# YDC | Documentation ## Docs - [Build agentic apps with real-time web intelligence.](https://docs.you.com/welcome.mdx): Search, Contents, and Research APIs that give your AI app real-time web intelligence. Start with free credits — no credit card required. - [Quickstart](https://docs.you.com/quickstart.mdx): Get from zero to working API requests in minutes. Covers the Search API, Contents API, Research API, live crawling, evaluation, and pricing — everything you need to evaluate You.com. - [Search overview](https://docs.you.com/search/overview.mdx): Get structured, LLM-optimized search results from web and news sources. Perfect for AI agents, RAG applications, and real-time information retrieval. - [Get live news](https://docs.you.com/search/live-news.mdx): Retrieve real-time news results from the You.com Search API. Filter by recency, country, language, and more. - [Retrieve page content](https://docs.you.com/search/retrieve-page-content.mdx): Live-crawl search results to get full HTML or Markdown page content. Ideal for RAG, knowledge base construction, and deep content analysis. - [Search operators](https://docs.you.com/search/search-operators.mdx): Discover the search operators and learn how to use them - [Contents API Overview](https://docs.you.com/contents/overview.mdx): Extract clean HTML or Markdown content from any webpage on demand. Perfect for competitive intelligence, knowledge base ingestion, and web scraping without the mess. - [Research API Overview](https://docs.you.com/research/overview.mdx): Get thorough, well-cited answers to complex questions. The Research API runs multiple searches, reads through sources, and synthesizes everything into a Markdown response with inline citations. - [How to Evaluate You.com Search API](https://docs.you.com/evaluate-us.mdx): A practical guide to benchmarking You.com's Search API: methodology, configurations, datasets, and real performance tradeoffs. - [Account](https://docs.you.com/administration/account.mdx): Learn how to create, manage, and configure your You.com API account, including profile settings, email and password management. - [Billing](https://docs.you.com/administration/billing.mdx): Manage your You.com API billing, view usage and credits, add funds, and handle payment methods. - [API Keys](https://docs.you.com/administration/api-keys.mdx): Learn how to create, manage, rotate, and secure your You.com API keys. - [Examples](https://docs.you.com/examples/all.mdx) - [Private RAG](https://docs.you.com/examples/private-rag.mdx) - [Simple Search](https://docs.you.com/examples/simple-search.mdx) - [Research](https://docs.you.com/examples/research.mdx) - [MCP Server](https://docs.you.com/build-with-agents/mcp-server.mdx): Integrate You.com's powerful web access capabilities into your agentic IDE using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Search, extract content, and get AI-powered answers. Quick setup for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and more. - [Agent Skills](https://docs.you.com/build-with-agents/skills.mdx): Install pre-built agent skills to integrate You.com's web search and content extraction into your framework of choice—Vercel AI SDK, Claude, OpenAI, crewAI, CLI and more. - [Python SDK](https://docs.you.com/sdks/python-sdk.mdx): Official Python SDK for You.com's Search, Contents, and Research APIs. Simple, predictable API access with type hints and async support — get started in minutes. - [TypeScript SDK](https://docs.you.com/sdks/typescript-sdk.mdx): Official TypeScript SDK for You.com's Search, Contents, and Research APIs. Fully typed, simple to use — get started in minutes. - [Integrations](https://docs.you.com/integrations/overview.mdx): Connect You.com's Search, Content, and News APIs to your existing tools, frameworks, and workflows — from LangChain and LlamaIndex to Zapier and Vercel AI SDK. - [LangChain](https://docs.you.com/integrations/langchain.mdx): Add real-time web search to LangChain agents and RAG pipelines using the langchain-youdotcom package. - [LangGraph](https://docs.you.com/integrations/langgraph.mdx): Build stateful AI agents with real-time web search and content extraction using LangGraph and the langchain-youdotcom package. - [n8n](https://docs.you.com/integrations/n8n.mdx): Add real-time web search and content extraction to n8n workflows using the @youdotcom-oss/n8n-nodes-youdotcom community node. - [LlamaIndex](https://docs.you.com/integrations/llamaindex.mdx): Use You.com's Search API as a retriever in LlamaIndex applications with the llama-index-retrievers-you package. - [OpenAI GPT OSS](https://docs.you.com/integrations/gpt-oss.mdx): You.com powers the default web browsing backend for OpenAI's open-weight GPT OSS models. Use YouComBackend to give GPT OSS models real-time web access. - [Vercel AI SDK](https://docs.you.com/integrations/vercel-ai-sdk.mdx): Add real-time web search and webpage content extraction to Vercel AI SDK applications. - [Zapier](https://docs.you.com/integrations/zapier.mdx): Connect You.com's Search, Content, and News APIs to 8,000+ apps in Zapier — no code required. Automate research, content, and data-collection workflows. - [Developer guide](https://docs.you.com/guides/developer-guide.mdx): Essential developer resources for You.com API including SDKs, MCP integration, error handling, and support channels. - [Errors](https://docs.you.com/error-handling/error-code-reference.mdx): Complete reference for You.com API errors and HTTP status codes. Understand 401, 402, 403, 404, 429, and 500 errors with causes and recommended actions. ## API Docs - Search [Search](https://docs.you.com/api-reference/search/v1-search.mdx) - Search [Search](https://docs.you.com/api-reference/search/v1-search.mdx) - Contents [Contents](https://docs.you.com/api-reference/contents.mdx) - Research [Research](https://docs.you.com/api-reference/research/v1-research.mdx) - Live News [Live News](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/live-news/live-news.mdx) - Images [Images](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/images/images.mdx) - Express Agent [Express Agent](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/agents/express-agent/express-agent-runs.mdx) - Express Agent [Express Agent](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/agents/express-agent/express-agent-runs.mdx) - Custom Agent [Custom Agent](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/agents/custom-agent/custom-agent-runs.mdx) - Custom Agent [Custom Agent](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/agents/custom-agent/custom-agent-runs.mdx) - Advanced Agent [Advanced Agent](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/agents/advanced-agent/advanced-agent-runs.mdx) - Advanced Agent [Advanced Agent](https://docs.you.com/custom-solutions/agents/advanced-agent/advanced-agent-runs.mdx) ## OpenAPI Specification The raw OpenAPI 3.1 specification for this API is available at: - [OpenAPI JSON](https://docs.you.com/openapi.json) - [OpenAPI YAML](https://docs.you.com/openapi.yaml)