searxng/docs/dev/search_api.rst

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Search API
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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.
Furthermore, two enpoints ``/`` and ``/search`` are available for querying.
.. code:: sh
GET /
.. code:: sh
GET /search
Parameters
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| Name | Description | |
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| ``q`` | The search query, see :doc:`/user/search_syntax` | required |
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| ``categories`` | Comma separated list, specifies the active search categories | optional |
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| ``engines`` | Comma separated list, specifies the active search engines | optional |
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| ``lang`` | Code of the language | optional (default: ``all``) |
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| ``pageno`` | Search page number | optional (default: ``1``) |
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