DeepSeek opens its app's tools to developers: search, files, OCR and voice APIs

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

DeepSeek's changelog says web search, file and link reading, OCR and speech are now available through its APIs.

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Available worldwide

The APIs are open to developers on the DeepSeek API platform; prices are on the official pricing page.

Why it matters

A developer can build a chat app close to DeepSeek's own, using the same tools.

For most people

Skip: nothing changes for you now.

On November 13 DeepSeek posted an update called "Releasing the full suite of application ".
The model named is deepseek-flash, working in the Messages, Responses and Chat Completions APIs.
Web search uses the deepseek_web_search tool and answers with citations; link reading uses deepseek_read_url.
The API accepts PDFs, Office files and images after text extraction, and includes a safety check for inputs and outputs.
There are also standalone APIs for search and fetch, OCR, speech to text and text to speech, plus an open-source demo chat client.
The update page gives no prices and points to the pricing page.

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