Date: August 4, 2025

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What’s New

The includeDomains and excludeDomains parameters now support:
  • Path-specific filtering: Target specific sections of a domain by including the path
  • Subdomain wildcard matching: Use *.domain.com to match all subdomains

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Examples

PatternWhat it matchesExample URLs
"*.substack.com"Any subdomain of substack.comhttps://thehobbyist.substack.com/p/location-matters-6-days-273-bets
"exa.ai/blog"Only the blog section of exa.aihttps://exa.ai/blog/meet-the-exacluster
"linkedin.com/company"Company profiles on LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/exa-ai

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When to Use Path Filtering

Path filtering is useful for things like:
  1. Blogs: Search within blogs like stripe.com/blog, openai.com/blog, or stratechery.com/2025
  2. Product Catalogs: Query product pages like amazon.com/dp, etsy.com/listing, or ikea.com/us/en/cat
  3. Directories: Search specific directories like ycombinator.com/companies, crunchbase.com/organization, or github.com/orgs

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How To Use Path Filtering

You can use the same includeDomains and excludeDomains parameters: 
result = exa.search_and_contents(
    "gradient descent",
    type="auto",
    livecrawl="never",
    includeDomains=["https://explained.ai", "https://huggingface.co/blog"],
    num_results=10
)

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Need Help?

If you have any questions about domain filtering or need help with your specific use case, please reach out to [email protected].