Nano Web Search

NanoGPT Web Search

AI-powered web search via NanoGPT API with multiple providers.

Requirements

• python3 - For payload building and output formatting
• curl - For HTTP requests
• requests Python package - For Python API usage

Setup

Install the requests package:

pip install requests

Set your NanoGPT API key as an environment variable:

export NANOGPT_API_KEY="sk-nano-your-key-here"

Get your API key from nano-gpt.com.

Usage

# Basic search
./search.sh "your query"

# With specific provider
./search.sh "AI trends 2025" --provider tavily

# Deep search
./search.sh "quantum computing" --depth deep

# Search with date filter
./search.sh "climate news" --from-date 2025-01-01 --to-date 2025-02-18

# Sourced answer (synthesized response with citations)
./search.sh "what is RAG" --output-type sourcedAnswer

# JSON output (for scripting)
./search.sh "python tutorials" --json

Providers

• linkup (default) - $0.006 standard, $0.06 deep
• tavily - $0.008 standard, $0.016 deep
• exa - $0.005 base + per-page
• kagi - $0.002 web/news, $0.025 search
• perplexity - $0.005 flat
• valyu - ~$0.0015/result
• brave - $0.005 flat

Options

• --provider - Search provider (default: linkup)
• --depth - Search depth: standard or deep
• --output-type - Output format: searchResults, sourcedAnswer, structured
• --from-date - Start date filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
• --to-date - End date filter (YYYY-MM-DD)
• --include-domains - Comma-separated domains to include
• --exclude-domains - Comma-separated domains to exclude
• --max-results - Max results (provider-specific)
• --json - Output raw JSON

Python API

from search import NanoWebSearch

# Pass API key explicitly (recommended)
search = NanoWebSearch(api_key="sk-nano-your-key")

# Or use NANOGPT_API_KEY environment variable
search = NanoWebSearch()

results = search.search("AI trends", provider="tavily", depth="deep")
for r in results['data']:
    print(f"{r['title']}: {r['url']}")