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news-search

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

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Get it through your agent npx skills add brave/brave-search-skills@news-search

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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"
      },
      "profile": {
        "name": "Example Outlet",
        "url": "https://news.example.com/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
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| 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 | | results[].profile.name | string? | Name of the site | | results[].profile.url | string? | The original URL where the profile is available | | results[].profile.long_name | string? | The long name of the site | | results[].profile.img | string? | The served image URL representing the profile |

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: Rules start with $ + comma-separated options. Actions (pick one): discard, boost[=N], downrank[=N] — N is an integer 1–10. Site filter: site=DOMAIN. Example: $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