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Search with Exa AI

Exa searches the web, retrieves page content, and answers questions with citations. Use Agent for multi-step research and supply a JSON schema when you need structured results with field-level citations.

Migration notes. Use Agent for multi-step research. Sim routes workflows configured with the old Research operation to Agent and maps their former research-model setting to an effort level. Find Similar Links remains a legacy operation; prefer the current Search API for new workflows. Use maxAgeHours for content freshness instead of the legacy livecrawl setting.

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Search the web, retrieve page content, answer questions with citations, or run multi-step research with Exa Agent. Find Similar Links remains a legacy operation; prefer Search for new workflows.

Actions

Exa Search

Search the web using Exa AI. Returns relevant search results with titles, URLs, and text snippets.

Inputs and outputs

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringYesThe search query to execute
numResultsnumberNoNumber of results to return (1-100). Default: 10
typestringNoSearch type: "instant", "fast", "auto", "deep-lite", "deep", or "deep-reasoning". Default: "auto"
includeDomainsstringNoComma-separated list of domains to include in results (e.g., "github.com, stackoverflow.com")
excludeDomainsstringNoComma-separated list of domains to exclude from results (e.g., "reddit.com, pinterest.com")
categorystringNoFilter by category: company, publication, news, personal site, financial report, people
textbooleanNoInclude full text content in results (default: false)
highlightsbooleanNoInclude highlighted snippets in results (default: false)
summarybooleanNoInclude AI-generated summaries in results (default: false)
summaryQuerystringNoQuery to focus the generated summaries on a specific question
subpagesnumberNoNumber of subpages to crawl per result (0-100). Default: 0
subpageTargetstringNoComma-separated keywords to target specific subpages (e.g., "docs,pricing,about")
extrasLinksnumberNoNumber of links to extract from each result page (0-1000). Default: 0
extrasImageLinksnumberNoNumber of image URLs to extract from each result page (0-1000). Default: 0
outputSchemajsonNoJSON Schema describing a synthesized answer to build from the results. Returned in structuredOutput.
systemPromptstringNoAdditional guidance for generating the synthesized output
userLocationstringNoTwo-letter ISO country code to localize results (e.g., "US")
maxAgeHoursnumberNoCache freshness in hours (-1 to 720). 0 always crawls live, -1 uses cache only. Cannot be combined with livecrawl.
livecrawlTimeoutnumberNoLive crawl timeout in milliseconds (max 90000). Default: 10000
livecrawlstringNoDeprecated: use maxAgeHours instead. Live crawling mode: never, fallback, always, or preferred
startPublishedDatestringNoOnly include results published on or after this ISO 8601 date (e.g., "2024-01-01" or "2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z")
endPublishedDatestringNoOnly include results published on or before this ISO 8601 date
startCrawlDatestringNoDeprecated: use startPublishedDate. Only include results crawled on or after this ISO 8601 date
endCrawlDatestringNoDeprecated: use endPublishedDate. Only include results crawled on or before this ISO 8601 date
apiKeystringYesExa AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
resultsarraySearch results with titles, URLs, and text snippets
↳ idstringResult identifier, usable as an id on the Get Contents operation
↳ titlestringThe title of the search result
↳ urlstringThe URL of the search result
↳ publishedDatestringDate when the content was published
↳ authorstringThe author of the content
↳ summarystringA brief summary of the content
↳ faviconstringURL of the site's favicon
↳ imagestringURL of a representative image from the page
↳ textstringText snippet or full content from the page
↳ highlightsarrayRelevant snippets extracted from the page
↳ highlightScoresarraySimilarity score for each highlight
↳ subpagesjsonCrawled subpages of the result
↳ entitiesjsonStructured entity data for company, people, and publication results
↳ extrasjsonExtracted links and image links when requested
↳ scorenumberRelevance score. Only returned by the legacy neural search type
requestIdstringExa request identifier, useful for support
structuredOutputjsonSynthesized answer matching outputSchema, when one was supplied
groundingjsonField-level citations backing the synthesized output

Exa Get Contents

Retrieve the contents of webpages using Exa AI. Returns the title, text content, and optional summaries for each URL.

