{"slug": "web-search-api-now-available-for-telnyx-ai-agents", "title": "Web Search API Now Available for Telnyx AI Agents", "summary": "Telnyx launched a Web Search API for its AI agents, enabling web search, content retrieval, and cited research through a single API authenticated with existing Telnyx API keys. Priced at $5 per 1,000 calls for each operation, the service is billed through existing Telnyx accounts and supports background mode for long-running tasks.", "body_md": "[Contact us](https://telnyx.com/contact-us)\n\n[Log in](https://portal.telnyx.com)\n\nWeb Search API is now available. AI agents and internal services can now perform web search, retrieve page content, and run cited research through a single Telnyx-owned API, authenticated with their existing Telnyx API key. No separate search provider account, no second API key to manage. $5 per 1,000 calls, billed through your existing Telnyx account.\n\n`POST /v1/web_search`\n\n):`POST /v1/contents`\n\n):`POST /v1/research`\n\n):`lite`\n\n, `standard`\n\n, `deep`\n\n. Supports background mode for long-running tasks with async polling via `GET /v1/research/:task_id`\n\n.`Bearer`\n\ntoken you already use for Voice, Messaging, and Inference. No new credential to provision or rotate.| Operation | Cost |\n|---|---|\n| Web search | $5 / 1,000 calls |\n| Content retrieval | $5 / 1,000 calls |\n| Deep research | $5 / 1,000 calls |\n| Billed through | Existing Telnyx account |\n\n`/v1/research`\n\nmid-conversation and return a cited answer without leaving the Telnyx platform.`/v1/contents`\n\nfor competitive intelligence, pricing monitoring, or content audits without scraping infrastructure of their own.`Authorization: Bearer <your-key>`\n\n:\n\n```\ncurl -X POST https://web-search.telnyx.com/v1/web_search   -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY\"   -H \"Content-Type: application/json\"   -d '{\"query\":\"latest voice AI frameworks\",\"count\":5,\"freshness\":\"week\"}'\ncurl -X POST https://web-search.telnyx.com/v1/research   -H \"Authorization: Bearer $TELNYX_API_KEY\"   -H \"Content-Type: application/json\"   -d '{\"query\":\"Compare RAG vs fine-tuning for domain-specific QA\",\"research_effort\":\"deep\",\"max_sources\":10}'\n```\n\n`\"background\": true`\n\nand poll `GET /v1/research/:task_id`\n\nuntil `status`\n\nis `completed`\n\n.**Learn more** in the [Web Search docs](https://developers.telnyx.com/docs/web-search) or on the [product page](https://telnyx.com/products/web-search-api).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/web-search-api-now-available-for-telnyx-ai-agents", "canonical_source": "https://telnyx.com/release-notes/web-search-api", "published_at": "2026-08-12 12:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-12 18:14:44.039809+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Telnyx"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/web-search-api-now-available-for-telnyx-ai-agents", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/web-search-api-now-available-for-telnyx-ai-agents.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/web-search-api-now-available-for-telnyx-ai-agents.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/web-search-api-now-available-for-telnyx-ai-agents.jsonld"}}