Brave Images

Search for images using Brave Search API. Use when you need to find images, pictures, photos, or visual content on any topic. Requires BRAVE_API_KEY environment variable.

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Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Brave Image Search

Search images via Brave Search API.

Usage

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/images/search?q=QUERY&count=COUNT" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"

Parameters

Param	Required	Description
`q`	yes	Search query (URL-encoded)
`count`	no	Results count (1-100, default 20)
`country`	no	2-letter code (US, DE, IL) for region bias
`search_lang`	no	Language code (en, de, he)
`safesearch`	no	off, moderate, strict (default: moderate)

Response Parsing

Key fields in each result:

```
results[].title
```
— Image title
```
results[].properties.url
```
— Full image URL
```
results[].thumbnail.src
```
— Thumbnail URL
```
results[].source
```
— Source website
```
results[].properties.width/height
```
— Dimensions

Example

Search for "sunset beach" images in Israel:

curl -s "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/images/search?q=sunset%20beach&count=5&country=IL" \
  -H "X-Subscription-Token: $BRAVE_API_KEY"

Then extract from JSON response:

Thumbnail:
```
.results[0].thumbnail.src
```
Full image:
```
.results[0].properties.url
```

Delivering Results

When presenting image search results:

Send images directly to the user (don't just list URLs)

Use

results[].properties.url

for full images or

results[].thumbnail.src

for thumbnails

Include image title as caption
If more results exist than shown, tell the user (e.g., "Found 20 images, showing 3 — want more?")

Example flow:

User: "find me pictures of sunsets"
→ Search with count=10
→ Send 3-5 images with captions
→ "Found 10 sunset images, showing 5. Want to see more?"

Notes

URL-encode query strings (spaces →
```
%20
```
)
API key from env:
```
$BRAVE_API_KEY
```
Respect rate limits per subscription tier

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