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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> </li> </ul> </section> </section> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> </div> <span id="sidebar-top"></span> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <p class="logo"><a href="../index.html"> <img class="logo" src="../_static/searxng-wordmark.svg" alt="Logo"/> </a></p> <h3><a href="../index.html">Table of Contents</a></h3> <ul class="current"> <li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="reference internal" href="index.html">User information</a><ul class="current"> <li class="toctree-l2 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">Search syntax</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="configured_engines.html">Configured Engines</a></li> <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="about.html">About SearXNG</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../own-instance.html">Why use a private instance?</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../admin/index.html">Administrator documentation</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../dev/index.html">Developer documentation</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../utils/index.html">DevOps tooling box</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="../src/index.html">Source-Code</a></li> </ul> <h3>Project Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/tree/master">Source</a> <li><a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki">Wiki</a> <li><a href="https://searx.space">Public instances</a> <li><a href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues">Issue Tracker</a> </ul><h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li><a href="../index.html">Overview</a> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">User information</a> <ul> <li>Previous: <a href="index.html" title="previous chapter">User information</a> <li>Next: <a href="configured_engines.html" title="next chapter">Configured Engines</a></ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3 id="searchlabel">Quick search</h3> <div class="searchformwrapper"> <form class="search" action="../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" aria-labelledby="searchlabel" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" spellcheck="false"/> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </div> </div> <script>document.getElementById('searchbox').style.display = "block"</script> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../_sources/user/search-syntax.rst.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> © Copyright SearXNG team. </div> <script src="../_static/version_warning_offset.js"></script> </body> </html>