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Brave Software builds a privacy-first Chromium-based browser, an independent search engine (Brave Search), an in-browser AI assistant (Leo), a video conferencing product (Brave Talk), an opt-in attention economy (Brave Rewards / Basic Attention Token), a wallet (Brave Wallet), and a privacy advertising platform (Brave Ads). Developer-facing APIs are concentrated in the Brave Search API (api.search.brave.com), which exposes web, news, image, video, suggest, spellcheck, summarizer, and local POI endpoints authenticated via X-Subscription-Token. Browser code is open source under MPL-2.0 on GitHub.

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Brave publishes 18 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Browser, Search, Privacy, Chromium, and Web3.

Brave’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, and 4 more developer resources.

APIs

Brave Browser

Privacy-first Chromium-based browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS, with built-in tracker and ad blocking (Brave Shields), HTTPS upgrades, Global Privacy Control, ...

Brave Search

Independent privacy-respecting web search engine backed by Brave's own index. Surfaces the consumer product at search.brave.com and powers the Brave Search API.

Brave Search API - Web Search

REST endpoint for general web search results with country, language, safe-search, and freshness filtering. Authenticated via X-Subscription-Token header.

Brave Search API - Image Search

Image search endpoint returning images with metadata, thumbnails, and SafeSearch filtering.

Brave Search API - Video Search

Video search endpoint returning videos with thumbnails, duration, and source metadata.

Brave Search API - News Search

Real-time news search endpoint returning articles from trusted sources with freshness filtering.

Brave Search API - Suggest

Autosuggest endpoint that returns query completions for a partial input.

Brave Search API - Spellcheck

Spelling correction endpoint for refining noisy or misspelled user queries.

Brave Search API - Summarizer

AI summarizer endpoint that condenses search results into a generated summary for use in agentic and AI-grounded applications.

Brave Search API - Local POIs

Local search endpoint returning point-of-interest details given IDs surfaced by web search results.

Brave Search API - Local Descriptions

AI-generated descriptions for local points of interest, complementing the Local POIs endpoint.

Brave Search MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server wrapping the Brave Search API so AI agents can ground answers in real-time web results.

Brave Leo AI

In-browser AI assistant offering chat, summarization, translation, and content generation grounded in the page or tab the user is viewing. Surfaced inside the browser; not a pub...

Brave Talk

End-to-end encrypted video conferencing product, available free with premium tier for larger meetings.

Brave Rewards

Opt-in attention rewards program paying users in Basic Attention Token (BAT) for viewing privacy-preserving ads, and enabling tipping of verified creators.

Brave Ads

Privacy-respecting advertising platform for advertisers that targets anonymized cohorts inside the Brave browser and on Brave Search.

Brave Wallet

Native multi-chain crypto wallet built into the Brave browser. Supports EVM and Solana networks; integrates with WalletConnect and dApps.

Brave News

Privacy-preserving news feed integrated into the browser's new tab page, sourced from a curated set of publisher feeds.

Resources

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Website
Website
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Search
Search
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Documentation
Documentation
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GitHub
GitHub
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LinkedIn
LinkedIn
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Twitter
Twitter

