# Cloudflare offers beta web search API through AI Gateway

_Published Monday, October 5, 2026 at 8:49 AM EDT · Infrastructure, AI · Latest · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Cloudflare says its Web Search API is available in beta, allowing AI agents and applications to search the Internet for live information. Developers can choose Ceramic.ai, Exa or Linkup, with all three supporting Zero Data Retention for requests through Cloudflare and committing to its verified bot crawling standards.

Search requests run through AI Gateway, appear in gateway logs and are billed against gateway credits at each provider's list API price without additional markup. Developers can also supply their own provider API key and call the service through REST or a Worker's AI binding.

## Sources

- [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2026-10-02-introducing-web-search-api/)

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