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+ <section id="search-api">
+<span id="id1"></span><h1>Search API<a class="headerlink" href="#search-api" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
+<p>The search supports both <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GET</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POST</span></code>.</p>
+<p>Furthermore, two endpoints <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/search</span></code> are available for querying.</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GET</span> <span class="pre">/</span></code></p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GET</span> <span class="pre">/search</span></code></p>
+<section id="parameters">
+<h2>Parameters<a class="headerlink" href="#parameters" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
+<aside class="sidebar">
+<p class="sidebar-title">Further reading ..</p>
+<ul class="simple">
+<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="engines/engine_overview.html#engines-dev"><span class="std std-ref">Engine Overview</span></a></p></li>
+<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings.html#settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">settings.yml</span></a></p></li>
+<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../user/configured_engines.html#configured-engines"><span class="std std-ref">Configured Engines</span></a></p></li>
+</ul>
+</aside>
+<dl>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">q</span></code><span class="classifier">required</span></dt><dd><p>The search query. This string is passed to external search services. Thus,
+SearXNG supports syntax of each search service. For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">site:github.com</span>
+<span class="pre">SearXNG</span></code> 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.</p>
+<p>See more at <a class="reference internal" href="../user/search-syntax.html#search-syntax"><span class="std std-ref">Search syntax</span></a></p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">categories</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span></dt><dd><p>Comma separated list, specifies the active search categories (see
+<a class="reference internal" href="../user/configured_engines.html#configured-engines"><span class="std std-ref">Configured Engines</span></a>)</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">engines</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span></dt><dd><p>Comma separated list, specifies the active search engines (see
+<a class="reference internal" href="../user/configured_engines.html#configured-engines"><span class="std std-ref">Configured Engines</span></a>).</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">language</span></code><span class="classifier">default from <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_search.html#settings-search"><span class="std std-ref">search:</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>Code of the language.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pageno</span></code><span class="classifier">default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code></span></dt><dd><p>Search page number.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">day</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">month</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">year</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Time range of search for engines which support it. See if an engine supports
+time range search in the preferences page of an instance.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">format</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">json</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">csv</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rss</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Output format of results. Format needs to be activated in <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_search.html#settings-search"><span class="std std-ref">search:</span></a>.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">results_on_new_tab</span></code><span class="classifier">default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Open search results on new tab.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">image_proxy</span></code><span class="classifier">default from <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_server.html#settings-server"><span class="std std-ref">server:</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Proxy image results through SearXNG.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autocomplete</span></code><span class="classifier">default from <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_search.html#settings-search"><span class="std std-ref">search:</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">google</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">dbpedia</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">duckduckgo</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mwmbl</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">startpage</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wikipedia</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">stract</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">swisscows</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">qwant</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Service which completes words as you type.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">safesearch</span></code><span class="classifier">default from <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/settings_search.html#settings-search"><span class="std std-ref">search:</span></a></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Filter search results of engines which support safe search. See if an engine
+supports safe search in the preferences page of an instance.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">theme</span></code><span class="classifier">default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">simple</span></code></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">simple</span></code> ]</p>
+<p>Theme of instance.</p>
+<p>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.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">enabled_plugins</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span></dt><dd><p>List of enabled plugins.</p>
+<dl class="field-list">
+<dt class="field-odd">default<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Hash_plugin</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Self_Information</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tracker_URL_remover</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ahmia_blacklist</span></code></p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">values<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Hash_plugin</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Self_Information</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tracker_URL_remover</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Ahmia_blacklist</span></code>,</p>
+<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Hostnames_plugin</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Open_Access_DOI_rewrite</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Vim-like_hotkeys</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tor_check_plugin</span></code></p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">disabled_plugins</span></code>: optional</dt><dd><p>List of disabled plugins.</p>
+<dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">default<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Hostnames_plugin</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Open_Access_DOI_rewrite</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Vim-like_hotkeys</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tor_check_plugin</span></code></p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">values<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p>see values from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">enabled_plugins</span></code></p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">enabled_engines</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span><span class="classifier"><em>all</em> <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/engines">engines</a></span></dt><dd><p>List of enabled engines.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">disabled_engines</span></code><span class="classifier">optional</span><span class="classifier"><em>all</em> <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/engines">engines</a></span></dt><dd><p>List of disabled engines.</p>
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