diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6b1ab04..5d0055f 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -4,4 +4,10 @@ VECTOR_DB_ENV=
 POSTGRES_URI=
 SECRET_KEY=
 # Comma-separated list of allowed CORS origins, e.g. http://localhost:3000,https://yourdomain.com
-CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS=
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+CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS=
+
+# Web search configuration
+WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE=tavily
+TAVILY_API_KEY=your_tavily_api_key_here
+MAX_FETCH_CONCURRENCY=4
+DEFAULT_TOP_K_RESULTS=8
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 583d9e7..c936975 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 authormaton/
 experimentalCode/.env
 .env
+
 # Ignore Python cache
 
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/api/indexing_router.py b/api/indexing_router.py
index e2861c8..58b7e08 100644
--- a/api/indexing_router.py
+++ b/api/indexing_router.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, status, Request
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from config.settings import settings
-from services.vector_db_service import VectorDBService
+from services.vector_db_service import VectorDBClient as VectorDBService
 from services.embedding_service import embed_texts_batched
 from services.chunking_service import chunk_text
 from services.parsing_service import extract_text_from_pdf, extract_text_from_docx
diff --git a/api/main.py b/api/main.py
index af0c939..25f60a1 100644
--- a/api/main.py
+++ b/api/main.py
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ def read_root():
 # Register routers
 from api.endpoints.upload import router as upload_router
 from api.endpoints.internal import router as internal_router
+from api.endpoints.web_answering import router as web_answering_router
 app.include_router(upload_router, prefix="/upload")
 app.include_router(internal_router)
+app.include_router(web_answering_router, prefix="/internal", tags=["websearch"])
 app.include_router(indexing_router)
 
 @app.get("/health")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4e168c8..06d7131 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ python-multipart>=0.0.6,<1.0.0
 fastapi>=0.110.0,<1.0.0
 uvicorn[standard]>=0.29.0,<1.0.0
 pytest>=8.2.0,<9.0.0
-httpx>=0.27.0,<1.0.0
+httpx[http2]>=0.27.0,<1.0.0
 python-dotenv>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
 PyPDF2>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
 requests>=2.31.0,<3.0.0
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ pinecone-client>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
 weaviate-client>=4.4.0,<5.0.0
 transformers>=4.40.0,<5.0.0
 torch>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
-pydantic>=2.6.0,<3.0.0
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+pydantic>=2.6.0,<3.0.0
+trafilatura>=1.6.0,<2.0.0
+numpy>=1.26.0,<2.0.0
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