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 (50 credits on signup, no credit card required) and scale to paid plans when you need higher volume.