ChatGPT Search by Prompt

Run one prompt against ChatGPT from a requested country. Returns answer markdown, model, prompt time, citations and search sources as observed by Bright Data. web_search permits the model to search; web_search_triggered reports whether it did. An answer without citations remains a valid observation, not evidence of zero brand visibility. Slow requests resume their existing collection snapshot within a four-minute window. Compare with other samples and inspect cited pages before drawing conclusions; this does not measure every user's personalized answer or prove why a brand appears.

Inspect returns this reviewed example, its estimated cost and the current input schema. Run calculates the estimate for your actual input.

{
  "tool_id": "brightdata.chatgpt-search",
  "input": {
    "prompt": "What is IANA's example.com domain used for? Cite the official source.",
    "country": "US",
    "web_search": true
  }
}

{
  "model": null,
  "engine": "chatgpt",
  "prompt": "What is IANA's example.com domain used for? Cite the official source.",
  "country": "US",
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains?utm_source=chatgpt.com",
      "icon": null,
      "cited": true,
      "title": "Example Domains",
      "domain": "https://www.iana.org",
      "position": 1,
      "description": "IANA",
      "answer_position": null
    }
  ],
  "web_search": true,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-07T11:01:38.153Z",
  "prompt_sent_at": "2026-09-07T10:57:53.311Z",
  "search_sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.iana.org/help/example-domains?utm_source=chatgpt.com",
      "rank": 1,
      "title": "Example Domains",
      "snippet": null,
      "date_published": "2017-05-13T00:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.iana.org/news/2024/example-domain-http-methods?utm_source=chatgpt.com",
      "rank": 2,
      "title": "Changes to HTTP service for example domains",
      "snippet": null,
      "date_published": null
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.iana.org/assignments/special-use-domain-names?utm_source=chatgpt.com",
      "rank": 3,
      "title": "Special-Use Domain Names",
      "snippet": null,
      "date_published": "2012-07-06T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "requested_country": "US",
  "answer_text_markdown": "*   IANA’s **example.com** is a **reserved domain intended for documentation and illustrative examples**.\n    \n    According to IANA:\n    \n    *   `example.com`, along with `example.org` and `example.net`, is maintained specifically for **documentation purposes**.\n    *   You can use it in tutorials, technical documentation, sample configurations, code examples, etc., without needing to coordinate with IANA or worry that someone else will register it.\n    *   It is **not available for registration or transfer**.\n    *   IANA provides a simple website on the domain to explain its purpose, but explicitly says that this service is **not intended for production applications or as a testing endpoint**. IANA+1\n    *   IANA also lists `example.com` in its **Special-Use Domain Names** registry under RFC 6761. IANA\n    \n    **Official IANA source:** IANA — Example Domainsiana.org citeturn0search0\n    \n    Sources",
  "web_search_triggered": true
}

• upstream_error: The ChatGPT answer could not be collected.The wallet was not charged. A missing citation alone is not a collection failure.