import axios from 'axios';
export async function searchBrave(query: string, apiKey: string, numResults: number): Promise<any[]> {
if (!apiKey) {
throw new Error('Brave Search API key is missing');
}
const baseUrl = 'https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search';
// Supported params: q, safesearch, spellcheck, country, search_lang, freshness, sources, extra_snippets, ai_summarization, goggles, page, use_autopaging
const params: Record<string, any> = {
q: query,
count: numResults
// Add more supported params here if needed
};
try {
const response = await axios.get(baseUrl, {
params,
headers: {
'X-Subscription-Token': apiKey,
'Accept': 'application/json',
'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip',
},
});
const data: any = response.data;
// Brave API: Only extract text (web) results, ignore videos and mixed
if (data && data.web && Array.isArray(data.web.results)) {
return data.web.results;
}
// Optionally handle locations if needed, else just return []
return [];
} catch (error: any) {
console.error('Brave Search API Error:', error.message);
throw new Error(`Brave Search API Error: ${error.message}`);
}
}
