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  <section id="search-api">
<span id="id1"></span><h1>Search API<a class="headerlink" href="#search-api" title="Permalink 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="Permalink to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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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,
searx supports syntax of each search service.  For example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">site:github.com</span>
<span class="pre">searx</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</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.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lang</span></code><span class="classifier">default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">all</span></code></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.</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 <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code></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 searx.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">autocomplete</span></code><span class="classifier">default <em>empty</em></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">startpage</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">wikipedia</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 <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</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>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</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">oscar</span></code></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">oscar</span></code>, <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">oscar-style</span></code><span class="classifier">default <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">logicodev</span></code></span></dt><dd><p>[ <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pointhi</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">logicodev</span></code> ]</p>
<p>Style of Oscar theme.  It is only parsed if the theme of an instance is
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">oscar</span></code>.</p>
<p>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.</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 simple">
<dt class="field-odd">default<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HTTPS_rewrite</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Self_Informations</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Search_on_category_select</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tracker_URL_remover</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">DOAI_rewrite</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HTTPS_rewrite</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Infinite_scroll</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Vim-like_hotkeys</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Self_Informations</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tracker_URL_remover</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Search_on_category_select</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">DOAI_rewrite</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Infinite_scroll</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Vim-like_hotkeys</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">DOAI_rewrite</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">HTTPS_rewrite</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Infinite_scroll</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Vim-like_hotkeys</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Self_Informations</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Tracker_URL_remover</span></code>,
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Search_on_category_select</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="reference external" href="https://github.com/searx/searx/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="reference external" href="https://github.com/searx/searx/blob/master/searx/engines">engines</a></span></dt><dd><p>List of disabled engines.</p>
</dd>
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