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Get Your API Key

Head to the Octen API Platform to create an account. Then copy your API key from the console.

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Make Your First Search Request

Octen provides a simple REST API for web search. No SDK installation required - you can start searching immediately with HTTP requests.

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Using cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.octen.ai/search \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --data '{
    "query": "latest AI developments",
    "count": 5
  }'

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Using Python

import requests

url = "https://api.octen.ai/search"
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
payload = {
    "query": "latest AI developments",
    "count": 5
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
data = response.json()
print(data)

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Response Example

{
  "code": 0,
  "msg": "success",
  "data": {
    "query": "latest AI developments",
    "results": [
      {
        "title": "Latest AI Breakthroughs in 2026",
        "url": "https://example.com/ai-news",
        "highlight": "Recent developments in artificial intelligence...",
        "authors": "example",
        "time_published": "2024-10-15T00:00:00Z",
        "time_last_crawled": "2026-01-20T02:12:34Z"
      }
      // ... more results
    ]
  }
}

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