Brave Search Scraper

Brave Search Scraper

Brave Search Scraper extracts organic web results from Brave Search for any keyword: rank, title, URL, displayed URL, snippet, domain, date, thumbnail and sitelinks. Pick from 39 countries, a search language and a safe search level, and get clean SERP data without a Brave Search API key.

Track rankings on Brave's independent search index: every result comes with its exact position, page number, publication date and sitelinks, deduplicated across pages and ready for SEO reports, monitoring or AI pipelines.

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Apify Actor: parsebird/brave-search-scraper. Scrapes organic web results from Brave Search (search.brave.com) for one query per run. Call via ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/brave-search-scraper").call(run_input={"query": "best electric cars 2025", "maxItems": 50, "country": "us", "language": "en", "safeSearch": "moderate"}). Inputs: query (string, required; Brave search operators such as site:, "exact phrase" and -word work), maxItems (integer, default 50, min 1; Brave shows about 20 results per page and up to roughly 100-120 per query), country (string, default "us"; one of all, ar, au, at, be, br, ca, cl, cn, dk, fi, fr, de, gr, hk, in, id, it, jp, kr, my, mx, nl, nz, no, ph, pl, pt, ru, sa, sg, za, es, se, ch, tw, tr, gb, us), language (string, default "en"; search language preference such as de, fr, es, ja, pt-br, zh-hans), safeSearch ("off" | "moderate" | "strict", default "moderate"), proxyConfiguration (optional, default Apify US residential proxy). Output: one row per result with position (1-based rank), resultTitle, link, displayedUrl, snippet, domain, siteName, date (as shown by Brave), publishedAt (ISO date), thumbnail, siteLinks[{title, link, snippet}], page, searchQuery, country, language, safeSearch, scrapedAt. Pricing: pay per event, $3.99 per 1,000 results on the Free plan plus a small run start fee. Full API spec: https://apify.com/parsebird/brave-search-scraper/api. Get your token: https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations.

What is Brave Search Scraper?

Brave Search Scraper turns a Brave Search results page into structured data. Type a query, as you would on search.brave.com, and click Start. To try it, keep the prefilled query best electric cars 2025: the run saves 50 ranked results in a few seconds.

Brave Search runs on its own web index rather than reselling Google or Bing results, so its rankings are a separate signal worth tracking. Brave Search Scraper works as a Brave Search API alternative for SERP data: no API key, no setup. Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API.

What can Brave Search Scraper do?

• 🔎 Scrape any Brave Search query, including search operators such as site:reddit.com, "exact phrase" and -word.
• 🏁 Record exact rankings: each result gets its 1-based position and the page it was on.
• 🌍 Localize results for 39 countries, or turn off country ranking with All regions.
• 🗣️ Set a search language and a safe search level (off, moderate, strict).
• 🔗 Collect sitelinks shown under navigational results, such as the section links under amazon.com or nytimes.com.
• 📅 Get dates and thumbnails when Brave shows them, both as displayed (1 day ago) and as an ISO timestamp.
• ♻️ Skip duplicates across pages, so the same URL is never saved or charged twice.
• 🛡️ Rotate IPs automatically: every page goes out through a fresh proxy IP, and rate-limited requests are retried.

Because it runs on Apify, you also get:

• Scheduling to track rankings daily, weekly or at any interval
• API access with Python and JavaScript clients
• Integrations with Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks and more
• Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML

What data can you extract from Brave Search?

Field	Description
position	Rank of the result, starting at 1, counted across pages
resultTitle	Title of the result
link	Full URL of the result
displayedUrl	URL as Brave displays it, such as caranddriver.com › rankings › best-electric-cars
snippet	Description text under the result, with highlight tags removed
domain	Hostname of the result, such as www.caranddriver.com
siteName	Site name Brave shows, such as Car and Driver or Reddit
date	Date as Brave displays it, such as June 25, 2025 or 1 day ago, when shown
publishedAt	Page date as an ISO timestamp, when Brave has one
thumbnail	Thumbnail image URL, when shown
siteLinks	Sub-links under the result, each with title, link and snippet
page	Results page the result appeared on (1, 2, 3 …)
searchQuery, country, language, safeSearch	The search settings used. country is the country Brave actually applied
scrapedAt	When the result was scraped (ISO 8601, UTC)

Fields Brave doesn't show for a result are null, or an empty list for siteLinks.

