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name: byted-byteplus-infoquest-search description: AI-optimized web search, image search and content extraction via BytePlus InfoQuest API. Use this skill when you need to gather concise and up-to-date information from the web, find images, or extract clean content from specific URLs.

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