Scrape search results on brave.com
The call that returns search results from brave.com today, with the parameters, patterns and failure modes read off the request log since 14 Aug 2026.
Measured on Crawlbase
Success rate over every request from every account in August 2026: 99.6%. Patterns, countries and failures come from the request log since 14 Aug 2026; 0.0% of successful calls used the JavaScript token and the median answer took 2.4s.
Among the 11 tech and developer sites in the Cookbook, brave.com sits at 5 of 11 by success rate; the category median is 97.8%. Its median answer of 2.4s is slower than the category median of 1.9s. 8 of the 11 accept the plain token, this one among them.
The call
Search result pages are the shape the accounts fetch most here, with the country and token that succeed most often. Replace the placeholder query with your own.
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=YOUR_TOKEN&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brave.com%2Fsearch"from crawlbase import CrawlingAPI api = CrawlingAPI({'token': 'YOUR_TOKEN'}) r = api.get('https://www.brave.com/search') html = r['body']
const { CrawlingAPI } = require('crawlbase'); const api = new CrawlingAPI({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' }); const r = await api.get('https://www.brave.com/search');
Parameters that matter
| Parameter | Set it to | Why |
|---|---|---|
country | leave unset | Most successful calls set no country (100%) and succeed at 100%. |
javascript | leave unset | Plain-token calls succeed at 100% and make up 100% of the traffic. A browser costs more and, on this site, buys nothing. |
URL patterns accounts fetch
| Pattern | Share of successes | JavaScript token | Country | Query parameters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/search | 100% | 0.0% | none | q, source |
Fields you get
A search page carries a list of results, each with a title, a link and usually a price or a snippet. Paginate with the site’s own page parameter and stop when a page repeats.
What breaks, and the fix
Of the failures since 14 Aug 2026, the site answered:
Run it on a schedule
Search is the expensive side of a site. Keep the query list short, run it on a cadence through the Crawler with a callback, and fetch afterwards only the result pages you need. The median answer on this site is 2.4s.
Questions
Do I need a browser to scrape brave.com?
No. 100% of plain-token calls succeed and accounts send 100% of their traffic without a browser.
How much does a brave.com page cost on Crawlbase?
1 credit without a browser. brave.com is in the standard tier.
Which country should I set for brave.com?
None is needed: most successful calls leave it unset.