feat: brave search llm context

backend/open_webui/config.py

@@ -3345,6 +3345,12 @@ BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY = PersistentConfig(
     os.getenv('BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY', ''),
 )
 
+BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS = PersistentConfig(
+    'BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS',
+    'rag.web.search.brave_search_context_tokens',
+    int(os.getenv('BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS', '8192')),
+)
+
 KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY = PersistentConfig(
     'KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY',
     'rag.web.search.kagi_search_api_key',

backend/open_webui/main.py

@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ from open_webui.config import (
     BING_SEARCH_V7_ENDPOINT,
     BING_SEARCH_V7_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY,
     BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY,
+    BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
     EXA_API_KEY,
     PERPLEXITY_API_KEY,
     PERPLEXITY_MODEL,
@@ -1108,6 +1109,7 @@ app.state.config.YACY_PASSWORD = YACY_PASSWORD
 app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY = GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY
 app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID = GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID
 app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY = BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY
+app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS = BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS
 app.state.config.KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY = KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY
 app.state.config.MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY = MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY
 app.state.config.BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY = BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY

backend/open_webui/retrieval/loaders/main.py

@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class PptxLoader:
         ]
 
 
+
 class TikaLoader:
     def __init__(self, url, file_path, mime_type=None, extract_images=None):
         self.url = url

backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/brave_llm_context.py

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import logging
+import time
+from typing import Optional
+
+import requests
+from open_webui.retrieval.web.main import SearchResult, get_filtered_results
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def search_brave_llm_context(
+    api_key: str,
+    query: str,
+    count: int,
+    filter_list: Optional[list[str]] = None,
+    context_tokens: int = 8192,
+) -> list[SearchResult]:
+    """Search using Brave's LLM Context API and return pre-extracted, relevance-scored
+    page content ready for LLM consumption.
+
+    Uses /res/v1/llm/context instead of /res/v1/web/search. Same API key, same pricing.
+    Returns full extracted passages per URL rather than short snippets, eliminating
+    the need for post-search scraping.
+
+    Args:
+        api_key (str): A Brave Search API key (same key as web search)
+        query (str): The query to search for
+        count (int): Maximum number of results to return
+        filter_list (list[str], optional): Domain filter list
+        context_tokens (int): Maximum total tokens to retrieve (1024–32768, default 8192)
+    """
+    url = 'https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/llm/context'
+    headers = {
+        'Accept': 'application/json',
+        'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip',
+        'X-Subscription-Token': api_key,
+    }
+    params = {
+        'q': query,
+        'count': count,
+        'maximum_number_of_tokens': context_tokens,
+    }
+
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
+
+    # Handle 429 rate limiting - same rate limits as web search
+    if response.status_code == 429:
+        log.info('Brave LLM Context API rate limited (429), retrying after 1 second...')
+        time.sleep(1)
+        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
+
+    response.raise_for_status()
+
+    json_response = response.json()
+    results = json_response.get('grounding', {}).get('generic', [])
+    if filter_list:
+        results = get_filtered_results(results, filter_list)
+
+    return [
+        SearchResult(
+            link=result['url'],
+            title=result.get('title'),
+            snippet='\n\n'.join(result.get('snippets', [])),
+        )
+        for result in results[:count]
+    ]

backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ from open_webui.retrieval.web.utils import get_web_loader
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.ollama import search_ollama_cloud
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.perplexity_search import search_perplexity_search
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.brave import search_brave
+from open_webui.retrieval.web.brave_llm_context import search_brave_llm_context
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.kagi import search_kagi
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.mojeek import search_mojeek
 from open_webui.retrieval.web.bocha import search_bocha
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@ async def get_rag_config(request: Request, user=Depends(get_admin_user)):
             'GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY,
             'GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID': request.app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID,
             'BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY,
+            'BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS': request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
             'KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY,
             'MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY,
             'BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY,
@@ -599,6 +601,7 @@ class WebConfig(BaseModel):
     GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY: Optional[str] = None
     GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID: Optional[str] = None
     BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY: Optional[str] = None
+    BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS: Optional[int] = None
     KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY: Optional[str] = None
     MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY: Optional[str] = None
     BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY: Optional[str] = None
@@ -1081,6 +1084,8 @@ async def update_rag_config(request: Request, form_data: ConfigForm, user=Depend
         request.app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY = form_data.web.GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY
         request.app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID = form_data.web.GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID
         request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY = form_data.web.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY
+        if form_data.web.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS is not None:
+            request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS = form_data.web.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS
         request.app.state.config.KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY = form_data.web.KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY
         request.app.state.config.MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY = form_data.web.MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY
         request.app.state.config.BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY = form_data.web.BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY
@@ -1216,6 +1221,7 @@ async def update_rag_config(request: Request, form_data: ConfigForm, user=Depend
             'GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_API_KEY,
             'GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID': request.app.state.config.GOOGLE_PSE_ENGINE_ID,
             'BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY,
+            'BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS': request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
             'KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY,
             'MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.MOJEEK_SEARCH_API_KEY,
             'BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY': request.app.state.config.BOCHA_SEARCH_API_KEY,
@@ -1963,6 +1969,17 @@ def search_web(request: Request, engine: str, query: str, user=None) -> list[Sea
             )
         else:
             raise Exception('No BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY found in environment variables')
+    elif engine == 'brave_llm_context':
+        if request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY:
+            return search_brave_llm_context(
+                request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY,
+                query,
+                request.app.state.config.WEB_SEARCH_RESULT_COUNT,
+                request.app.state.config.WEB_SEARCH_DOMAIN_FILTER_LIST,
+                request.app.state.config.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS,
+            )
+        else:
+            raise Exception('No BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY found in environment variables')
     elif engine == 'kagi':
         if request.app.state.config.KAGI_SEARCH_API_KEY:
             return search_kagi(

src/lib/components/admin/Settings/WebSearch.svelte

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 		'yacy',
 		'google_pse',
 		'brave',
+		'brave_llm_context',
 		'kagi',
 		'mojeek',
 		'bocha',
@@ -357,7 +358,40 @@
 									/>
 								</div>
 							</div>
-						{:else if webConfig.WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE === 'kagi'}
+						{:else if webConfig.WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE === 'brave_llm_context'}
+						<div class="mb-2.5 flex w-full flex-col">
+							<div>
+								<div class=" self-center text-xs font-medium mb-1">
+									{$i18n.t('Brave Search API Key')}
+								</div>
+
+								<SensitiveInput
+									placeholder={$i18n.t('Enter Brave Search API Key')}
+									bind:value={webConfig.BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY}
+								/>
+							</div>
+							<div class="mt-1.5">
+								<div class=" self-center text-xs font-medium mb-1">
+									{$i18n.t('Context Tokens')}
+								</div>
+
+								<div class="flex w-full">
+									<div class="flex-1">
+										<input
+											class="w-full rounded-lg py-2 px-4 text-sm bg-gray-50 dark:text-gray-300 dark:bg-gray-850 outline-hidden"
+											type="number"
+											min="1024"
+											max="32768"
+											step="1024"
+											placeholder={$i18n.t('Max tokens to retrieve (1024-32768, default 8192)')}
+											bind:value={webConfig.BRAVE_SEARCH_CONTEXT_TOKENS}
+											autocomplete="off"
+										/>
+									</div>
+								</div>
+							</div>
+						</div>
+					{:else if webConfig.WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE === 'kagi'}
 							<div class="mb-2.5 flex w-full flex-col">
 								<div>
 									<div class=" self-center text-xs font-medium mb-1">