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  <section id="search-syntax">
<span id="search-syntax"></span><h1>Search syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#search-syntax" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>SearXNG comes with a search syntax by with you can modify the categories,
engines, languages and more.  See the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">preferences</span></code> for
the list of engines, categories and languages.</p>
<section id="select-engine-and-category">
<h2><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!</span></code> select engine and category<a class="headerlink" href="#select-engine-and-category" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To set category and/or engine names use a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!</span></code> prefix.  To give a few examples:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>search in Wikipedia for <strong>paris</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!wp</span> <span class="pre">paris</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!wikipedia</span> <span class="pre">paris</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>search in category <strong>map</strong> for <strong>paris</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!map</span> <span class="pre">paris</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>image search</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!images</span> <span class="pre">Wau</span> <span class="pre">Holland</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Abbreviations of the engines and languages are also accepted.  Engine/category
modifiers are chain able and inclusive.  E.g. with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!map</span> <span class="pre">!ddg</span> <span class="pre">!wp</span> <span class="pre">paris</span></code> search in map category and DuckDuckGo and Wikipedia for <strong>paris</strong>.</p>
</section>
<section id="select-language">
<h2><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:</span></code> select language<a class="headerlink" href="#select-language" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To select language filter use a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:</span></code> prefix.  To give an example:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>search Wikipedia by a custom language</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">:fr</span> <span class="pre">!wp</span> <span class="pre">Wau</span> <span class="pre">Holland</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="external-bangs">
<h2><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!!</span></code> external bangs<a class="headerlink" href="#external-bangs" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>SearXNG supports the external bangs from <a class="reference external" href="https://duckduckgo.com/bang">DuckDuckGo</a>.  To directly jump to a
external search page use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!!</span></code> prefix.  To give an example:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>search Wikipedia by a custom language</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">!!wfr</span> <span class="pre">Wau</span> <span class="pre">Holland</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Please note, your search will be performed directly in the external search
engine, SearXNG cannot protect your privacy on this.</p>
</section>
<section id="special-queries">
<h2>Special Queries<a class="headerlink" href="#special-queries" title="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>In the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">preferences</span></code> page you find keywords for
<em>special queries</em>.  To give a few examples:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>generate a random UUID</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">random</span> <span class="pre">uuid</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>find the average</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">avg</span> <span class="pre">123</span> <span class="pre">548</span> <span class="pre">2.04</span> <span class="pre">24.2</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>show <em>user agent</em> of your browser (needs to be activated)</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">user-agent</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>convert strings to different hash digests (needs to be activated)</p>
<ul>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">md5</span> <span class="pre">lorem</span> <span class="pre">ipsum</span></code></p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sha512</span> <span class="pre">lorem</span> <span class="pre">ipsum</span></code></p></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
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