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-rw-r--r--docs/dev/search_api.rst30
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/docs/admin/api.rst b/docs/admin/api.rst
index 94508a28c..8d6162247 100644
--- a/docs/admin/api.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/api.rst
@@ -76,3 +76,19 @@ Sample response
],
"safe_search": 0
}
+
+Embed search bar
+----------------
+
+The search bar can be embedded into websites. Just paste the example into the HTML of the site.
+URL of the searx instance and values are customizable.
+
+.. code:: html
+
+ <form method="post" action="https://searx.me/">
+ <!-- search query --> <input type="text" name="q" />
+ <!-- categories --> <input type="hidden" name="categories" value="general,social media" />
+ <!-- language --> <input type="hidden" name="lang" value="all" />
+ <!-- locale --> <input type="hidden" name="locale" value="en" />
+ <!-- date filter --> <input type="hidden" name="time_range" value="month" />
+ </form>
diff --git a/docs/dev/search_api.rst b/docs/dev/search_api.rst
index 59d3c825f..03bb6f3fc 100644
--- a/docs/dev/search_api.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/search_api.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Search API
==========
-The search supports both ``GET`` and ``POST``. However, using ``GET`` the parameters of the request remain hidden. So it is advised to use ``GET`` for querying.
+The search supports both ``GET`` and ``POST``.
Furthermore, two enpoints ``/`` and ``/search`` are available for querying.
@@ -16,16 +16,18 @@ Furthermore, two enpoints ``/`` and ``/search`` are available for querying.
Parameters
``````````
-+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
-| Name | Description | |
-+==================+====================================================================================================+=============================+
-| ``q`` | The search query, see :doc:`/user/search_syntax` | required |
-+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
-| ``categories`` | Comma separated list, specifies the active search categories | optional |
-+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
-| ``engines`` | Comma separated list, specifies the active search engines | optional |
-+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
-| ``lang`` | Code of the language | optional (default: ``all``) |
-+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
-| ``pageno`` | Search page number | optional (default: ``1``) |
-+------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Name | Description | |
++==================+====================================================================================================+==================================================+
+| ``q`` | The search query, see :doc:`/user/search_syntax` | required |
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| ``categories`` | Comma separated list, specifies the active search categories | optional |
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| ``engines`` | Comma separated list, specifies the active search engines | optional |
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| ``lang`` | Code of the language | optional (default: ``all``) |
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| ``pageno`` | Search page number | optional (default: ``1``) |
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| ``time_range`` | Time range of search | optional (possible: ``day``, ``month``, ``year``)|
++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+