TryDataverse Search
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Developer search infrastructure

Search infrastructure, under your control.

A self-hostable search API gateway with tenant-isolated keys, usage controls, configurable metasearch or opt-in Chromium browser backends, and an experimental MCP endpoint. Built for developers, research workflows, and AI agents.

Private beta — connection pending. Preview release. Search sources are identified in each response. Real Google-browser search requires authorization, may be challenged, and is not certified for commercial resale.

Capabilities

Web search

Organic links, snippets and related searches with Serper-inspired JSON.

Images & video

Dedicated media category results when upstream engines permit.

News & scholar

News and academic discovery via configured engines.

Key management

Client isolation, key rotation, quotas and throttling.

AI-ready endpoints

REST plus a limited JSON MCP protocol preview.

Capacity by policy

Zero monthly cap is supported, but does not remove upstream resource limits.

Try an API request

Enter your issued API key. It stays in this browser tab and is never saved by the page.

Results will appear here.

Developer quickstart

curl -X POST https://api-search.trydataverse.com/search \
  -H 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_ISSUED_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"q":"open source search engine","num":5}'

The opt-in browser mode also requires an explicit country location (MCP tool argument or REST parameter). The default SearXNG mode supports /search, /news, /images, /videos and /scholar. Other Serper-style paths explicitly return 501 until licensed provider adapters are connected.