LangChain is one of the most popular frameworks for building LLM-powered applications. By connecting You.com’s search and content APIs to LangChain, you can ground your agents and RAG pipelines in real-time, accurate web data instead of relying on static training knowledge alone.
The langchain-youdotcom package provides three integration points: a search tool (YouSearchTool), a content extraction tool (YouContentsTool), and a retriever (YouRetriever). Drop them into any LangChain agent or chain to give it live web access.
Get your API key at you.com/platform.
YouSearchTool wraps the You.com Search API as a LangChain tool, making it available to any agent that uses tools.
To customize search parameters, pass them via api_wrapper:
YouContentsTool fetches and extracts clean content from web pages.
YouRetriever implements LangChain’s retriever interface, making it a drop-in for any RAG pipeline.
To use it in a retrieval chain:
Both tools work with any LangChain agent. Here’s an example using create_agent:
You.com is also available via langchain-community:
The standalone langchain-youdotcom package is recommended for new projects as it stays up to date with the latest You.com API features.