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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/>`_.