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DeepSeek's API docs list Search and Fetch endpoints at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests each; the pages carry no date.
Search takes a query of 1 to 128 characters and a count of 1 to 50, default 10; Fetch takes one URL and returns the page title and content as Markdown.
Check our sources · 8 facts from 2 sourcesDeepSeek's API documentation says a Search and Fetch API is now available, giving agents and retrieval apps live web content at $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each API. Search is a POST to /v1/tools/search and Fetch a POST to /v1/tools/fetch, both with a bearer API key, as set out in DeepSeek's guide at https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search.
Search takes a query of 1 to 128 characters and returns between 1 and 50 results with title, URL, snippet and content. Fetch takes one HTTP or HTTPS URL and returns the page as Markdown. Only HTTP 200 responses that return results or page content are billed.
Rate limits are per account: 100 queries per second for Search and 25 for Fetch, with a per-domain limit on Fetch. DeepSeek's news page also says its deepseek-flash name is now served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017. Neither page gives a date.
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1 Search & Fetch API
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DeepSeek's Search & Fetch API guide says the API gives agents and RAG apps access to live web content, and a banner says it is now available.
citeSearch / Fetch API is now available, powered by our in-house search engine and supporting web search and fetch.
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The guide says each of the Search and Fetch APIs costs $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, and that only HTTP 200 responses that return results or page content are billed.
citePer 1,000 successful requests. A request is billable only when it returns HTTP 200 and produces a result.
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The guide says the Search and Fetch endpoints, /v1/tools/search and /v1/tools/fetch, both take a bearer DeepSeek API key in the Authorization header.
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citeThey use the same bearer authentication as the DeepSeek API.
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The guide says a Search request takes a query of 1 to 128 characters and a count of 1 to 50 (default 10), and the response includes title, url, snippet, summary and content for each result.
citemust contain 1 to 128 Unicode characters ... The number of results to return, between 1 and 50.
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The guide says a Fetch request takes a single HTTP or HTTPS URL of up to 8192 characters and returns the page title and content as Markdown.
citeThe page URL to fetch, which must be at most 8192 characters. ... The fetched page content as Markdown text.
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The guide says rate limits are per account: Search allows 100 QPS and Fetch allows 25 QPS, Fetch also has a per-domain QPS limit, and requests over a limit get HTTP 429.
citeRequests above the account-level QPS limit receive HTTP 429.
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Neither the Search & Fetch API guide nor the news page states a publication date.
citeCopyright © 2026 DeepSeek, Inc.
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DeepSeek's API docs news page says deepseek-flash is now served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, and that the calling method remains unchanged.
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Search & Fetch API
DeepSeek's Search & Fetch API guide says the API gives agents and RAG apps access to live web content, and a banner says it is now available.
Search / Fetch API is now available, powered by our in-house search engine and supporting web search and fetch.
The guide says each of the Search and Fetch APIs costs $0.75 per 1,000 successful requests, and that only HTTP 200 responses that return results or page content are billed.
Per 1,000 successful requests. A request is billable only when it returns HTTP 200 and produces a result.
The guide says the Search and Fetch endpoints, /v1/tools/search and /v1/tools/fetch, both take a bearer DeepSeek API key in the Authorization header.
Toned down to what the source saysThey use the same bearer authentication as the DeepSeek API.
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The guide says a Search request takes a query of 1 to 128 characters and a count of 1 to 50 (default 10), and the response includes title, url, snippet, summary and content for each result.
must contain 1 to 128 Unicode characters ... The number of results to return, between 1 and 50.
The guide says a Fetch request takes a single HTTP or HTTPS URL of up to 8192 characters and returns the page title and content as Markdown.
The page URL to fetch, which must be at most 8192 characters. ... The fetched page content as Markdown text.
The guide says rate limits are per account: Search allows 100 QPS and Fetch allows 25 QPS, Fetch also has a per-domain QPS limit, and requests over a limit get HTTP 429.
Requests above the account-level QPS limit receive HTTP 429.
Neither the Search & Fetch API guide nor the news page states a publication date.
Copyright © 2026 DeepSeek, Inc.
Source 2 · DeepSeek
DeepSeek API Docs: News
DeepSeek's API docs news page says deepseek-flash is now served by DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, and that the calling method remains unchanged.
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