01
Find sources
GET /api/search?q=...Query Purili's crawler-built index using normal terms or advanced operators.
puri.li/api
Search the web.
Read what you find.
A straightforward public API for Purili's independent web index. Search for pages, retrieve their stored content, and ship without keys, quotas, or billing.
No API keyNo fixed quotaCORS enabled
INDEX ONLINE
JSONGET/api/search?q=independent+index
WEB
Building an independent web index
example.org/research
WEB
How modern search crawlers work
docs.example.net/crawling
WEB
Open infrastructure for the web
web.example.com/index
GET/api/context200
source: purili-index · liveFetch: false
Independent crawlerOwn web indexJSON over HTTP$0 per requestNo registrationStored page context
Independent crawlerOwn web indexJSON over HTTP$0 per requestNo registrationStored page context
The basic workflow
Two requests, useful context.
Search returns ranked pages and clean snippets. Context turns a selected result into stored, machine-readable text.
02
Retrieve content
GET /api/context?url=...Get extracted text, passages, structured metadata, and an explicit coverage label.
Available now
A small API surface with useful parts.
/api/searchRanked results from our web index.
/api/contextStored text for an indexed URL.
/api/suggestClean autocomplete suggestions.
/api/correctQuery spelling and spacing corrections.
/api/infocardEntities, facts, and instant answers.
/api/imagesWikimedia-powered image results.
/api/newsCached news feed results.
/api/crawler-statsLive public index statistics.
An actual independent index
Core search results come from Purili's own crawler and index—not a repackaged search provider.
Public by default
No accounts, credentials, usage tiers, or client libraries. Use any HTTP stack you already have.
Predictable data
Plain JSON, explicit provenance, coverage labels, CORS support, and documented failure modes.
Everything you need to make the first request.
Parameters, schemas, examples, errors, CORS, usage policy, and all public endpoints.