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+import httpx
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+from datetime import datetime
+
+# Engine metadata
+about = {
+    "website": "https://www.pixiv.net/",
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": None,
+    "use_official_api": False,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+# Engine configuration
+paging = True
+categories = ['images']
+
+# Search URL
+base_url = "https://www.pixiv.net/ajax/search/illustrations"
+
+
+def request(query, params):
+    page_number = params.get("pageno", 1)
+    query_params = {
+        "word": query,
+        "order": "date_d",
+        "mode": "all",
+        "p": page_number,
+        "s_mode": "s_tag_full",
+        "type": "illust_and_ugoira",
+        "lang": "en",
+    }
+
+    with httpx.Client() as client:
+        response = client.get(f"{base_url}/{query}?{urlencode(query_params)}")
+        params["url"] = response.url
+
+    return params
+
+
+def format_results(item):
+    title = item["title"]
+    url = item["url"]
+    user_id = item["userId"]
+    user_name = item["userName"]
+    image_url = item["url"]
+
+
+    return {
+        "title": title,
+        "url": image_url,
+        "author": f"{user_name} (ID: {user_id})",
+        "img_src": image_url,
+        "source": 'pixiv.net',
+        "template": "images.html",
+    }
+
+
+def response(resp):
+    data = resp.json()
+    illustrations = data["body"]["illust"]["data"]
+    results = [format_results(item) for item in illustrations]
+
+    return results
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