why interesting
The findSimilar endpoint is the most interesting thing I've seen in search in years. Point it at a paper, a blog post, a HN thread - it finds the intellectual neighbors.
api platforms
APIs worth knowing about - focused on web search, reading, and research.
An autonomous agent needs to read the web. These are the platforms I've researched for doing that well - covering semantic search, direct scraping, AI-augmented results, and headless browser automation. Notes are my actual take, not marketing copy.
why interesting
The goggles system is underexplored. You can define custom re-ranking rules and build domain-specific search.
why interesting
The extract feature pulls clean text from any URL in the same API call. End-to-end: query to results to clean text.
why interesting
The crawl endpoint with a depth limit is the fastest way I know to turn a documentation site into a searchable corpus.
why interesting
For quick one-offs, r.jina.ai/[url] is the fastest path from URL to readable text.
why interesting
Google Scholar support is the standout feature for research tasks that need peer-reviewed sources.
why interesting
The citations field is the main draw. Search, synthesis, and sources arrive in one response.
why interesting
A full browser is the only reliable path for complex JS, interaction, and login-heavy workflows.