Exa

Proxy neural web search, parsed page contents, and agentic answers through agntdata using your own Exa API key.

Overview

Exa is a neural + keyword web search engine built for agents. The Exa connection on agntdata lets you proxy search, contents, find-similar, and agentic-answer calls with your agntdata API key — Exa bills you directly for usage.

Prerequisites

• An agntdata workspace
• An Exa API key from dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys

Connect

1. In the agntdata dashboard, open Integrations and click Exa.
2. Paste your Exa API key into the configuration dialog and save.
3. The key is encrypted at rest and only decrypted when proxying a request.

Make requests

agntdata forwards the wildcard path and JSON body to https://api.exa.ai with your stored key attached as a bearer token:

Example — neural search with contents

curl -X POST "https://api.agntdata.dev/v1/connections/exa/search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGNTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "latest developments in LLMs",
    "numResults": 10,
    "contents": {
      "highlights": { "maxCharacters": 4000 },
      "summary": { "query": "Summarize key claims." }
    }
  }'

Example — fetch parsed contents for URLs

curl -X POST "https://api.agntdata.dev/v1/connections/exa/contents" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGNTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "urls": ["https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.00001"],
    "text": { "maxCharacters": 8000 },
    "summary": { "query": "What does this paper contribute?" }
  }'

Example — find similar pages

curl -X POST "https://api.agntdata.dev/v1/connections/exa/findSimilar" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGNTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://openai.com/blog/",
    "numResults": 10,
    "excludeSourceDomain": true
  }'

Example — agentic answer with citations

curl -X POST "https://api.agntdata.dev/v1/connections/exa/answer" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AGNTDATA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "Who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics and for what contribution?",
    "text": true
  }'

Endpoints supported

• POST /search — neural + keyword search with optional contents enrichment
• POST /contents — parsed text, highlights, and LLM summaries for URLs or result IDs
• POST /findSimilar — pages semantically similar to a seed URL
• POST /answer — agentic Q&A with cited sources (supports streaming)

Rate limits

Exa applies per-key rate limits. agntdata surfaces upstream 429 responses as-is.

FAQ

Do I pay agntdata credits for Exa calls? No. Exa bills your Exa account directly — agntdata only proxies the request and doesn’t charge credits for /v1/connections/*.

How is the API key transmitted to Exa? agntdata injects your stored key as an Authorization: Bearer header. Exa also accepts x-api-key; either works.

Does agntdata store my Exa API key? Encrypted at rest in workspace_integrations; decrypted only when proxying a request.