Brave Ai Mode Scraper

Extract AI-generated answers from Brave AI Mode — Brave's privacy-focused AI search that provides summarised answers with cited sources, without sending your data to third parties.

Features

• AI summary — full text of the AI-generated answer
• Cited sources — array of {title, url} objects cited in the answer
• Related questions — follow-up questions suggested by Brave AI
• Organic results — accompanying web results shown alongside the AI answer
• Metadata — summary length, sources count, scrape timestamp
• Geo-targeting — set country and language for localised AI responses
• Proxy support — works with Apify residential/datacenter proxies

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	(required)	Question or search query for Brave AI Mode
country	string	"us"	Country code for localised results
language	string	"en"	Language code
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify proxy config (recommended: residential)

Example INPUT.json

{
    "query": "What is quantum computing and how does it work?",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
query	string	The query sent to Brave AI Mode
aiSummary	string	Full text of the AI-generated answer
aiSummaryLength	integer	Character count of the AI summary
hasSummary	boolean	Whether a Brave AI answer was returned
sources	array	Cited sources — array of {title, url} objects
sourcesCount	integer	Number of cited sources
relatedQuestions	array	Follow-up / related questions from Brave AI
organicResults	array	Top organic web results shown alongside the AI answer
matchedSelector	string	CSS selector that matched the AI summary container (debug field)
searchUrl	string	Full Brave search URL used
country	string	Country code used
language	string	Language code used
error	string	Error message (null unless the AI answer could not be retrieved)
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example Output

{
    "query": "What is quantum computing and how does it work?",
    "aiSummary": "Quantum computing is a type of computation that uses quantum-mechanical phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to process information...",
    "aiSummaryLength": 2847,
    "hasSummary": true,
    "sources": [
        { "title": "IBM — What is quantum computing?", "url": "https://www.ibm.com/topics/quantum-computing" },
        { "title": "Wikipedia — Quantum computing", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing" }
    ],
    "sourcesCount": 12,
    "relatedQuestions": [
        "How is quantum computing different from classical computing?",
        "What are the practical applications of quantum computers?"
    ],
    "organicResults": [
        { "title": "Quantum Computing Explained", "url": "https://quantum.country/", "snippet": "..." }
    ],
    "matchedSelector": "#summary-container",
    "searchUrl": "https://search.brave.com/search?q=What+is+quantum+computing&summary=1&country=us&lang=en",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "error": null,
    "scrapedAt": "2025-05-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

• Each run processes a single query — one dataset item per run
• hasSummary: false indicates Brave did not return an AI answer for the query (may occur for very recent events or unsupported query types)
• Brave AI Mode requires the summary=1 URL parameter — this is handled automatically by the scraper
• The AI summary content depends on Brave's server-side AI response and may vary between runs
• There is no pagination for AI Mode — each query produces one result item
• Use a residential proxy for consistent access to the AI answer endpoint

Why Use This Scraper?

• Privacy-first AI answers — Brave's AI answers are generated without tracking or profiling users
• Independent AI model — Brave uses its own AI stack (not OpenAI) for local AI Mode answers
• Source transparency — Brave AI explicitly cites sources in its answers
• Research automation — test hundreds of queries for AI answer presence and content

Use Cases

• Privacy AI Research — study AI answer quality from a non-Google, privacy-first perspective
• SEO Source Attribution — track which pages Brave AI cites as authoritative sources
• AI Answer Benchmarking — compare Brave AI answers vs Google AI Overviews for the same queries
• Content Strategy — ensure your content is cited in Brave's AI answers for your topics
• Brand Monitoring — see how Brave's AI describes your brand or products

Custom Solutions

Need a custom scraper or dedicated server setup? We offer:

• On-demand scraper development for any website
• Individual server setups with your own infrastructure
• Custom modifications to existing scrapers
• Priority support and maintenance

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