web.search / you-com

You.com Web Search API

You.com · web-search:you-com · ai native retrieval. Rendered from the same frozen record as the JSON and Markdown resources.

Current claims: 12
Explicit unknowns: 3
Record status: accepted
Release: web-search-v0.2.0
Agent tasks: current fact retrieval, source discovery, domain constrained search, regional search, fresh content for rag
Endpoint: {"base_url":"https://ydc-index.io","search_path":"/v1/search","http_method":"POST"}
Authentication: api key header
Availability: public signup
Request features: query, max results, domain filter, recency filter, geography
Response fields: title, url, snippet, published at, raw content
Pricing: {"billing_model":"usage_based","provider_units":[{"tier_name":"Web Search API","amount":"5","currency":"USD","unit":"search_calls","unit_quantity":1000,"description":"Calls with up to 100 results; full-page extraction is billed separately."}],"normalized_units":[]}
Pricing evidence state: current; next review 2026-08-31

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