Kagi

aid: kagi
name: Kagi
description: >-
  Kagi is a privacy-focused premium search engine that also operates a
  commercial APIs portfolio for developers. The Kagi APIs Portal exposes
  Search, Enrichment, Universal Summarizer, and FastGPT endpoints, plus a
  free Small Web RSS feed for non-commercial use. The portal includes an API
  Playground, usage dashboard, and API key management with IP allowlists and
  per-product scopes. Kagi publishes an OpenAPI specification and ships
  official client libraries in Python, Go, Rust, and TypeScript. Billing is
  pay-per-use with monthly invoicing and a Discord community for developer
  support.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Search
  - Premium Search
  - AI Search
  - Summarization
  - FastGPT
  - Enrichment
  - OpenAPI
  - Pay-Per-Use
  - Privacy
  - LLMs
  - Web Index
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kagi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
  - aid: kagi:search-api
    name: Kagi Search API
    description: >-
      The Kagi Search API delivers premium, ad-free web search results powered
      by the Kagi index, designed for AI agents, research workflows, and
      applications that demand high-quality results.
    humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
    baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
    tags:
      - Search
      - Web
      - REST
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/intro.html
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://kagi.com/signup
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/search.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/kagisearch
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/intro.html
    features:
      - name: Premium Search Results
        description: Ad-free, privacy-focused web search results sourced from the Kagi index.
      - name: Structured Responses
        description: JSON responses with title, URL, snippet, and metadata for easy consumption.
      - name: API Playground
        description: Test requests directly in the browser from the API portal.
      - name: Pay-Per-Use Billing
        description: Pay only for requests made, invoiced monthly or at a $100 threshold.
    useCases:
      - name: Agent Web Search Tool
        description: Use as a high-quality web search tool inside AI agents.
      - name: Research Workflows
        description: Power research pipelines that need premium, low-noise results.
      - name: Internal Knowledge Apps
        description: Embed premium search inside internal portals and assistants.
    integrations:
      - name: Python
      - name: Go
      - name: Rust
      - name: TypeScript
      - name: Model Context Protocol
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
  - aid: kagi:enrichment-api
    name: Kagi Enrichment API
    description: >-
      The Kagi Enrichment API provides access to Kagi's Teclis non-commercial
      web index and TinyGem news index for specialized retrieval and discovery
      workloads.
    humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/enrich.html
    baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
    tags:
      - Enrichment
      - Teclis
      - TinyGem
      - News
      - Web Index
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/enrich.html
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/enrich.html
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
    features:
      - name: Teclis Index Access
        description: Query Kagi's curated non-commercial Teclis web index.
      - name: TinyGem News Index
        description: Access the TinyGem news index for fresh news content.
      - name: JSON Responses
        description: Lightweight JSON responses suited for agent and pipeline use.
    useCases:
      - name: Small-Web Discovery
        description: Surface high-quality, non-commercial sources for research and content discovery.
      - name: News Monitoring
        description: Track fresh news content for alerts and briefings.
      - name: Niche RAG Backends
        description: Use specialized indexes to ground RAG pipelines in curated sources.
    integrations:
      - name: Python
      - name: TypeScript
      - name: Go
      - name: Rust
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
  - aid: kagi:summarizer-api
    name: Kagi Universal Summarizer API
    description: >-
      The Universal Summarizer API condenses URLs, documents, audio, and video
      into structured summaries using Kagi's hosted models.
    humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/summarizer.html
    baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
    tags:
      - Summarization
      - Documents
      - Audio
      - Video
      - LLMs
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/summarizer.html
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/summarizer.html
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
    features:
      - name: URL Summarization
        description: Summarize the content of a public URL into structured text.
      - name: Multi-Format Input
        description: Handle web pages, documents, audio, and video sources.
      - name: Selectable Engines
        description: Choose summary engines tuned for different output styles.
    useCases:
      - name: Article TLDRs
        description: Generate TLDRs of news articles and blog posts.
      - name: Meeting Recaps
        description: Summarize recorded meetings and long-form audio.
      - name: Document Triage
        description: Quickly surface key points from long documents.
    integrations:
      - name: Python
      - name: TypeScript
      - name: Go
      - name: Rust
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
  - aid: kagi:fastgpt-api
    name: Kagi FastGPT API
    description: >-
      FastGPT is Kagi's LLM-powered question answering API that combines a
      hosted model with live Kagi web search for grounded, cited answers.
    humanURL: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/fastgpt.html
    baseURL: https://kagi.com/api/v0
    tags:
      - FastGPT
      - QA
      - Grounded Answers
      - LLMs
      - Search
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/fastgpt.html
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/fastgpt.html
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
    features:
      - name: Grounded Answers
        description: LLM answers grounded in live Kagi search results with citations.
      - name: Low Latency
        description: Optimized for fast question answering in interactive agents.
      - name: Citation Sources
        description: Return source URLs and snippets alongside each answer.
    useCases:
      - name: Q&A Agents
        description: Build chat agents that answer factual questions with citations.
      - name: Knowledge Assistants
        description: Power knowledge assistants that need grounded responses.
      - name: Search-Backed Chat
        description: Replace bare LLMs with search-grounded chat experiences.
    integrations:
      - name: Python
      - name: TypeScript
      - name: Go
      - name: Rust
    authentication:
      - type: API Key
        description: Bot API token sent via the Authorization header.
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://kagi.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  - type: Blog
    url: https://blog.kagi.com
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/kagisearch
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/api/overview.html
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://kagi.com/terms
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://kagi.com/privacy
  - type: Discord
    url: https://kagi.com/discord
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/kagihq
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://kagi.com/changelog
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]