, ! description:, ! author: headers, and be registered at https://search.brave.com/goggles/create. Inline rules need no registration.

Syntax: $boost=N / $downrank=N (1–10), $discard, $site=example.com. Combine with commas: $site=example.com,boost=3. Separate rules with \n (%0A).

Allow list: $discard\n$site=docs.python.org\n$site=developer.mozilla.org — Block list: $discard,site=pinterest.com\n$discard,site=quora.com

Resources: Discover · Syntax · Quickstart

Search Operators

Use search operators to refine results:

• site:local-paper.com - Limit to specific news site
• "exact phrase" - Match exact phrase
• -exclude - Exclude term

Set operators=false to disable operator parsing.

Use Cases

• Breaking news monitoring: Use freshness=pd for the most recent articles on a topic.
• Custom news feeds with Goggles: Boost trusted sources and discard other sources — unique to Brave.
• Historical news research: Use freshness=YYYY-MM-DDtoYYYY-MM-DD to find articles from specific time periods.
• Multilingual news: Combine country, search_lang, and ui_lang for cross-locale results.
• Data pipelines: Set include_fetch_metadata=true for fetched_content_timestamp on each result.

Notes

• SafeSearch: Defaults to strict
• Pagination: Use offset (0-9) with count
• Extra snippets: Up to 5 additional excerpts when extra_snippets=true