Search the web
You.com API
Web search API with its own index that returns ranked web and news results as JSON, with optional page content.
Methods
| Method | Used for | How |
|---|---|---|
| API key | REST APIs and MCP server | X-API-Key: $YDC_API_KEY header on REST; Authorization: Bearer <YDC_API_KEY> on the MCP server and Inference Router |
| OAuth 2.1 | Hosted MCP server | Client starts the OAuth flow when no credentials are sent |
| No credentials, free profile | MCP you-search and you-discover | https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free, 100 queries a day |
| Machine payments (x402, MPP) | Web Search and Finance Research APIs | HTTP 402 challenge, paid in USDC; no key or account |
Source6Authentication
Getting access
- Who creates the account
- A person signs up on the Platform with Google, Apple, email one-time password or SSO; agents can instead pay per request with x402 or MPP and need no account7
- Where to get a key
https://you.com/platform/api-keys; keys are scoped per product and shown once6- Other requirements
- None for the free credits; $90 of the free credit needs account verification; optional per-key spending cap1
Read from You.com (SuSea, Inc.)’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/you-com.md