DeepSeek Launches Search & Fetch APIs for Web Content Access

DeepSeek introduces two APIs for accessing live web content: Search API, which returns structured results from a query, and Fetch API, which retrieves specific web pages as Markdown. Both APIs use bearer authentication and are billed at $0.75 per 1000 successful requests, with charges based on HTTP 200 responses rather than tokens or result counts. The Search API supports query operators and returns metadata like titles, summaries, and content, while the Fetch API returns page content subject to target site policies. Error handling follows OpenAI-compatible formats, with retry guidance for specific HTTP status codes.