Use Parallel AI to search the web, extract content from URLs, or start a deep-research task. Search accepts an objective and query controls, while extraction accepts the target URLs. Set the available result and content limits to keep downstream inputs bounded, and connect a Parallel API key.
Search the web, extract information from URLs, and conduct deep research.
Search the web with Parallel AI and return matching pages with content excerpts.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|
search_queries | string | Yes | Comma-separated list of concise keyword search queries (3-6 words each). At least one is required |
objective | string | No | Natural-language description of the search intent used to rank and excerpt results |
mode | string | No | Search mode: turbo, fast, basic, or advanced (default: advanced) |
max_results | number | No | Maximum number of results to return (default: 10, max: 20) |
max_chars_per_result | number | No | Maximum characters of excerpts per result |
include_domains | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to restrict search results to |
exclude_domains | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to exclude from search results |
apiKey | string | Yes | Parallel AI API Key |
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|
search_id | string | Unique identifier for this search request |
results | array | Search results with excerpts from relevant pages |
↳ url | string | The URL of the search result |
↳ title | string | The title of the search result |
↳ publish_date | string | Publication date of the page (YYYY-MM-DD) |
↳ excerpts | array | LLM-optimized excerpts from the page |
Extract targeted information from specific URLs using Parallel AI. Processes provided URLs to pull relevant content based on your objective.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|
urls | string | Yes | Comma-separated list of URLs to extract information from (up to 20) |
objective | string | No | What information to extract from the provided URLs (up to 5,000 characters) |
full_content | boolean | No | Include full page content as markdown in addition to excerpts (default: false) |
apiKey | string | Yes | Parallel AI API Key |
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|
extract_id | string | Unique identifier for this extraction request |
results | array | Extracted information from the provided URLs |
↳ url | string | The source URL |
↳ title | string | The title of the page |
↳ publish_date | string | Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
↳ excerpts | array | Relevant text excerpts in markdown |
↳ full_content | string | Full page content as markdown (only when requested) |
errors | array | URLs that could not be extracted, with the reason |
↳ url | string | The URL that failed |
↳ error_type | string | Category of the failure |
↳ http_status_code | number | HTTP status returned by the page, if any |
↳ content | string | Error detail |
Research the web with Parallel AI and synthesize findings from multiple sources with citations. Can take up to 45 minutes to complete.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|
input | string | Yes | Research query or question (up to 15,000 characters) |
output_format | string | No | Output format: text for a markdown report with inline citations, auto for a structured JSON object that needs the pro tier or higher (default: text) |
processor | string | No | Processing tier: core, core2x, pro, ultra, ultra2x, ultra4x, ultra8x, or a -fast variant (default: pro) |
include_domains | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to restrict research to (source policy) |
exclude_domains | string | No | Comma-separated list of domains to exclude from research (source policy) |
apiKey | string | Yes | Parallel AI API Key |
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|
status | string | Task status (completed, failed, running) |
run_id | string | Unique ID for this research task |
message | string | Status message |
content | json | Research findings: a markdown report string for the text output format, or a structured object with query-specific keys for the auto format |
basis | array | Citations and sources with reasoning and confidence levels |
↳ field | string | Output field dot-notation path |
↳ reasoning | string | Explanation for the result |
↳ citations | array | Array of sources |
↳ url | string | Source URL |
↳ title | string | Source title |
↳ excerpts | array | Relevant excerpts from the source |
↳ confidence | string | Confidence level (low, medium, high) |