Inputs and outputs

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
urlsstringNoComma-separated list of URLs to retrieve content from (1-100). Provide either urls or ids, not both.
idsstringNoComma-separated list of result IDs from a prior Exa search (1-100). Provide either urls or ids, not both.
textbooleanNoIf true, returns full page text with default settings. If false, disables text return.
summarybooleanNoInclude an AI-generated summary of each page (default: false)
summaryQuerystringNoQuery to guide the summary generation
subpagesnumberNoNumber of subpages to crawl from the provided URLs (0-100)
subpageTargetstringNoComma-separated keywords to target specific subpages (e.g., "docs,tutorial,about")
highlightsbooleanNoInclude highlighted snippets in results (default: false)
extrasLinksnumberNoNumber of links to extract from each page (0-1000). Default: 0
extrasImageLinksnumberNoNumber of image URLs to extract from each page (0-1000). Default: 0
maxAgeHoursnumberNoCache freshness in hours (-1 to 720). 0 always crawls live, -1 uses cache only. Cannot be combined with livecrawl.
livecrawlTimeoutnumberNoLive crawl timeout in milliseconds (max 90000). Default: 10000
livecrawlstringNoDeprecated: use maxAgeHours instead. Live crawling mode: never, fallback, always, or preferred
apiKeystringYesExa AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
resultsarrayRetrieved content from URLs with title, text, and summaries
↳ idstringExa identifier for the retrieved document
↳ urlstringThe URL that content was retrieved from
↳ titlestringThe title of the webpage
↳ textstringThe full text content of the webpage
↳ summarystringAI-generated summary of the webpage content
↳ highlightsarrayRelevant snippets extracted from the page
↳ highlightScoresarraySimilarity score for each highlight
↳ subpagesjsonCrawled subpages of the document
↳ entitiesjsonStructured entity data for company, people, and publication pages
↳ extrasjsonExtracted links and image links when requested
statusesjsonPer-URL crawl outcome, showing which pages succeeded and whether they came from cache
requestIdstringExa request identifier, useful for support

Exa Find Similar Links

Find webpages similar to a given URL using Exa AI. Deprecated by Exa in favor of Search — prefer Search for new workflows.

Inputs and outputs

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringYesThe URL to find similar links for
numResultsnumberNoNumber of similar links to return (1-100). Default: 10
textbooleanNoWhether to include the full text of the similar pages
includeDomainsstringNoComma-separated list of domains to include in results (e.g., "github.com, stackoverflow.com")
excludeDomainsstringNoComma-separated list of domains to exclude from results (e.g., "reddit.com, pinterest.com")
excludeSourceDomainbooleanNoExclude the source domain from results (default: false)
categorystringNoFilter by category: company, publication, news, personal site, financial report, people
highlightsbooleanNoInclude highlighted snippets in results (default: false)
summarybooleanNoInclude AI-generated summaries in results (default: false)
maxAgeHoursnumberNoCache freshness in hours (-1 to 720). 0 always crawls live, -1 uses cache only. Cannot be combined with livecrawl.
livecrawlTimeoutnumberNoLive crawl timeout in milliseconds (max 90000). Default: 10000
livecrawlstringNoDeprecated: use maxAgeHours instead. Live crawling mode: never, fallback, always, or preferred
apiKeystringYesExa AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
similarLinksarraySimilar links found with titles, URLs, and text snippets
↳ idstringExa identifier for the similar page
↳ titlestringThe title of the similar webpage
↳ urlstringThe URL of the similar webpage
↳ textstringText snippet or full content from the similar webpage
↳ summarystringAI-generated summary of the similar webpage
↳ highlightsarrayRelevant snippets extracted from the page
↳ scorenumberSimilarity score indicating how similar the page is
requestIdstringExa request identifier, useful for support

Exa Answer

Get an AI-generated answer to a question with citations from the web using Exa AI.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringYesThe question to answer
textbooleanNoInclude the full page text of each cited source (default: false). This does not affect the answer itself.
outputSchemajsonNoJSON Schema describing the answer shape. When supplied, the answer is returned as a structured object instead of a string.
apiKeystringYesExa AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
answerjsonAI-generated answer to the question. A string, or an object matching outputSchema when one was supplied.
citationsarraySources and citations for the answer
↳ idstringExa identifier for the cited source
↳ titlestringThe title of the cited source
↳ urlstringThe URL of the cited source
↳ textstringFull page text of the cited source, when text is enabled
↳ authorstringThe author of the cited source
↳ publishedDatestringPublication date of the cited source
requestIdstringExa request identifier, useful for support

Exa Agent

Run a deep research task with Exa Agent. Handles multi-step list building, enrichment, and research, returning a written answer with field-level citations and optional structured output.

Input

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
querystringYesThe research question or instructions for the agent
effortstringNoCost and depth tradeoff: minimal, low, medium, high, xhigh, or auto (default: auto)
outputSchemajsonNoJSON Schema describing the structured result to return. Returned in the structured output.
systemPromptstringNoAdditional guidance for how the agent should behave or format its answer
previousRunIdstringNoID of a completed agent run to continue from, for follow-up questions
apiKeystringYesExa AI API Key

Output

ParameterTypeDescription
runIdstringIdentifier of the agent run, reusable as previousRunId
statusstringFinal status of the agent run
stopReasonstringWhy the agent stopped, such as schema_satisfied
textstringThe written answer produced by the agent
structuredjsonStructured result matching outputSchema, when one was supplied
groundingjsonField-level citations backing the agent output
researcharrayThe agent answer in the shape the retired Research operation emitted, so workflows that reference it keep resolving
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