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Answer → Get

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Summary

Answer a required natural-language query using live web sources. Choose a text answer with citations or a structured JSON answer defined by a schema; optionally include full citation page text.

Inputs

  • Query (required) — Question to answer using live web sources.
  • Output Format — Select Text for a natural-language answer with citations, or Structured (JSON Schema) to request a JSON object matching the schema.
  • Output Schema — Shown for structured output. JSON Schema describing the answer object; the default schema requires a string property named answer.
  • Options: Include Full Text — When enabled, request the full page text for each citation.
  • Simplify — Defaults to true. When enabled, return an object with answer and citations (an empty array if citations are absent). Turn off to return the raw Exa response envelope.

Output shape

One n8n item per input item, containing a JSON object.

With Simplify enabled, each item's JSON has answer and citations. With Simplify disabled, it contains the raw response envelope from Exa.

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