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< span id = "id1" > < / span > < h1 > Demo Online Engine< a class = "headerlink" href = "#demo-online-engine" title = "Link to this heading" > ¶< / a > < / h1 >
< p id = "module-searx.engines.demo_online" > Within this module we implement a < em > demo online engine< / em > . Do not look to
close to the implementation, its just a simple example which queries < a class = "reference external" href = "https://www.artic.edu" > The Art
Institute of Chicago< / a > < / p >
< p > To get in use of this < em > demo< / em > engine add the following entry to your engines
list in < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > settings.yml< / span > < / code > :< / p >
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< dd > < p > Initialization of the (online) engine. If no initialization is needed, drop
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< dd > < p > Build up the < code class = "docutils literal notranslate" > < span class = "pre" > params< / span > < / code > for the online request. In this example we build a
URL to fetch images from < a class = "reference external" href = "https://artic.edu" > artic.edu< / a > < / p >
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< dd > < p > Parse out the result items from the response. In this example we parse the
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