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AWS adds domain filtering and user location controls to Bedrock Web Search
AWS Bedrock Web Search now supports domain filtering and user location controls for its OpenAI Responses API request.
Summary
AWS updated Bedrock Web Search to include domain filtering and user location controls. Developers can restrict search results to specific trusted domains or exclude unwanted ones, and supply location parameters for geographic relevance.
What changed
- Restrict Web Search results to chosen domains using allowed_domains or blocked_domains parameters
- Specify location parameters for geography-relevant search results
- Configure both controls directly on the web_search tool in your OpenAI Responses API request
Availability
Available now“Domain filtering and user location are available in all AWS Regions where Web Search is supported: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and AWS GovCloud (US-West).”
Founder takeaway
If you use AWS Bedrock Web Search, update your API requests to use domain filters and location parameters for more targeted grounding data.
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