InfoQuest Web Search

AI-optimized web search, image search and content extraction via BytePlus InfoQuest API. Use this skill when you need to gather concise and up-to-date inform...

Byted InfoQuest Search

AI-optimized web search, image search and content extraction using BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results with time filtering and site-specific search and image search capabilities.

Search

Web Search

node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query"
node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -d 7
node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -s github.com

Image Search

node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -i
node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -i -z l
node {baseDir}/search.mjs "query" -i -z i -s github.com

Options

• -d, --days <number>: Search within last N days (default: all time)
• -s, --site <domain>: Search within specific site (e.g., github.com)
• -i, --image: Perform image search instead of web search
• -z, --image-size <size>: Image size filter: l (large), m (medium), i (icon)

Extract content from URL

node {baseDir}/extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"

Examples

Recent News Search

# Search for AI news from last 3 days
node search.mjs "artificial intelligence news" -d 3

Site-Specific Research

# Search for Python projects on GitHub
node search.mjs "Python machine learning" -s github.com

Image Search

# Search for cat images
node search.mjs "cat" -i

# Search for large landscape images
node search.mjs "landscape" -i -z l

# Search for icons on GitHub
node search.mjs "logo" -i -z i -s github.com

Content Extraction

# Extract content from a single article
node extract.mjs "https://example.com/article"

Notes

API Access

• API Key: Get from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests
• Documentation: https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/InfoQuest/What_is_Info_Quest
• About: InfoQuest is AI-optimized intelligent search and crawling toolset independently developed by BytePlus

Search Features

• Time Filtering: Use -d for searches within last N days (e.g., -d 7)
• Site Filtering: Use -s for site-specific searches (e.g., -s github.com)
• Image Search: Use -i for image search instead of web search
• Image Size Filter: Use -z with l (large), m (medium), or i (icon) for image size filtering

Quick Setup

1. Set API key:

   export INFOQUEST_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
   

2. For Node.js < 18, install fetch support:

   # Node.js 18+ includes fetch natively
   # For older versions, install node-fetch
   npm install node-fetch
   

3. Test the setup:

   node search.mjs "test search"
   

Error Handling

The API returns error messages starting with "Error:" for:

• Authentication failures
• Network timeouts
• Empty responses
• Invalid response formats