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https://www.npmjs.com/package/exa-js
npm install exa-js
import Exa from "exa-node"
const exa = new Exa(process.env.EXA_API_KEY)
exa.search(query: string, options?: SearchOptions): Promise<SearchResponse>
Performs a search on the Exa system with the given parameters.
const response = await exa.search('funny article about tech culture', {
numResults: 5,
includeDomains: ['nytimes.com', 'wsj.com'],
startPublishedDate: '2023-06-12'
});
exa.findSimilar(url: string, options?: FindSimilarOptions): Promise<SearchResponse>
Finds content similar to the specified URL.
const response = await exa.findSimilar('https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/fermi-paradox.html', {
numResults: 10
});
exa.getContents(ids: string[] | Result[]): Promise<GetContentsResponse>
Retrieves the contents of the specified documents.
const response = await exa.getContents(['8U71IlQ5DUTdsZFherhhYA', 'X3wd0PbJmAvhu_DQjDKA7A']);
Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
FAQs
Exa SDK for Node.js and the browser
The npm package exa-js receives a total of 15,082 weekly downloads. As such, exa-js popularity was classified as popular.
We found that exa-js demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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