============= Brave Engines

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Brave offers two different engines for SearXNG:

1. The standard engine (brave) uses the web interface.
2. The API engine (braveapi) uses the official REST API.

.. _brave engine:

Brave Standard Engine

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.. _braveapi engine:

Brave API Engine

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The API engine requires an API key from Brave. This can be obtained from the API Dashboard <https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/>_.