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Brave Search via Locus MPP
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Compliance Checks
All paid ops declare 402 response
MUST
10pt
All x-payment-info valid
MUST
10pt
Challenge has Cache-Control: no-store
MUST
5pt
Challenge digest on POST
SHOULD
3pt
Challenge has expires
SHOULD
3pt
Challenge has Problem Details
SHOULD
2pt
Challenge has required params
MUST
5pt
Challenge has WWW-Authenticate
MUST
5pt
Challenge returns 402
MUST
10pt
Correct Content-Type
MUST
5pt
Has Cache-Control on discovery
SHOULD
5pt
Has input schemas
SHOULD
5pt
Has llms.txt
SHOULD
5pt
Has /openapi.json at root
MUST
10pt
Has required top-level fields
MUST
10pt
Served over HTTPS
MUST
10pt
Uses standard categories
SHOULD
2pt
1 issue
- POST endpoint challenge missing digest parameter (SHOULD per spec)
Paid Operations (6)
POST /brave/web-search 0.035 USDC.e
Web Search
- Amount
- 0.035 (raw 35000)
- Currency
- USDC.e
- Method
- tempo
- Intent
- charge
- 402 Declared
- Yes
Input Schema
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | No | Results to return (1-20, default 20) |
| country | string | No | 2-letter country code (default: US) |
| freshness | string | No | "pd" (24h), "pw" (7d), "pm" (31d), "py" (365d), or date range |
| offset | number | No | Page offset (0-9) |
| q | string | Yes | Search query (max 400 chars, 50 words) |
| result_filter | string | No | Comma-separated: web, news, videos, discussions, faq, infobox |
| safesearch | string | No | "off", "moderate" (default), "strict" |
| search_lang | string | No | Language code (default: en) |
| summary | boolean | No | Enable summary generation |
POST /brave/news-search 0.035 USDC.e
News Search
- Amount
- 0.035 (raw 35000)
- Currency
- USDC.e
- Method
- tempo
- Intent
- charge
- 402 Declared
- Yes
Input Schema
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | No | Results (1-50, default 20) |
| country | string | No | Country code |
| freshness | string | No | "pd", "pw", "pm", "py", or date range |
| q | string | Yes | Search query |
POST /brave/image-search 0.035 USDC.e
Image Search
- Amount
- 0.035 (raw 35000)
- Currency
- USDC.e
- Method
- tempo
- Intent
- charge
- 402 Declared
- Yes
Input Schema
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | No | Results (1-200, default 50) |
| q | string | Yes | Search query |
| safesearch | string | No | "off" or "strict" (default) |
POST /brave/video-search 0.035 USDC.e
Video Search
- Amount
- 0.035 (raw 35000)
- Currency
- USDC.e
- Method
- tempo
- Intent
- charge
- 402 Declared
- Yes
Input Schema
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| count | number | No | Results (1-50, default 20) |
| freshness | string | No | "pd", "pw", "pm", "py", or date range |
| q | string | Yes | Search query |
POST /brave/llm-context 0.035 USDC.e
LLM Context
- Amount
- 0.035 (raw 35000)
- Currency
- USDC.e
- Method
- tempo
- Intent
- charge
- 402 Declared
- Yes
Input Schema
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| freshness | string | No | "pd", "pw", "pm", "py", or date range |
| maximum_number_of_tokens | number | No | Max tokens (1024-32768, default 8192) |
| maximum_number_of_urls | number | No | Max URLs (1-50, default 20) |
| q | string | Yes | Search query |
POST /brave/answers 0.085 USDC.e
AI Answers
- Amount
- 0.085 (raw 85000)
- Currency
- USDC.e
- Method
- tempo
- Intent
- charge
- 402 Declared
- Yes
Input Schema
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| max_completion_tokens | number | No | Max output tokens |
| messages | array | Yes | Chat messages array [{role, content}] |
| model | string | No | "brave" or "brave-pro" (default) |
| stream | boolean | No | Stream response (default: false) |
Payment Methods
- Methods
- tempo
- Intents
- charge
- Currencies (discovery)
- USDC.e
- Currency (challenge)
- USDC.e on Tempo (Tempo)
- Multiple Challenges
- No
Recipients
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
Per-endpoint breakdown
- POST /brave/answers
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
- POST /brave/image-search
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
- POST /brave/llm-context
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
- POST /brave/news-search
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
- POST /brave/video-search
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
- POST /brave/web-search
- 0x060b0fB0Be9d90557577B3AEE480711067149Ff0
Security
- TLS Version
- TLSv1.3
- Challenge ID Unique
- -
- Challenge ID Length
- -
- Digest Binding
- -
Uptime
- Discovery
- Reachable (525ms)
- Challenge
- Reachable (524ms)
- Last Checked
Schema Completeness
- Paid Operations
- 6
- With Input Schema
- 6
- With Description
- 6
Documentation
- Homepage
- https://brave.com/search
- API Reference
- https://api.search.brave.com/app/#/documentation
- llms.txt
- https://beta.paywithlocus.com/mpp/brave.md reachable
Discovery
- OpenAPI URL
- https://brave.mpp.paywithlocus.com/openapi.json
- OpenAPI Version
- 3.1.0
- Service Version
- 1.0.0
- Document Size
- 4884 bytes
- Document Hash
- 85192080c85f4102b2352b2291fb5e0ce8ce88972365f23bdf3ebb2b857f48da
Version History (2 snapshots)
Scan snapshots
| Date | Grade | Score | Response | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | A | 97% | 704ms | Up |
| 2026-04-07 | A | 97% | 517ms | Up |