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PipeLLM WebSearch is a standalone product surface for real-time search, retrieval, and page reading. It can be used directly through PipeLLM’s public API or installed as the pipellm-websearch npm package for OpenClaw.

What WebSearch Includes

SurfaceWhat it is for
Search APICall PipeLLM WebSearch over HTTP from your app or backend
npm packageInstall PipeLLM WebSearch as an OpenClaw plugin from npm

Core Capabilities

  • real-time web search through PipeLLM-managed retrieval
  • optional rich page context in search results
  • page reading and news-search tools through the OpenClaw plugin
  • per-request billing with the same PipeLLM API key used across your account

Authentication

Use the same PipeLLM API key you use for the rest of the platform:
Authorization: Bearer $PIPELLM_API_KEY

Public Routes

PipeLLM Gateway currently exposes four public WebSearch routes:
RoutePurposeQuery parameter
GET /v1/websearch/searchDeep search with retrieval and rerankingq
GET /v1/websearch/simple-searchFast search snippets without RAG enrichmentq
GET /v1/websearch/readerRead a page and return clean texturl
GET /v1/websearch/search-newsNews search with retrieval and rerankingq
These routes are proxy endpoints on the public gateway and map to the internal WebSearch service allowlist.

Pricing

Current WebSearch pricing is billed per successful request:
ItemPrice
WebSearch request$0.05
WebSearch requests share your account-level authentication and are billed as a separate product surface from model generation endpoints.

Route Matrix

Public routeInternal service routeNotes
/v1/websearch/search/api/searchFull search + content extraction + rerank
/v1/websearch/simple-search/api/simple-searchSerper search only
/v1/websearch/reader/api/readerRead one page by URL
/v1/websearch/search-news/api/search-newsNews search + content extraction + rerank

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Deep Search

Full search with content extraction and reranking

Simple Search

Fast search snippets without deep retrieval

Reader

Read a page and convert it to clean text

News Search

Search recent news with retrieval support

pipellm-websearch (npm)

Install the OpenClaw plugin from npm

OpenClaw

Connect coding agents to PipeLLM and WebSearch