# Parallel Search API

Category: [AI search and web reading](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/ai/search/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/ai/search/parallel-search-api.html  
Documentation: https://docs.parallel.ai/search/search-quickstart

The Parallel Search API is web search made for AI agents: describe what you need with a few search queries and get ranked pages with the excerpts that matter, ready for a model's prompt. Requests are JSON POST calls with an x-api-key header. Free with a free API key: $5 in credits every month; paid per request after that. An official MCP server at https://mcp.parallel.ai/mcp lets AI agents search and fetch web pages, without a key at lower rate limits.

- API key: Needed, free
- Pricing: Free with a free API key: $5 in credits every month; paid per request after that.
- From the browser: No, call it from a server
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, MCP
- Provider: docs.parallel.ai

Example request:

```sh
curl -X POST 'https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"objective":"Current weather in London","search_queries":["London weather"]}'
```

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key. Run the JavaScript on a server, such as Node.js 18 or newer: this API does not accept calls from web pages on other sites.