POST /search → endpoint removal
Exa API
Deprecated, no date
The Exa API deprecated the pdf, github, and tweet values for the body parameter category on the POST /search endpoint on July 23, 2026, without a shutdown date. Calls passing these deprecated values to the endpoint will fail. Review your search requests to identify any usage of these specific category options.
Calls it hits
POST /searchbody parameter category
What to use instead of these calls
Use other search categories, such as publication for scholarly results, instead of the deprecated values.
In Exa API's words
Deprecated categories: the pdf, github, and tweet search categories are being deprecated.
Facts
- API
- Exa API
api.exa.ai - Kind
- Endpoint removal
- Announced
- July 23, 2026
- Takes effect
- No date given yet
- Calls after that day
- Fail
- Source
- Announcement
- Last updated
- Verified
- , against Exa API's own pages
Questions
When does this change take effect?
Exa API deprecated POST /search, body parameter category without giving a shutdown date yet.
Do these calls still work?
Yes, they still work: Exa API has not given a shutdown date yet.
How do I find the calls this hits in my code?
Okapi reads your repository, finds the calls this change hits and opens a pull request with the fix. It never commits to your branches: every change comes as a pull request you review.
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