searxng/searx/info/en/search-syntax.md
Markus Heiser b1912607ae [mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs
This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the
SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user).

The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project
documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain.

If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also
inserted into the project documentation::

    searxng_extra/docs_prebuild

[1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
2022-03-12 11:36:31 +01:00

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Search syntax

SearXNG allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language via the search query.

Prefix ! to set category and engine names.

Prefix: : to set the language.

Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category modifiers are chainable and inclusive. E.g. with {{search('!map !ddg !wp paris')}} search in map category and duckduckgo and wikipedia for paris.

See the {{link('preferences', 'preferences')}} for the list of engines, categories and languages.

Examples

Search in wikipedia for paris:

  • {{search('!wp paris')}}
  • {{search('!wikipedia paris')}}

Search in category map for paris:

  • {{search('!map paris')}}

Image search:

  • {{search('!images Wau Holland')}}

Custom language in wikipedia:

  • {{search(':fr !wp Wau Holland')}}