Youdotcom API

const YDC_API_KEY = process.env.YDC_API_KEY
if (!YDC_API_KEY) throw new Error('YDC_API_KEY environment variable is required')

type Source = {
  url: string
  title?: string
  snippets?: string[]
}

type ResearchResponse = {
  output: {
    content: string
    content_type: string
    sources: Source[]
  }
}

const research = async (input: string, effort = 'standard'): Promise<ResearchResponse> => {
  const resp = await fetch('https://api.you.com/v1/research', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'X-API-Key': YDC_API_KEY,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ input, research_effort: effort }),
  })
  if (!resp.ok) {
    const body = await resp.text()
    throw new Error(`Research API error ${resp.status}: ${body}`)
  }
  return resp.json() as Promise<ResearchResponse>
}

export const run = async (prompt: string): Promise<string> => {
  const data = await research(prompt)
  return data.output.content
}

if (import.meta.main) {
  console.log(await run('Search the web for the three branches of the US government'))
}

import os

import requests

YDC_API_KEY = os.environ.get("YDC_API_KEY")
if not YDC_API_KEY:
    raise RuntimeError("YDC_API_KEY environment variable is required")


def research(query: str, effort: str = "standard") -> dict:
    resp = requests.post(
        "https://api.you.com/v1/research",
        headers={"X-API-Key": YDC_API_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
        json={"input": query, "research_effort": effort},
    )
    if not resp.ok:
        raise RuntimeError(f"Research API error {resp.status_code}: {resp.text}")
    return resp.json()


def main(query: str) -> str:
    data = research(query)
    return data["output"]["content"]


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(main("Search the web for the three branches of the US government"))

const YDC_API_KEY = process.env.YDC_API_KEY
if (!YDC_API_KEY) throw new Error('YDC_API_KEY environment variable is required')

type WebResult = {
  url: string
  title: string
  description: string
  snippets: string[]
  thumbnail_url?: string
  page_age?: string
  authors?: string[]
  favicon_url?: string
  contents?: { html?: string; markdown?: string }
}

type NewsResult = {
  url: string
  title: string
  description: string
  thumbnail_url?: string
  page_age?: string
  contents?: { html?: string; markdown?: string }
}

type SearchResponse = {
  results: { web?: WebResult[]; news?: NewsResult[] }
  metadata: { search_uuid: string; query: string; latency: number }
}

type ContentsResult = {
  url: string
  title: string | null
  markdown: string | null
}

const search = async (query: string): Promise<SearchResponse> => {
  const url = new URL('https://ydc-index.io/v1/search')
  url.searchParams.set('query', query)
  const resp = await fetch(url, {
    headers: { 'X-API-Key': YDC_API_KEY },
  })
  if (!resp.ok) {
    const body = await resp.text()
    throw new Error(`Search API error ${resp.status}: ${body}`)
  }
  return resp.json() as Promise<SearchResponse>
}

const getContents = async (urls: string[]): Promise<ContentsResult[]> => {
  const resp = await fetch('https://ydc-index.io/v1/contents', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'X-API-Key': YDC_API_KEY,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ urls, formats: ['markdown'] }),
  })
  if (!resp.ok) {
    const body = await resp.text()
    throw new Error(`Contents API error ${resp.status}: ${body}`)
  }
  return resp.json() as Promise<ContentsResult[]>
}

export const run = async (prompt: string): Promise<string> => {
  const searchData = await search(prompt)
  const webUrls = (searchData.results.web ?? []).map((r) => r.url)
  const newsUrls = (searchData.results.news ?? []).map((r) => r.url)
  const urls = [...webUrls, ...newsUrls].slice(0, 3)
  if (urls.length === 0) return 'No results found'
  const contents = await getContents(urls)
  return contents
    .map((c) => `# ${c.title ?? 'Untitled'}\n${c.markdown ?? 'No content'}`)
    .join('\n\n---\n\n')
}

if (import.meta.main) {
  console.log(await run('Search the web for the three branches of the US government'))
}

import os

import requests

YDC_API_KEY = os.environ.get("YDC_API_KEY")
if not YDC_API_KEY:
    raise RuntimeError("YDC_API_KEY environment variable is required")

HEADERS = {"X-API-Key": YDC_API_KEY}


def search(query: str) -> dict:
    resp = requests.get(
        "https://ydc-index.io/v1/search",
        params={"query": query},
        headers=HEADERS,
    )
    if not resp.ok:
        raise RuntimeError(f"Search API error {resp.status_code}: {resp.text}")
    return resp.json()


def get_contents(urls: list[str]) -> list[dict]:
    resp = requests.post(
        "https://ydc-index.io/v1/contents",
        headers={**HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
        json={"urls": urls, "formats": ["markdown"]},
    )
    if not resp.ok:
        raise RuntimeError(f"Contents API error {resp.status_code}: {resp.text}")
    return resp.json()


def main(query: str) -> str:
    data = search(query)
    results = data.get("results", {})
    web_urls = [r["url"] for r in results.get("web", [])]
    news_urls = [r["url"] for r in results.get("news", [])]
    urls = (web_urls + news_urls)[:3]
    if not urls:
        return "No results found"
    contents = get_contents(urls)
    return "\n\n---\n\n".join(
        f"# {c['title']}\n{c.get('markdown') or 'No content'}" for c in contents
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(main("Search the web for the three branches of the US government"))

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