🧪 BETA - This API is in beta - it may change and might not be available at all times.

Why Browser Use Over Traditional Search?

Browser Use actually browses websites like a human while other tools return cached data from landing pages. Browser Use navigates deep into sites in real-time:
  • 🔍 Deep navigation: Clicks through menus, forms, and multiple pages to find buried content
  • 🚀 Always current: Live prices, breaking news, real-time analytics - not cached results
  • 🎯 No stale data: See exactly what’s on the page right now
  • 🌐 Dynamic content: Handles JavaScript, forms, and interactive elements
  • 🏠 No surface limitations: Gets data from pages that require navigation or interaction
Other tools see yesterday’s front door. Browser Use explores today’s whole house.

Quick Start

The Search API allows you to quickly extract relevant content from websites using AI. There are two main endpoints: 💡 Complete working examples are available in the examples/search folder. Search Google and extract content from multiple top results:
import aiohttp
import asyncio

async def simple_search():
    payload = {
        "query": "latest AI news",
        "max_websites": 5,
        "depth": 2
    }
    
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.post(
            "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v1/simple-search",
            json=payload,
            headers=headers
        ) as response:
            result = await response.json()
            return result

asyncio.run(simple_search())

Search URL

Extract content from a specific URL:
async def search_url():
    payload = {
        "url": "https://browser-use.com/#pricing",
        "query": "Find pricing information for Browser Use", 
        "depth": 2
    }
    
    headers = {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.post(
            "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v1/search-url",
            json=payload,
            headers=headers
        ) as response:
            result = await response.json()
            return result

asyncio.run(search_url())

Parameters

  • query: Search query or content to extract
  • depth: How deep to navigate within each website (2-5, default: 2)
    • depth=2: Checks main page + 1 click deeper
    • depth=3: Checks main page + 2 clicks deeper
    • depth=5: Thoroughly explores multiple navigation levels
  • max_websites: Number of websites to process (simple-search only, default: 5)
  • url: Target URL to extract from (search-url only)

Pricing

Simple Search

Cost per request: 1 cent × depth × max_websites Example: depth=2, max_websites=3 = 6 cents per request

Search URL

Cost per request: 1 cent × depth Example: depth=2 = 2 cents per request