🦁 Brave Search Scraper (BYOK Edition) The fastest, cheapest, and most privacy-focused way to scrape search engine results (SERPs). Bring your own Brave API Key. --- ## What is Brave Search Scraper? Brave Search Scraper allows you to extract real-time search results from the Brave Search engine using your own API credentials. This actor is designed to be a low-cost utility. Instead of paying markup fees for search data, you simply provide your own Brave API Key. This means you pay the direct provider rate (or use their Free Tier) and only pay for the Apify Compute units used to run this scraper. ### Why use this actor? * 💸 Cheapest Option: No per-result markup. You pay Brave directly (Free tier offers ~2,000 queries/month for free). * 🚀 Fast & Lightweight: Uses the native API, so it runs in seconds, minimizing Apify Compute costs. * 🛡️ Private: 100% anonymous scraping. No tracking, no CAPTCHAs, and no IP bans. * 🌍 Localized: Get accurate results for specific regions (e.g., South Africa 🇿🇦, USA 🇺🇸, UK 🇬🇧). ### What data can you extract? | Data Type | Description | | :--- | :--- | | 🌐 Web Search | Standard organic search results with titles, descriptions, and URLs. | | 📰 News | Real-time news articles with publication dates and provider names. | | 🎥 Videos | Video results including Duration, View Counts, and Thumbnails. | | 🖼️ Images | Image search results with direct thumbnail links. | | 🥽 Goggles | Custom re-ranking using Brave Goggles (e.g., "Tech Blogs only"). | | 💡 Suggestions | Auto-complete keywords for SEO research and content planning. | | ✍️ Spellcheck | Grammar and spelling corrections for raw text. | --- ## 💸 Pricing (BYOK Model) This Actor follows a Bring Your Own Key model to keep costs as low as possible. 1. Apify Fee: You pay only for the Compute Units (runtime) required to run the scraper. Because this actor is lightweight, these costs are negligible. 2. Brave API Fee: You manage your own subscription with Brave. * Free Tier: Brave offers a generous free tier (usually 2,000 queries/month). * Paid Tier: If you need high volume, you pay Brave directly (approx $3.00 per 1,000 queries). --- ## 🚀 The Intelligence Ecosystem This scraper is the Data Ingestion Layer for our advanced intelligence actors. You can use the raw data from this actor to power: * Brand Sentiment Analyzer: (Coming Soon) Pipe these search results into our sentiment actor to analyze public perception of a brand or topic. * Deep Research Agent: (Coming Soon) Aggregate news and web results to generate comprehensive market reports. * Competitor Monitor: Track what is being said about competitors in real-time. --- ## 🎓 How to use 1. Get a Brave API Key: * Go to Brave Search API. * Sign up and create a new key (Select "Search API"). 2. Configure the Actor: * Paste your key into the Brave Search API Key field. * (Optional) If you have specific keys for Suggest or Spellcheck, enter them in their respective fields. * Enter your search terms (e.g., best ai automation agencies). * Select your Country (e.g., 🇿🇦 South Africa). 3. Run & Export: * Click Start. * Download your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format. --- ## ⬇️ Input Configuration | Field | Description | Example | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 🔑 Brave Search API Key | Required. Primary key for Web, News, Images. | BSAQP... | | 💡 Suggest API Key | Optional key for Autocomplete. | BS... | | ✍️ Spellcheck API Key | Optional key for Spellcheck. | BS... | | 🔍 Search Keywords | The main topic you want to search for. | solar panel prices | | 🔢 Max Results | Limit the number of items to process. | 50 | | 📍 Country | Crucial for SEO. Determines where the search "originates" from. | ZA (South Africa) | | 📂 Result Types | Pick what to scrape. Multi-select allowed. | Web Pages, News | --- ## ⚖️ Legal & Compliance This Actor utilizes the Brave Search API. By using this Actor, you agree to adhere to Brave's standard Terms of Service: 1. Transient Use: Data fetched is generally intended for immediate use (display, reporting, or processing) rather than permanent storage to build a competing search engine. 2. AI Training: If using this data to train LLMs, ensure compliance with Brave's specific "Data for AI" policies. 3. Privacy: Always respect local data privacy regulations (GDPR, POPIA, CCPA) when processing results containing personal data. --- ## 📞 Support & Feedback If you have questions about this actor or our Premium Intelligence Actors, please reach out via the Issues tab. * Report a Bug * Request a Feature