# Naver Webkr Search API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/naver/webkr-search)

> Searches Naver web index: general Korean web search (analog of Google web search, scoped to Naver's crawl of the Korean-language web). Returns pages under `data.items[]` with `title`, `link`, and `description`, and the unified post object beside them (`post.ext.title`, `post.content.text` with Naver's `<b>` highlight tags removed, and `post.url`). Naver publishes no date for web documents, and the page says so in `_warnings` (`undated_rows`).

TL;DR: `GET /v1/naver/webkr/search` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `query` | yes | Free-text search term (UTF-8). Required. |
| `display` | no | Number of items to return per page. Defaults to 10, cap 100; `display=101` returns 400. |
| `start` | no | 1-indexed offset for pagination. Defaults to 1, cap 1000; `start=1001` is a 400 that costs nothing, and the page that reaches rank 1000 is the last one (`has_more: false`). Past rank 100, `sim` and `point` pages repeat Naver's top 100: those rows are removed and counted in `_warnings` (`recycled_rows`), and an emptied page is free. This corpus ignores `sort`, so `sort=date` does not avoid the repeats. |
| `sort` | no | Sort order. Accepted values: (sort ignored). Defaults to `sim` (relevance) when the corpus supports sort. Values outside this corpus's domain are rejected with a 400 before any upstream call. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/naver/webkr/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=기후변화" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I search Naver web documents with an API?

Send a GET request to /v1/naver/webkr/search with your keyword in the query parameter. SocialCrawl searches general Korean web documents from Naver's crawl and returns title, link, and description for each result under data.items.

### How is the web corpus different from the blog or news corpus?

The webkr corpus is general Korean web search, the closest analog to Google web search scoped to Naver's crawl. Blog and news corpora are limited to those specific sources, while webkr spans the broader Korean web in one query.

### What fields does the Naver Web Search endpoint return?

Each item includes a title, a link to the page, and a description snippet. Title and description come HTML-tagged with <b> around matched query terms, which lets you render search highlights without extra processing.

### Can I paginate Naver web search results?

Yes. Use display to set the page size (up to 100) and start as the offset. Web documents are ranked by relevance only, and past rank 100 Naver serves its top 100 again. SocialCrawl removes those repeats and does not charge for a page they empty, so search narrower terms to reach more documents.

### How much does the Naver Web Search API cost?

Each web search costs 1 credit on the standard tier, regardless of how many documents match. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required, enough to run about 100 web searches while you evaluate coverage.

See the full Naver API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/naver

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- How do I search the Korean web with the Naver Web Search API?
- How does the SocialCrawl Naver Web Search API compare to Naver's Open API?