How to scrape Brave Search step by step

1. Open Brave Search Scraper and sign in to Apify.
2. Enter a Search query, such as best electric cars 2025 or site:github.com web scraper.
3. Set Max results. Brave shows about 20 results per page.
4. Pick a Country, a Search language and a Safe search level, or keep the defaults (United States, English, Moderate).
5. Click Start, then download your data as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Output tab.

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	Yes	—	Search query. Brave search operators work
maxItems	integer	No	50	Most results to save (minimum 1)
country	string	No	us	Country Brave ranks results for: one of 39 country codes, or all for All regions
language	string	No	en	Search language preference, such as de, fr, es, ja, pt-br, zh-hans
safeSearch	string	No	moderate	off, moderate or strict
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify US residential	Proxy settings. Set it only to change the default

Example input:

{
    "query": "best electric cars 2025",
    "maxItems": 50,
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "safeSearch": "moderate",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
        "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
    }
}

Output example

[
    {
        "position": 1,
        "resultTitle": "Best Electric Vehicles for 2026, Tested",
        "link": "https://www.caranddriver.com/rankings/best-electric-cars",
        "displayedUrl": "caranddriver.com › rankings › best-electric-cars",
        "snippet": "C/D SAYS: The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz represents the modern revival of the brand's beloved Microbus and is the first electric minivan on the market.",
        "domain": "www.caranddriver.com",
        "siteName": "Car and Driver",
        "date": null,
        "publishedAt": null,
        "thumbnail": "https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/2023-evoty-the-contenders-649324baab1b1.jpg",
        "siteLinks": [],
        "page": 1,
        "searchQuery": "best electric cars 2025",
        "country": "us",
        "language": "en",
        "safeSearch": "moderate",
        "scrapedAt": "2026-11-07T12:59:47.872Z"
    },
    {
        "position": 1,
        "resultTitle": "Amazon | 本, ファッション, 家電から食品まで | ...",
        "link": "https://www.amazon.co.jp/",
        "displayedUrl": "amazon.co.jp",
        "snippet": "Amazon.co.jp 公式サイト。アマゾンで本, 日用品, ファッション, 食品, ベビー用品, カー用品ほか一億種の商品をいつでもお安く。通常配送無料(一部を除く)",
        "domain": "www.amazon.co.jp",
        "siteName": "Amazon Japan",
        "date": null,
        "publishedAt": null,
        "thumbnail": null,
        "siteLinks": [
            { "title": "Amazon タイムセール", "link": "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/goldbox", "snippet": "Tokushoho © 1996-2026, Amazon.com, Inc." },
            { "title": "Prime Video：映画、TV番組、スポーツ番組、ライブTVを視聴…", "link": "https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/video/storefront", "snippet": "Tokushoho © 1996-2026, Amazon.com, Inc." }
        ],
        "page": 1,
        "searchQuery": "amazon",
        "country": "jp",
        "language": "ja",
        "safeSearch": "moderate",
        "scrapedAt": "2026-11-07T13:03:57.069Z"
    }
]

The second row is from a separate run for amazon with country Japan, shortened to two sitelinks.

How to use the Brave Search API in Python and JavaScript

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

run = client.actor("parsebird/brave-search-scraper").call(run_input={
    "query": "best project management software",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "country": "gb",
    "language": "en-gb",
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["position"], item["domain"], item["resultTitle"])

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

const run = await client.actor('parsebird/brave-search-scraper').call({
    query: 'site:reddit.com best budget headphones',
    maxItems: 40,
    country: 'us',
    safeSearch: 'strict',
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((row) => console.log(row.position, row.link));

Get your token in Apify Console. See every option on the API tab.

