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DeepSeek Launches Search and Fetch Web APIs and Moves to Per‑Request Billing

The company says the change will convert currently unbilled server‑side calls into paid per‑request usage, shifting costs onto integrations that rely on real‑time web content.

Overview

  • DeepSeek has published two new raw JSON endpoints, Search for query-based structured webpage results and Fetch for returning a single page’s title and body as Markdown.
  • Both APIs run on DeepSeek’s self‑developed search engine and are designed to supply real‑time web content for agent tooling and retrieval‑augmented generation workflows.
  • The interfaces are available at api.deepseek.com and use the same Bearer authentication as other DeepSeek APIs to simplify integration into existing tools.
  • DeepSeek set pricing at 5 yuan per 1,000 successful Search or Fetch requests and said billing will begin for calls that were previously uncharged from server‑side integrations.
  • Developers who access Search and Fetch indirectly through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code, Codex, or similar server‑side tools should prepare for added operational costs and update usage monitoring and budgets accordingly.