> For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL.
> Documentation index: https://you.com/docs/llms.txt (section indexes: append `/llms.txt` to any section URL).
> Search these docs: Docs MCP at https://you.com/docs/_mcp/server (`searchDocs`, no API key).
> Call live You.com APIs: Product MCP at https://api.you.com/mcp (keyless `?profile=free` exposes `you-search` and `you-discover`. Research and finance use `/mcp/research`, `/mcp/finance`, or `?tools=` on `/mcp`). To pick an API or integration path, call `you-discover` on that server instead of guessing.
> OpenAPI: https://you.com/docs/openapi.json—auth header `X-API-Key`, env `YDC_API_KEY`.

# API reference

> Web Search, Answer, Contents, Research, and Finance Research APIs that give your AI app real-time web intelligence. Start with free credits.


## API Docs

- Web Search [Search](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/search/v1-search.md)
- Contents [Contents](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/contents.md)
- Answer [Answer](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/answer/v1-answer.md)
- Research [Research](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/research/v1-research.md)
- Research > Background Requests [Research Task Status](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/research/v1-research-task.md)
- Research > Background Requests [Research Task Stream](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/research/v1-research-task-stream.md)
- Finance Research [Finance Research](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/finance-research/v1-finance_research.md)
- Billing [Account Balance](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/billing/get-account-balance.md)
- Images [Images](https://you.com/docs/api-reference/images/images.md)

## OpenAPI Specification

The raw OpenAPI 3.1 specification for this API is available at:
- [OpenAPI JSON](https://you.com/docs/openapi.json)
- [OpenAPI YAML](https://you.com/docs/openapi.yaml)