description: >- Wrapper around BraveSearch API - a real-time API to access Brave search results.

BraveSearch API

Brave Search is a privacy-focused search engine with its own independent web index, providing high-quality, fresh, and unbiased search results. This node enables AI agents or chatflows built in AIMicromind to access up-to-date information from the web, enhancing their capabilities with real-time data.

Parameters

• The node doesn’t have any specific input parameters. However, it requires a credential to be connected

Input/Output

• Input: The node doesn’t require any specific inputs at initialization.

• Output: An instance of the BraveSearch class from the @langchain/community/tools/brave_search package.

Initialization

The node’s init method performs the following steps:

1. Retrieves the credential data associated with the node.

2. Extracts the Brave API key from the credential data.

3. Creates and returns a new instance of the BraveSearch class, initialized with the API key.

Usage

This node is typically used in workflows or applications where search functionality is required. It can be combined with other nodes or tools to create more complex search-based operations or to feed search results into other processes.

Important Notes

• Requires a valid Brave Search API key for authentication.

• Supports integration with text splitters for better content handling.

• Handles API rate limits and errors internally to ensure smooth operation.

• Preserves the privacy-focused nature of Brave Search.

• Results include snippets and metadata useful for downstream processing or display.

• Can be combined with other nodes in AIMicromind to build powerful agents that utilize live web data.

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