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POST
/
discover
curl "https://api.brightdata.com/discover" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -d '{
    "query": "artificial intelligence trends 2026",
    "depth": "advanced",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "format": "json",
    "intent": "latest AI technology developments",
    "remove_duplicates": true,
    "include_content": true,
    "start_date": "2025-01-01",
    "end_date": "2025-12-31"
  }'

curl "https://api.brightdata.com/discover?task_id=<task_id>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

{
  "status": "done",
  "duration_seconds": 10,
  "results": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.trigyn.com/insights/ai-trends-2026-new-era-ai-advancements-and-breakthroughs",
      "title": "AI Trends in 2026: Advancements and Breakthroughs Ahead",
      "description": "5 days ago — Explore top AI trends for 2026, from enterprise adoption to autonomous systems and breakthrough business innovations.",
      "relevance_score": 0.98184747,
      "content": null
    },
    {
      "link": "https://sisuadigital.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-trends-2026-sisua-digital/",
      "title": "10 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends That Will Define 2026",
      "description": "Dec 26, 2025 — Discover the 10 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends That Will Define 2026: governance, human collaboration, continuous learning, and more.",
      "relevance_score": 0.97948,
      "content": null
    }
  ]
}

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Introduction to Discover API

Collect search results at scale for you, instead of wasting time and effort on filtering or processing irrelevant results

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Body Parameters

​
query
string
required
The search query.
​
depth
string
default:"base"
The depth of the search crawl. This controls the system’s sub-query generation and reranking scale.
Depth LevelTarget ResultsUse Case
base10 ResultsSingle-shot QA, fast AI Agent web searches, and lightweight chat interfaces requiring instant latency.
standard20 ResultsThe default B2B RAG tier. Ideal for injecting comprehensive, multi-angle context into an LLM.
advanced50 ResultsDynamically populating a local Vector DB. Perfect for AI researchers mapping out a live topic.
deep100+ ResultsPre-training/fine-tuning models or massive automated semantic indexing.
​
language
enum<string>
default:"en"
The language to search in and return data for.

Available options: en, es, fr, de, zh, ja
​
country
enum<string>
default:"US"
Get search results from a specific country. This will prioritize content from the selected country in the search results.Available options: US, UK, CA, DE, FR, JA, AU
​
format
enum<string>
default:"json"
The response format.Available options: json, markdown
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intent
string
Describes the specific goal of the search to help the AI evaluate result relevance. If not provided, the query string defaults as the intent.
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remove_duplicates
boolean
default:"true"
If true, duplicate results will be removed from the response.
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include_content
boolean
default:"false"
If true, the response will include the page content in markdown format.
​
start_date
string
Search only for content updated from the date specified (format: YYYY-MM-DD).
​
end_date
string
Search only for content updated until the date specified (format: YYYY-MM-DD).

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Example

curl "https://api.brightdata.com/discover" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -d '{
    "query": "artificial intelligence trends 2026",
    "depth": "base",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "format": "json",
    "intent": "latest AI technology developments",
    "remove_duplicates": true,
    "include_content": true,
    "start_date": "2025-01-01",
    "end_date": "2025-12-31"
  }'
Response: 
{
  "status": "ok",
  "task_id": "bde85a92-3232-4f26-98f6-5ed0328b8288"
}

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Retrieve Results

curl "https://api.brightdata.com/discover?task_id=<task_id>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

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Response

​
status
string
The status of the request: processing or done
​
duration_seconds
integer
The time taken to process the request in seconds.
​
results
object[]
A list of sorted search results.
curl "https://api.brightdata.com/discover" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -d '{
    "query": "artificial intelligence trends 2026",
    "depth": "advanced",
    "language": "en",
    "country": "US",
    "format": "json",
    "intent": "latest AI technology developments",
    "remove_duplicates": true,
    "include_content": true,
    "start_date": "2025-01-01",
    "end_date": "2025-12-31"
  }'

curl "https://api.brightdata.com/discover?task_id=<task_id>" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

{
  "status": "done",
  "duration_seconds": 10,
  "results": [
    {
      "link": "https://www.trigyn.com/insights/ai-trends-2026-new-era-ai-advancements-and-breakthroughs",
      "title": "AI Trends in 2026: Advancements and Breakthroughs Ahead",
      "description": "5 days ago — Explore top AI trends for 2026, from enterprise adoption to autonomous systems and breakthrough business innovations.",
      "relevance_score": 0.98184747,
      "content": null
    },
    {
      "link": "https://sisuadigital.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-trends-2026-sisua-digital/",
      "title": "10 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends That Will Define 2026",
      "description": "Dec 26, 2025 — Discover the 10 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends That Will Define 2026: governance, human collaboration, continuous learning, and more.",
      "relevance_score": 0.97948,
      "content": null
    }
  ]
}