The Problem
Agents that depend on a single search provider fail completely when that provider has downtime. Agent users see cryptic errors or hallucinated responses. A multi-backend pipeline with health checks eliminates single-provider dependency.
How Scavio Helps
- Zero downtime from single-provider outages
- Automatic failover without agent logic changes
- Cost optimization by routing to cheapest available provider
- Health check detects degradation before users notice
- Logging shows which provider served each request for cost tracking
Relevant Platforms
Web search with knowledge graph, PAA, and AI overviews
Quick Start: Python Example
Here is a quick example searching Google for "Agent receives a user query. Pipeline checks Scavio health (canary query, <3s), routes to Scavio if healthy. If Scavio times out, falls back to Brave Search API. If both fail, returns cached results from last successful query. Total pipeline latency overhead: ~50ms for health check.":
import requests
API_KEY = "your_scavio_api_key"
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search",
headers={
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
)
data = response.json()
for result in data.get("organic_results", [])[:5]:
print(f"{result['position']}. {result['title']}")
print(f" {result['link']}\n")Built for Agent builders, platform engineers, teams running production agents that depend on search data
Scavio handles the search infrastructure — proxies, CAPTCHAs, rate limits, and anti-bot detection — so you can focus on building your multi-backend search agent pipeline solution. The API returns structured JSON that is ready for processing, analysis, or feeding into AI agents.
Start with the free tier (500 credits/month, no credit card required) and scale to paid plans when you need higher volume.