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