---
name: venice-augment
description: Venice augmentation endpoints for agent pipelines. Covers POST /augment/text-parser (extract text from PDF/DOCX/XLSX/plain text, multipart, up to 25MB, JSON or plain text response), POST /augment/scrape (fetch a URL and return markdown; blocks X/Reddit), and POST /augment/search (Brave ZDR or anonymized Google; structured title/url/content/date results, up to 20 per query). Privacy (zero data retention), rate limits, and error shapes.
---

# Venice Augment (text parse / scrape / search)

Three lightweight helpers for agent pipelines that need document text, web pages, or search results without spinning up your own crawler.

| Endpoint | Input | Output | Privacy |
|---|---|---|---|
| `POST /augment/text-parser` | `multipart/form-data` file (PDF / DOCX / XLSX / plain text, ≤ 25 MB) | `{ text, tokens }` JSON or plain text | In-memory only, zero retention |
| `POST /augment/scrape` | `{ url }` | `{ url, content (markdown), format: "markdown" }` | Zero retention |
| `POST /augment/search` | `{ query, limit?, search_provider? }` | `{ query, results: [{ title, url, content, date }] }` | Brave ZDR / Google anonymized; zero retention |

All three accept **Bearer API key** or **SIWE** (x402 wallet). All three are priced dynamically (`$0.001–$10.00`).

## `POST /augment/text-parser` — extract text from documents

### Request

Always `multipart/form-data`:

| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| `file` | Required. PDF, DOCX, XLSX, or plain text. Max **25 MB**. |
| `response_format` | `json` (default) or `text`. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/augment/text-parser \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@./contract.pdf" \
  -F "response_format=json"
```

### Response

`response_format=json`:

```json
{
  "text": "…extracted plaintext…",
  "tokens": 3821
}
```

`response_format=text` — raw plaintext body (`Content-Type: text/plain`).

### Tips

- `tokens` is the count of the extracted text — use it to pre-budget a downstream chat request.
- Scanned image PDFs are not OCR'd. Run images through a vision model via `/chat/completions` instead.
- Documents are processed **in memory only** and **content is not retained** after the response. (Operational metadata like request IDs and error traces may still be logged for debugging — this is a no-content-retention guarantee, not a zero-log guarantee.)

## `POST /augment/scrape` — URL → markdown

### Request

```json
{ "url": "https://example.com/article" }
```

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/augment/scrape \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'
```

### Response

```json
{
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "content": "# Example Domain\n\nThis domain is for use in …",
  "format": "markdown"
}
```

### Tips

- **Blocked sites** — X/Twitter and Reddit reject automated access and return `400` immediately. Use `enable_x_search` or `enable_web_search` on `/chat/completions` for those.
- Some sites may return a partial body. Verify with the returned `content` length before piping into a model.
- Use together with `/chat/completions`: scrape → feed markdown into messages → summarize.
- For bulk scraping, issue requests in parallel; each is billed independently.

## `POST /augment/search` — web search

### Request

| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| `query` | 1–400 chars. Required. |
| `limit` | 1–20. Default `10`. |
| `search_provider` | `"brave"` (default, ZDR) or `"google"` (anonymized). |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/augment/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VENICE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "venice ai api pricing",
    "limit": 5,
    "search_provider": "brave"
  }'
```

### Response

```json
{
  "query": "venice ai api pricing",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Pricing — Venice.ai",
      "url": "https://venice.ai/pricing",
      "content": "Venice offers per-token pricing …",
      "date": "2026-04-10"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Providers

| Provider | Retention | Bias / filter |
|---|---|---|
| `brave` (default) | Zero Data Retention — Brave never stores queries. | Safesearch defaults, Brave Index. |
| `google` | Anonymized — proxied through Venice so Google doesn't see you; Venice doesn't log queries. | Google ranking. |

### Tips

- Pair with `/chat/completions` + `venice_parameters.enable_web_citations` to generate cited answers. See [`venice-chat`](../venice-chat/SKILL.md).
- For "search + read" pipelines, feed `results[*].url` into `/augment/scrape` in parallel.
- `query` is validated as 1–400 chars. Anything longer is **rejected** (400 `INVALID_REQUEST`), not truncated.

## Errors

| Status | Cause |
|---|---|
| `400` | Missing/oversized file, unsupported format, URL on a blocklist (X, Reddit), empty query, query > 400 chars. |
| `401` | Missing/invalid Bearer or SIWE. |
| `402` | Insufficient balance. x402 wallets receive the `PAYMENT-REQUIRED` header with base64 top-up instructions; Bearer users get `INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE`. |
| `403` | Unauthorized access. |
| `429` | Rate limit tripped. Back off with jitter. |
| `500` | Upstream fetch / parse failure. Safe to retry. |

## Response headers

- `X-Balance-Remaining` — remaining x402 credit (x402 auth only).
- `Content-Encoding` — present when `Accept-Encoding: gzip, br` is sent (text-parser + scrape outputs compress well).

## Patterns

- **Document QA** — Upload PDF via `/augment/text-parser`, pass `text` into a `/chat/completions` system message, ask questions.
- **Research agent** — `/augment/search` → parallel `/augment/scrape` → `/chat/completions` with all markdown bodies.
- **Data extraction** — XLSX via text-parser surfaces tab-delimited cell data you can then pipe to a model with `response_format: { type: "json_schema", ... }`.
- **Citation pipeline** — Use `/augment/search` to pick sources, then give the chat model `venice_parameters.enable_web_citations: true` for inline `[n]` marks.