Use cases

• SEO rank tracking: check where your pages rank on Brave Search for your target keywords, by country.
• Competitor research: see which domains own the first pages for a keyword, and how that changes over time.
• Search engine comparison: put Brave's rankings next to other engines to see where your visibility differs.
• Content research: collect titles, snippets and dates of the top pages before writing on a topic.
• AI and RAG pipelines: feed fresh, ranked web results with snippets and links into LLM agents.
• Brand monitoring: schedule runs for your brand name and spot new pages, reviews and threads.

How does Brave Search Scraper work?

1. It opens the Brave Search results page for your query with your country, language and safe search settings.
2. It reads the result data Brave embeds in the page, so titles, URLs, dates and sitelinks come out exactly as Brave has them.
3. It moves through the pages (about 20 results each) until it reaches Max results or Brave says there are no more.
4. Every page goes through a fresh proxy IP. If Brave limits a request, the scraper retries it on a new IP.
5. It skips URLs it already saved, numbers results in order, and saves rows page by page, so a stopped run keeps its results.

How much does it cost to scrape Brave Search?

Brave Search Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. Compute and proxy costs are included in the event price.

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
apify-actor-start, per run	$0.005	$0.005	$0.005	$0.005
result-scraped, per 1,000	$3.99	$3.79	$3.59	$3.39

Each saved search result is one result-scraped event. Duplicates are skipped and never charged. For example, 50 results for one keyword cost about $0.20 on the Free plan, plus $0.005 for the run start. A start event fires once per run for each GB of run memory, and the default memory stays within one. To cap your spending, set a maximum cost per run in the run options. The run stops at that limit and keeps what it saved.

Is it legal to scrape Brave Search?

Brave Search Scraper only collects data that search.brave.com shows publicly, without logging in. Web scraping of public data is generally legal, but what you may do with the data depends on your purpose and your country. You can read more in Is web scraping legal?

Search results can include titles and snippets of third-party pages that are protected by copyright, and pages that mention people. Check Brave Search's terms too, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. This section is not legal advice.

Other search scrapers you may like

• Startpage Search Scraper: private search results from Startpage
• Baidu 百度 Search Scraper: Chinese web search results from Baidu
• Sogou WeChat Article Search Scraper: WeChat articles through Sogou search
• Google Shopping Scraper: product listings and prices from Google Shopping
• Bing Images Scraper: image search results from Bing
• YouTube Search Scraper & API: videos from YouTube search
• Reddit Search Scraper: posts and comments from Reddit search
• Similarweb Scraper: website traffic and ranking data

FAQ

Do I need a Brave Search API key? No. Brave offers its own paid Brave Search API with keys and plans. Brave Search Scraper reads the public search pages instead, so you only need an Apify account.

How many results can I get per query? As many as Brave shows, which is usually around 100–120. In our tests, best electric cars 2025 returned 115 unique results over 6 pages, and a narrow query with operators returned 32. When Brave runs out, the run ends with the message "all Brave Search shows for this query".

Why do I get fewer results than Max results? Brave stops offering more pages for that query. Later pages can also repeat results from earlier pages; those are skipped and not charged.

Does the search language filter results? It sets a preference, not a strict filter. Brave mostly ranks by the query's own language, so a German query in Germany returns mostly German pages, while an English query stays mostly English whatever language you pick. Combine Country and a query in the target language for the most local results.

Do the results depend on the proxy location? For queries with local intent, such as weather forecast, Brave also uses the location of the IP address. The default proxy is a US residential IP. For local results elsewhere, pick a proxy country to match in Proxy configuration.

What happens if I pick a country Brave doesn't support? The country list only offers the 39 countries Brave Search supports, plus All regions. The country field in each row shows the country Brave actually applied.

Can I run several keywords? Each run takes one query. For many keywords, start several runs through the API, or save each keyword as an Apify task and schedule them.

Can I schedule recurring runs? Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run daily, weekly or at any interval, and send results to Google Sheets, Slack or your own app with integrations.

Something doesn't work. Where do I report it? Open a ticket on the Issues tab. Include your run link so we can look into it.