Brave Search Scraper

Extract organic search results from Brave Search at scale using a privacy-focused search engine with no Google bias.

Features

• Organic results — title, URL, snippet, domain, displayed URL
• Pagination — automatically follows pages (offset-based) up to maxItems
• Cross-page deduplication — skips URLs already seen in previous pages
• Site links — captures supplementary links when shown
• Geo-targeting — set country and language for localised results
• Safe search — configurable (off / moderate / strict)
• Proxy support — works with Apify residential/datacenter proxies

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	(required)	Search query
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of results to extract
country	string	"us"	Country code for localised results (e.g. us, gb, in)
language	string	"en"	Language code (e.g. en, es, de)
safeSearch	string	"off"	Safe search level: off, moderate, strict
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify proxy config (recommended: residential)

Example INPUT.json

{
    "query": "best electric cars 2025",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "safeSearch": "off",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Rank in results (1-based)
title	string	Title of the search result
link	string	Full URL of the result
displayedUrl	string	Shortened URL shown in Brave
snippet	string	Descriptive text excerpt
domain	string	Hostname of the result
date	string	Publication date (when shown by Brave)
thumbnail	string	Thumbnail URL (when shown)
siteLinks	array	Additional sub-links under the result
searchQuery	string	Query that produced this result
country	string	Country code used
language	string	Language code used
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example Output

{
    "position": 1,
    "title": "Top 10 Electric Vehicles for 2025",
    "link": "https://www.motortrend.com/features/best-electric-cars/",
    "displayedUrl": "motortrend.com",
    "snippet": "Our rankings for the best electric cars in 2025 based on range, performance and value...",
    "domain": "motortrend.com",
    "date": null,
    "thumbnail": null,
    "siteLinks": null,
    "searchQuery": "best electric cars 2025",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-05-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Pagination

The scraper uses offset-based pagination to retrieve more results:

• Each page returns ~10 results
• The scraper queues the next page automatically until maxItems is reached
• Duplicate URLs are tracked across pages to prevent pushing the same result twice

Notes

• Brave Search may return fewer results than requested for niche queries
• date and siteLinks fields are often null — Brave rarely includes them for organic results
• Use a residential proxy for better reliability on high-volume scraping
• The scraper uses Firefox via Playwright to best replicate real browser behaviour

Why Use This Scraper?

• Privacy-focused SERP data — Brave Build its own independent web index; results are not personalized, giving true organic rankings
• Alternative search engine — Brave Search has millions of users; ranking there is distinct from Google or Bing
• No filter bubble — unbiased results not tailored by browsing history
• Independent indexing — Brave does not rely on Google or Bing's index for its organic results

Use Cases

• Multi-Engine SEO — compare rankings across Brave, Google, and Bing to spot algorithm differences
• Privacy Audience Research — understand what users of privacy-focused browsers see in search
• Unbiased SERP Studies — conduct reproducible SEO research with personalization-free results
• Content Strategy — discover what pages rank organically on Brave's independent index
• Link Building — find high-ranking pages on Brave for outreach or partnership

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

📧 Email: lakshmanan.w3dev@gmail.com
📱 WhatsApp: +91 6382775774