Changelog

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Feature module

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January 13, 2026

Generic Search

Web page parsing

• iqs20241111==1.6.4

• [Feature] Web page parsing is now generally available (GA) with the new ReadPageBasic and ReadPageScrape APIs.

• [Feature] Added a lightweight engine for Generic Search, which you can use by setting engineType to LiteAdvanced.

• [Feature] You can now activate the service automatically in the console.

• [bug fix] Fixed a permission issue for sub-accounts querying usage data through the API.

November 25, 2025

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.6.1

• [Feature] Added the websiteAuthorityScore attribute (static authority score) to the response body of the web search API.

October 28, 2025

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.6.0

• [Feature] Added the ReadPage API.

• [Feature] The web search API now supports precise time-based searches. The response body includes the new hostAuthorityScore and richMainBody (full-text in rich text format) attributes.

May 8, 2025

Generic Search

• iqs20241111==1.3.0

• [Feature] Introduced a new web search API that unifies all search interfaces. It supports tiered pricing, an enhanced edition, summaries, and more.

• [Feature] Added a tiered pricing feature, which enables dynamic billing based on daily call volume with tiers for different QPS levels.

• [Feature] Improved console functionality.

• [Feature] Added MCP support for Model Studio and ModelScope.

March 29, 2025

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.6

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.7

• [Feature] Added an enhanced summary field that provides summaries averaging over 400 characters in length.

• [Feature] Added four new request parameters: returnMainText, returnMarkdownText, returnSummary, and enableRerank.

March 14, 2025

Generic Search

No change

• [Feature] Added VPC service endpoints in five new regions: China (Hangzhou), China (Shenzhen), China (Chengdu), China (Ulanqab), and China (Guangzhou).

• [Feature] Added support for the calendar (rili) SceneItem.

• [Feature] Changed the allowed character range for search queries from [2, 100] to [1, 100].

• [bug fix] Fixed an issue where duplicate links with different protocols were returned.

March 12, 2025

Nearby Search

Nearby Search (Basic): iqs20240712=6.0.0

• [Feature] Removed the success attribute from the response body.

• [Feature] Added polyline information to the taxi section of the public transit route planning API.

February 27, 2025

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.5

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.6

• [Feature] The enhanced edition of GenericAdvancedSearch is now generally available (GA).

• [Feature] Added support for token-based authentication for pure HTTP API calls. This improves integration with function-calling ecosystems like PAI and Dify.

February 18, 2025

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.4

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.5

• [Feature] The title response parameter is now non-nullable. Added a new snippet response parameter, which provides a plain-text summary.

• [Feature] Test accounts now automatically activate within 5 minutes of an order being placed.

February 14, 2025

Nearby Search

Nearby Search (Basic): iqs20240712=4.1.0

• [Feature] Removed the errorCode, errorMessage, code, and message attributes from the response body.

• [Feature] Added the showPolyline request parameter to the driving, cycling, walking, and public transit route planning APIs to control the visibility of polyline coordinate information.

January 16, 2025

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.3

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.4

• [Feature] Added Alibaba Cloud VPC service endpoints for the China (Shanghai) and China (Beijing) regions.

• [Feature] Added five vertical site categories: medical, internet, tax, news_province, and news_center.

• [Feature] Added the markdownText field, which provides the main body content in Markdown format, including image placeholders, tables, and more.

• [Improvement] Improved recall for SceneItem in translation-related queries.

December 19, 2024

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.2

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.3

• [Improvement] Enhanced the rewriting of the timeRange field by predicting it from time-sensitive queries.

  • Example: query: BYD's profit this year -> query:BYD's profit this year, timeRange: OneYear.

  • This rewriting information is in the response's queryContext field.

• [Feature] The mainText field for news cards (news_uchq) now contains parsed content.

  • This field existed previously but was empty.

• [bug fix] Removed duplicate documents between news cards (news_uchq) and standard web pages.

December 12, 2024

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.1

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.2

• The response parameters now include sceneItem for scenario-based results. Newly supported scenarios include:

  • weather: Weather

  • time: Time zone

• The apiItem in the response parameters now includes the following fields:

  • hostname, hostLogo, and siteLabel

November 15, 2024

Generic Search

• Standard API: iqs20241111==1.1.0

• Streaming API: alibabacloud-iqs20241111=1.0.1

• Legacy version: alibabacloud-linkedmallretrieval20240501=2.0.0

• Generic Search has been migrated to the new Information Query Service (IQS) product.

  • Added the standard search API: GenericSearch.

  • Added GenericAdvancedSearch, a new beta API for enhanced searches.

  • Added the multi-stage streaming API AISearchV3 to replace AISearchV2.

• Added the following request parameters for filtering:

  • industry and page