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Search API
The search supports both GET
and POST
.
Furthermore, two endpoints /
and /search
are available for querying.
GET /
GET /search
Parameters
Further reading ..
engines-dev
settings.yml
configured engines
q
: requiredThe search query. This string is passed to external search services. Thus, SearXNG supports syntax of each search service. For example,
site:github.com searx
is a valid query for Google. However, if simply the query above is passed to any search engine which does not filter its results based on this syntax, you might not get the results you wanted.See more at
search-syntax
categories
: optionalComma separated list, specifies the active search categories
engines
: optionalComma separated list, specifies the active search engines.
lang
: defaultall
Code of the language.
pageno
: default1
Search page number.
time_range
: optional[
day
,month
,year
]Time range of search for engines which support it. See if an engine supports time range search in the preferences page of an instance.
format
: optional[
json
,csv
,rss
]Output format of results.
results_on_new_tab
: default0
[
0
,1
]Open search results on new tab.
image_proxy
: defaultFalse
[
True
,False
]Proxy image results through searx.
autocomplete
: default empty[
google
,dbpedia
,duckduckgo
,startpage
,wikipedia
]Service which completes words as you type.
safesearch
: defaultNone
[
0
,1
,None
]Filter search results of engines which support safe search. See if an engine supports safe search in the preferences page of an instance.
theme
: defaultoscar
[
oscar
,simple
]Theme of instance.
Please note, available themes depend on an instance. It is possible that an instance administrator deleted, created or renamed themes on their instance. See the available options in the preferences page of the instance.
oscar-style
: defaultlogicodev
[
pointhi
,logicodev
]Style of Oscar theme. It is only parsed if the theme of an instance is
oscar
.Please note, available styles depend on an instance. It is possible that an instance administrator deleted, created or renamed styles on their instance. See the available options in the preferences page of the instance.
enabled_plugins
: optionalList of enabled plugins.
- default
HTTPS_rewrite
,Self_Informations
,Search_on_category_select
,Tracker_URL_remover
- values
DOAI_rewrite
,HTTPS_rewrite
,Infinite_scroll
,Vim-like_hotkeys
,Self_Informations
,Tracker_URL_remover
,Search_on_category_select
,Hostname_replace
disabled_plugins
: optionalList of disabled plugins.
- default
DOAI_rewrite
,Infinite_scroll
,Vim-like_hotkeys
,Hostname_replace
- values
DOAI_rewrite
,HTTPS_rewrite
,Infinite_scroll
,Vim-like_hotkeys
,Self_Informations
,Tracker_URL_remover
,Search_on_category_select
,Hostname_replace
enabled_engines
: optional : allengines <searx/engines>
List of enabled engines.
disabled_engines
: optional : allengines <searx/engines>
List of disabled engines.