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<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>
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<p class="sidebar-title">Further reading ..</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">disabled_plugins</span></code>: optional</dt><dd><p>List of disabled plugins.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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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