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Byted Byteplus Infoquest Search

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  • 408 repo stars
  • Updated August 3, 2026
  • volcengine/agentkit-samples

Runs AI-optimized web search, image search, and clean URL content extraction through the BytePlus InfoQuest API with time and site filters.

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Performs AI-optimized web search, image search, and content extraction via the BytePlus InfoQuest API. A developer uses it to gather concise up-to-date web information, find images, or extract clean content from URLs.

  • Supports time filtering, site-specific search, and image-size filters
  • Runs via scripts/search.py and needs an INFOQUEST_API_KEY

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What it does

Runs AI-optimized web search, image search, and clean URL content extraction through the BytePlus InfoQuest API with time and site filters.

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Byted InfoQuest

AI-optimized web search, image search and content extraction using BytePlus InfoQuest API. Returns concise, relevant results with time filtering, site-specific search, and image search capabilities.

Tip: InfoQuest is currently not available in Mainland China regions.

Environment Variables

Before using this skill, ensure the following environment variable are set:

  • INFOQUEST_API_KEY: API key for the web search, image search and content extraction service

Web Search

python3 scripts/search.py "query"
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -d 7
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -s github.com

Image Search

python3 scripts/search.py "query" -i
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -i -z l
python3 scripts/search.py "query" -i -s unsplash.com -d 30

Options

  • -d, --days <number>: Search within last N days (default: all time)
  • -s, --site <domain>: Search within specific site (e.g., github.com, unsplash.com)
  • -i, --image: Perform image search (default: web search)
  • -z, --image-size <size>: Image size filter: l (large), m (medium), i (icon)

Extract content from URL

python3 scripts/extract.py "https://example.com/article"

Examples

Recent News Search

# Search for AI news from last 3 days
python3 scripts/search.py "artificial intelligence news" -d 3

Site-Specific Research

# Search for Python projects on GitHub
python3 scripts/search.py "Python machine learning" -s github.com

Image Search Examples

# Search for cat images
python3 scripts/search.py "cat" -i

# Search for large landscape images
python3 scripts/search.py "landscape" -i -z l

# Search for icons from specific site
python3 scripts/search.py "logo" -i -z i -s github.com

# Search for recent images
python3 scripts/search.py "sunset" -i -d 7

Content Extraction

# Extract content from a single article
python3 scripts/extract.py "https://example.com/article"

Notes

API Access

  • API Key: Get from https://console.byteplus.com/infoquest/infoquests
  • Documentation: https://docs.byteplus.com/en/docs/InfoQuest/What_is_Info_Quest
  • About: InfoQuest is AI-optimized intelligent search and crawling toolset independently developed by BytePlus

Search Features

  • Time Filtering: Use -d for searches within last N days (e.g., -d 7)
  • Site Filtering: Use -s for site-specific searches (e.g., -s github.com)
  • Image Search: Use -i for image search, with optional size filtering (-z)
  • Image Size Options: l (large), m (medium), i (icon)

Image Search Usage

Image search returns URLs to images that can be used as reference for image generation. Each result includes:

  • title: Image title or description
  • image_url: Direct URL to the image

Usage hint: Use the image_url values as reference images in image generation. Download them first if needed.

Quick Setup

1. Set API key:

   export INFOQUEST_API_KEY=<REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_KEY>

2. Install required Python packages:

   pip install requests

3. Test the setup:

   # Test web search
   python3 scripts/search.py "test search"
   
   # Test image search
   python3 scripts/search.py "test" -i

Error Handling

The API returns error messages starting with "Error:" for:

  • Authentication failures
  • Network timeouts
  • Empty responses
  • Invalid response formats
  • Invalid image size parameters (must be 'l', 'm', or 'i')

Differences from Node.js Version

  • Python 3.6+ required
  • requests library used instead of fetch
  • Simplified argument parsing using argparse
  • Same functionality and API endpoints

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