You can access the Web Research Brief with Cited Sources programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "question": "What are the most common reasons small restaurants close in their first year?",
10    "depth": "quick",
11    "sourceUrls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restaurant"],
12}
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("physealabs/research-brief").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Web Research Brief with Cited Sources API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Web Research Brief with Cited Sources API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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