Sources

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: brave-browser
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brave-browser/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Brave
kind: company
description: >-
  Brave Software builds a privacy-first Chromium-based browser, an independent
  search engine (Brave Search), an in-browser AI assistant (Leo), a video
  conferencing product (Brave Talk), an opt-in attention economy (Brave
  Rewards / Basic Attention Token), a wallet (Brave Wallet), and a privacy
  advertising platform (Brave Ads). Developer-facing APIs are concentrated in
  the Brave Search API (api.search.brave.com), which exposes web, news,
  image, video, suggest, spellcheck, summarizer, and local POI endpoints
  authenticated via X-Subscription-Token. Browser code is open source under
  MPL-2.0 on GitHub.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Browser
  - Search
  - Privacy
  - Chromium
  - Web3
  - AI
  - Advertising
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: brave-browser:browser
    name: Brave Browser
    description: >-
      Privacy-first Chromium-based browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android,
      and iOS, with built-in tracker and ad blocking (Brave Shields), HTTPS
      upgrades, Global Privacy Control, and a Tor-enabled private window on
      desktop. Open source under MPL-2.0.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/
    baseURL: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser
    tags:
      - Browser
      - Chromium
      - Open Source
    properties:
      - type: Repository
        url: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser
  - aid: brave-browser:search
    name: Brave Search
    description: >-
      Independent privacy-respecting web search engine backed by Brave's own
      index. Surfaces the consumer product at search.brave.com and powers the
      Brave Search API.
    humanURL: https://search.brave.com/
    baseURL: https://search.brave.com/
    tags:
      - Search
      - Web
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://search.brave.com/
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-web
    name: Brave Search API - Web Search
    description: >-
      REST endpoint for general web search results with country, language,
      safe-search, and freshness filtering. Authenticated via
      X-Subscription-Token header.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Web Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-images
    name: Brave Search API - Image Search
    description: >-
      Image search endpoint returning images with metadata, thumbnails, and
      SafeSearch filtering.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/images/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Image Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-videos
    name: Brave Search API - Video Search
    description: >-
      Video search endpoint returning videos with thumbnails, duration, and
      source metadata.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/videos/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Video Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-news
    name: Brave Search API - News Search
    description: >-
      Real-time news search endpoint returning articles from trusted sources
      with freshness filtering.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/news/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - News
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-suggest
    name: Brave Search API - Suggest
    description: >-
      Autosuggest endpoint that returns query completions for a partial input.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/suggest/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Autosuggest
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-spellcheck
    name: Brave Search API - Spellcheck
    description: >-
      Spelling correction endpoint for refining noisy or misspelled user
      queries.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/spellcheck/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Spellcheck
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-summarizer
    name: Brave Search API - Summarizer
    description: >-
      AI summarizer endpoint that condenses search results into a generated
      summary for use in agentic and AI-grounded applications.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/summarizer/search
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Summarizer
      - AI
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-local-pois
    name: Brave Search API - Local POIs
    description: >-
      Local search endpoint returning point-of-interest details given IDs
      surfaced by web search results.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/pois
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Local
      - POI
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-api-local-descriptions
    name: Brave Search API - Local Descriptions
    description: >-
      AI-generated descriptions for local points of interest, complementing
      the Local POIs endpoint.
    humanURL: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
    baseURL: https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/local/descriptions
    tags:
      - Search API
      - Local
      - AI
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - aid: brave-browser:search-mcp
    name: Brave Search MCP Server
    description: >-
      Model Context Protocol server wrapping the Brave Search API so AI agents
      can ground answers in real-time web results.
    humanURL: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
    baseURL: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
    tags:
      - MCP
      - AI
      - Search
    properties:
      - type: Repository
        url: https://github.com/brave/brave-search-mcp-server
  - aid: brave-browser:leo
    name: Brave Leo AI
    description: >-
      In-browser AI assistant offering chat, summarization, translation, and
      content generation grounded in the page or tab the user is viewing.
      Surfaced inside the browser; not a public REST API.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/leo/
    baseURL: https://brave.com/leo/
    tags:
      - AI
      - Assistant
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://brave.com/leo/
  - aid: brave-browser:talk
    name: Brave Talk
    description: >-
      End-to-end encrypted video conferencing product, available free with
      premium tier for larger meetings.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/talk/
    baseURL: https://talk.brave.com/
    tags:
      - Video
      - Conferencing
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://brave.com/talk/
  - aid: brave-browser:rewards
    name: Brave Rewards
    description: >-
      Opt-in attention rewards program paying users in Basic Attention Token
      (BAT) for viewing privacy-preserving ads, and enabling tipping of
      verified creators.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/rewards/
    baseURL: https://brave.com/rewards/
    tags:
      - Rewards
      - BAT
      - Web3
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://brave.com/rewards/
  - aid: brave-browser:ads
    name: Brave Ads
    description: >-
      Privacy-respecting advertising platform for advertisers that targets
      anonymized cohorts inside the Brave browser and on Brave Search.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/brave-ads/
    baseURL: https://brave.com/brave-ads/
    tags:
      - Advertising
      - Privacy
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://brave.com/brave-ads/
  - aid: brave-browser:wallet
    name: Brave Wallet
    description: >-
      Native multi-chain crypto wallet built into the Brave browser. Supports
      EVM and Solana networks; integrates with WalletConnect and dApps.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/wallet/
    baseURL: https://brave.com/wallet/
    tags:
      - Wallet
      - Web3
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://brave.com/wallet/
  - aid: brave-browser:news
    name: Brave News
    description: >-
      Privacy-preserving news feed integrated into the browser's new tab page,
      sourced from a curated set of publisher feeds.
    humanURL: https://brave.com/brave-news/
    baseURL: https://brave.com/brave-news/
    tags:
      - News
      - Content
    properties:
      - type: Website
        url: https://brave.com/brave-news/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://brave.com/
  - type: Search
    url: https://search.brave.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/app/documentation
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/brave
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-software-
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/brave
integrations:
  - name: Chromium Extensions
  - name: WalletConnect
  - name: Ethereum
  - name: Solana
  - name: Model Context Protocol
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]