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Semantic search engine that finds web pages by meaning rather than keywords, with built-in content extraction. Best for discovering conceptually similar content, research synthesis, and extracting clean text from found pages. Unlike keyword-based engines (Serper, Brave), Exa uses neural embeddings to match intent — ideal when the right search terms aren’t obvious. 3 endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the Exa API docs for full documentation.
Supports both managed (Lava’s API keys) and unmanaged (bring your own credentials) mode.

Endpoints

Semantic search for web pages

POST https://api.exa.ai/search — $0.007 / request
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.exa.ai/search', { body: {"query":"your search query"} });

Extract clean content from result pages

POST https://api.exa.ai/contents — $0.001 / request
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.exa.ai/contents', { body: {"ids":["result-id"]} });

Find pages similar to a given URL

POST https://api.exa.ai/find-similar — $0.007 / request
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.exa.ai/find-similar', { body: {"url":"https://example.com"} });

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