Doubao API — answers and search results from ByteDance's China web chat - querying.ai

DOUBAO asks Doubao’s web chat at doubao.com with its web search on and no account or login involved.


taskType	`DOUBAO`
Reads	`prompt` (falls back to `query`)
Credits	1.25
Country	Ignored. Every task asks from mainland China.

Request

Doubao answers guests only from mainland China, so every task leaves from a mainland exit and country does not change it. You can omit it.

curl -X POST https://api.querying.ai/v1/async/task \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QUERYING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "taskType": "DOUBAO", "payload": { "prompt": "Which electric car brands are most reliable? Answer in English." } }'

Response

Field	Type	Description
`text`	string	The answer.
`markdown`	string	The answer as Markdown. Returned without any flag.
`searchQueries`	string[]	The searches Doubao ran.
`sources`	array	The search results Doubao read: `position`, `url`, `label`, and `type` (`web` or `video`).
`images`	array	Images shown with the answer, when there are any.
`videos`	array	Videos shown with the answer: `title`, `url`, `medium`, `image`, `thumbnail`, `image_width`, `image_height`.
`rawResponse`	array	Stream events. Only with `include.rawResponse`.

Many sources are Douyin video pages. The answer text carries no citation marks: sources lists what Doubao read, not what it cited. For example:

{
  "text": "Brands often rated most reliable include ...",
  "markdown": "Brands often rated most reliable include ...",
  "searchQueries": ["most reliable electric car brands"],
  "sources": [{ "position": 1, "url": "https://www.example.com/ev-reliability", "label": "EV reliability rankings", "type": "web" }]
}

Include flags

Flag	Effect
`rawResponse`	Adds `rawResponse`.

markdown needs no flag. searchQueries, ads and shopping have no effect. analysis is rejected with 422 VALIDATION_ERROR, citationAnalysis with 400 VALIDATION_ERROR and html with 422 EVIDENCE_UNSUPPORTED. See Markdown and raw responses.