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- .. _search-syntax:
- =============
- Search syntax
- =============
- Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language
- via the search query.
- Prefix ``!``
- to set Category/engine
- Prefix: ``:``
- to set language
- Prefix: ``?``
- to add engines and categories to the currently selected categories
- Abbreviations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category
- modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with :search:`!it !ddg !wp qwer
- <?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer>` search in IT category **and** duckduckgo
- **and** wikipedia for ``qwer``).
- See the :search:`/preferences page <preferences>` for the list of engines,
- categories and languages.
- Examples
- ========
- Search in wikipedia for ``qwer``:
- - :search:`!wp qwer <?q=%21wp%20qwer>` or
- - :search:`!wikipedia qwer :search:<?q=%21wikipedia%20qwer>`
- Image search:
- - :search:`!images Cthulhu <?q=%21images%20Cthulhu>`
- Custom language in wikipedia:
- - :search:`:hu !wp hackerspace <?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>`
- Multilingual Search
- ===================
- Searx does not support true multilingual search.
- You have to use the language prefix in your search query when searching in a different language.
- But there is a workaround:
- By adding a new search engine with a different language, Searx will search in your default and other language.
- Example configuration in settings.yml for a German and English speaker:
- .. code-block:: yaml
- search:
- language : "de"
- ...
- engines:
- - name : google english
- engine : google
- language : english
- ...
- When searching, the default google engine will return German results and "google english" will return English results.
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