Exa · Schema

Exa Search Result

A single search result returned from the Exa /search endpoint. Captures the URL, title, author, published date, relevance score, optional text and highlights, and the Exa result identifier.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Stable Exa identifier for the result, suitable for use with /contents and /findSimilar.
url	string	Canonical URL of the result.
title	stringnull	Page title.
author	stringnull	Detected author of the page, when available.
publishedDate	stringnull	ISO 8601 published date, when detected.
score	numbernull	Relevance score assigned by Exa, higher is more relevant.
text	stringnull	Full or truncated page text when contents.text was requested.
highlights	array	Token-efficient highlight snippets selected by Exa to reduce LLM context usage by ~90%.
highlightScores	array	Per-highlight relevance scores aligned with the highlights array.
summary	stringnull	Optional Exa-generated summary of the page contents.
image	stringnull	Hero image URL detected for the result.
favicon	stringnull	Favicon URL detected for the result's domain.
subpages	array	Subpages returned when contents.subpages was requested.

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JSON Schema

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  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/exa-ai/main/json-schema/exa-search-result-schema.json",
  "title": "Exa Search Result",
  "description": "A single search result returned from the Exa /search endpoint. Captures the URL, title, author, published date, relevance score, optional text and highlights, and the Exa result identifier.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["url", "id"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Stable Exa identifier for the result, suitable for use with /contents and /findSimilar."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Canonical URL of the result."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Page title."
    },
    "author": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Detected author of the page, when available."
    },
    "publishedDate": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "ISO 8601 published date, when detected."
    },
    "score": {
      "type": ["number", "null"],
      "description": "Relevance score assigned by Exa, higher is more relevant."
    },
    "text": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Full or truncated page text when contents.text was requested."
    },
    "highlights": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Token-efficient highlight snippets selected by Exa to reduce LLM context usage by ~90%.",
      "items": {"type": "string"}
    },
    "highlightScores": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Per-highlight relevance scores aligned with the highlights array.",
      "items": {"type": "number"}
    },
    "summary": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "description": "Optional Exa-generated summary of the page contents."
    },
    "image": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Hero image URL detected for the result."
    },
    "favicon": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Favicon URL detected for the result's domain."
    },
    "subpages": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Subpages returned when contents.subpages was requested.",
      "items": {"$ref": "#"}
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}