---
title: "Simple Search"
api: "POST https://api.browser-use.com/api/v1/simple-search"
description: "Search Google and extract relevant content from multiple top results"
---
## Overview
Search and extract content from multiple websites in real-time. Gets live data by actually visiting sites, not cached results.
💡 **Complete working example**: [simple_search.py](https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/examples/search/simple_search.py)
## Request
<ParamField body="query" type="string" required>
The search query to process
</ParamField>
<ParamField body="max_websites" type="integer" default="5">
Maximum number of websites to process from search results (1-10)
</ParamField>
<ParamField body="depth" type="integer" default="2">
How deep to navigate within each website (2-5). Higher depth = more thorough exploration through multiple page clicks.
</ParamField>
## Response
<ResponseField name="results" type="array">
Array of results from processed websites
<Expandable title="result object">
<ResponseField name="url" type="string">
The URL of the processed website
</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="content" type="string">
Extracted content relevant to the search query
</ResponseField>
</Expandable>
</ResponseField>
<ResponseExample>
```json Response
{
"results": [
{
"url": "https://example1.com",
"content": "Relevant content extracted from the first website..."
},
{
"url": "https://example2.com",
"content": "Relevant content extracted from the second website..."
}
]
}
```
</ResponseExample>
<RequestExample>
```python Python
import aiohttp
import asyncio
async def search():
payload = {
"query": "latest developments in artificial intelligence",
"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:
return await response.json()
result = asyncio.run(search())
print(result)
```
```javascript JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.browser-use.com/api/v1/simple-search', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
query: 'latest developments in artificial intelligence',
max_websites: 5,
depth: 2
})
});
const result = await response.json();
console.log(result);
```
```bash cURL
curl -X POST "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v1/simple-search" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"query": "latest developments in artificial intelligence",
"max_websites": 5,
"depth": 2
}'
```
</RequestExample>
## Pricing
**Cost per request**: `1 cent × depth × max_websites`
Examples:
- depth=2, max_websites=5 = 10 cents per request (default values)
- depth=2, max_websites=3 = 6 cents per request
- depth=3, max_websites=2 = 6 cents per request
