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> **Original source:** https://parallel.ai/blog/search-api-alpha

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`curl --request POST \   --url https://api.parallel.ai/alpha/search \   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \   --header "x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY" \   --data '{     "objective": "When was the United Nations established? Prefer UN'\''s websites.",     "search_queries": [       "Founding year UN",       "Year of founding United Nations"     ],     "processor": "base",     "max_results": 5,     "max_chars_per_result": 1500   }'`` ```   curl --request POST \    --url https://api.parallel.ai/alpha/search \    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \    --header "x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY" \    --data '{      "objective": "When was the United Nations established? Prefer UN'\''s websites.",      "search_queries": [        "Founding year UN",        "Year of founding United Nations"      ],      "processor": "base",      "max_results": 5,      "max_chars_per_result": 1500    }'  ``` `