Search Controls | Answer API | You.com

The Answer API accepts the same freshness, locale, domain, and explicit-content controls as the Web Search API. All controls are optional and can be combined, except include_domains with exclude_domains or boost_domains.

safesearch defaults to moderate. Set it to strict for stronger explicit-content filtering or off to return unfiltered web results.

Freshness

Restrict results to the last week for questions about recent events:

from youdotcom import You
with You() as you:
    response = you.answer(
        query="What changed in the latest Fed interest rate decision?",
        freshness="week",
    )

Use a custom date range for questions bounded to a specific period:

from youdotcom import You
with You() as you:
    response = you.answer(
        query="What were the major AI regulation developments in 2025?",
        freshness="2025-01-01to2025-12-31",
    )

Domain Filters

Restrict results to trusted sources with include_domains:

from youdotcom import You
with You() as you:
    response = you.answer(
        query="What are the FDA-approved GLP-1 receptor agonists?",
        include_domains=["fda.gov", "nih.gov"],
    )

Exclude unreliable sources while boosting authoritative ones. exclude_domains and boost_domains can be used together:

from youdotcom import You
with You() as you:
    response = you.answer(
        query="What is the current state of quantum computing?",
        exclude_domains=["reddit.com", "quora.com"],
        boost_domains=["nature.com", "science.org", "arxiv.org"],
    )

Country and Language

Focus results on a specific region and language:

from youdotcom import You
with You() as you:
    response = you.answer(
        query="What are the top startup hubs in Germany?",
        country="DE",
        language="DE",
    )

Select country and language from the supported values.

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Next Steps

Answer API Overview

When to use Answer, what you get, and pricing

Answer API Quickstart

Make your first Answer API request

API reference

Full parameter reference and playground