Web Search API Comparison 2026

# Bing Web Search API (Azure Cognitive Services)
# Requires: Azure subscription + API key
# Get key: https://portal.azure.com/#create/Microsoft.BingSearch

curl "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search?\
q=best+javascript+frameworks+2026&\
count=20&\
mkt=en-US" \
  -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_BING_API_KEY"

# Response: { webPages: { value: [{ name, url, snippet }] } }

# Frostbyte Search API
# Get instant API key: https://agent-gateway-kappa.vercel.app

curl "https://agent-gateway-kappa.vercel.app/v1/search?\
q=best+javascript+frameworks+2026" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

# Response: { results: [{ title, url, snippet }] }

# Brave Search API - Pagination with offset
# offset=0 (first page), offset=20 (second page)

curl "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?\
q=web+search+api+comparison&\
count=20&\
offset=20" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY"

# Returns: { web: { results: [{ title, url, description }] } }

# Frostbyte Search - Simple query
# Single-page results, up to 10 per query

curl "https://agent-gateway-kappa.vercel.app/v1/search?\
q=web+search+api+comparison" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

# Returns: { results: [{ title, url, snippet }] }

# Bing Web Search - Market and language filtering
# mkt=de-DE targets German market, setLang=de for UI language

curl "https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search?\
q=beste+javascript+frameworks&\
mkt=de-DE&\
setLang=de&\
count=20" \
  -H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: YOUR_BING_API_KEY"

# mkt: market code (en-US, de-DE, fr-FR, ja-JP, etc.)
# setLang: response UI language

# Brave Search - Country and language filtering
# country=DE, search_lang=de

curl "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?\
q=beste+javascript+frameworks&\
country=DE&\
search_lang=de&\
count=20" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: YOUR_BRAVE_API_KEY"

# country: 2-letter country code for result localization
# search_lang: filter results by content language

// SerpApi - Parse Google SERPs into structured JSON
const SERPAPI_KEY = 'YOUR_KEY';

const res = await fetch(
  `https://serpapi.com/search.json?engine=google&q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&api_key=${SERPAPI_KEY}`
);
const data = await res.json();

// Rich SERP data
console.log(data.organic_results);    // Standard results
console.log(data.knowledge_graph);     // Knowledge panel
console.log(data.people_also_ask);     // PAA boxes
console.log(data.related_searches);    // Related queries

// Brave Search API
const BRAVE_KEY = 'YOUR_KEY';

const res = await fetch(
  `https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&count=20`,
  { headers: { 'X-Subscription-Token': BRAVE_KEY } }
);
const data = await res.json();

data.web.results.forEach(result => {
  console.log(result.title, result.url);
  console.log(result.description);
});

// Frostbyte Search API - Simple and fast
const FROSTBYTE_KEY = 'YOUR_KEY';

const res = await fetch(
  `https://agent-gateway-kappa.vercel.app/v1/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}`,
  { headers: { 'x-api-key': FROSTBYTE_KEY } }
);
const data = await res.json();

// Clean, simple response
data.results.forEach(result => {
  console.log(result.title, result.url);
  console.log(result.snippet);
});

// DuckDuckGo Instant Answer API - No key needed!
// NOTE: Returns instant answers, NOT full web search results

const res = await fetch(
  `https://api.duckduckgo.com/?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&format=json&no_html=1`
);
const data = await res.json();

console.log(data.AbstractText);     // Short answer
console.log(data.AbstractSource);   // Source attribution
console.log(data.RelatedTopics);    // Related topics with URLs

// Good for: definitions, entity lookups, quick facts
// Not suitable for: full web search results

import requests

BING_API_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"

headers = {"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key": BING_API_KEY}
params = {"q": "best python frameworks 2026", "count": 20, "mkt": "en-US"}
r = requests.get("https://api.bing.microsoft.com/v7.0/search",
                  headers=headers, params=params)
data = r.json()

for result in data.get("webPages", {}).get("value", []):
    print(f"{result['name']}")
    print(f"  {result['url']}")
    print(f"  {result['snippet']}")
    print()

import requests

SERPAPI_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"

params = {
    "engine": "google",
    "q": "best python frameworks 2026",
    "api_key": SERPAPI_KEY,
    "num": 10
}
r = requests.get("https://serpapi.com/search.json", params=params)
data = r.json()

# Organic results
for result in data.get("organic_results", []):
    print(f"{result['title']} - {result['link']}")

# Knowledge graph (if present)
if "knowledge_graph" in data:
    print(f"\nKnowledge Graph: {data['knowledge_graph']['title']}")

# People Also Ask
for paa in data.get("people_also_ask", []):
    print(f"PAA: {paa['question']}")

import requests

BRAVE_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"

headers = {"X-Subscription-Token": BRAVE_KEY}
params = {"q": "best python frameworks 2026", "count": 20}
r = requests.get("https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search",
                  headers=headers, params=params)
data = r.json()

for result in data.get("web", {}).get("results", []):
    print(f"{result['title']}")
    print(f"  {result['url']}")
    print(f"  {result.get('description', '')}")
    print()

import requests

FROSTBYTE_KEY = "YOUR_KEY"

headers = {"x-api-key": FROSTBYTE_KEY}
params = {"q": "best python frameworks 2026"}
r = requests.get("https://agent-gateway-kappa.vercel.app/v1/search",
                  headers=headers, params=params)
data = r.json()

for result in data.get("results", []):
    print(f"{result['title']}")
    print(f"  {result['url']}")
    print(f"  {result.get('snippet', '')}")
    print()