Company
Date Published
Author
Albert Fang
Word count
2318
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Web Search API is a powerful Application Programming Interface (API) that allows programmatic access to users for searching across data and content on the web, supporting searches across web pages, images as well as news. It leverages cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence to match user queries and deliver accurate search results. The primary user group for the Web Search API is application developers, start-ups, and large enterprises who desire to integrate a sophisticated web search feature in their app/website. The API provides different endpoints such as Trending News, Spell Check, Web Search, Image Search, News Search, and Auto Complete. It can be used with various programming languages including Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, and provides alternatives like Google Search, Bing Web Search, Bing News Search, Bing Image Search, and NewsCatcher. The API offers cost-effective and efficient search-based features such as spell-checking and auto-complete suggestions for user queries, making it an apt choice for users looking to explore an AI-backed efficient search-as-a-service API.