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searx is a `metasearch-engine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine>`__,
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-so it is using different search engines to provide better results.
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+so it uses different search engines to provide better results.
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-Because there is no general search-api which can be used for every
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-search-engine, there must be build an adapter between searx and the
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-external search-engine. This adapters are stored in the folder
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-`*searx/engines* <https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/tree/master/searx/engines>`__,
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-and this site is build to make an general documentation about this
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-engines
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+Because there is no general search API which could be used for every
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+search engine, an adapter has to be built between searx and the
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+external search engines. Adapters are stored under the folder
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+`searx/engines
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+<https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/tree/master/searx/engines>`__.
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.. contents::
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general engine configuration
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-It is required to tell searx what results can the engine provide. The
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-arguments can be inserted in the engine file, or in the settings file
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+It is required to tell searx the type of results the engine provides. The
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+arguments can be set in the engine file or in the settings file
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(normally ``settings.yml``). The arguments in the settings file override
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-the one in the engine file.
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+the ones in the engine file.
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-Really, it is for most options no difference if there are contained in
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-the engine-file or in the settings. But there is a standard where to
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-place specific arguments by default.
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+It does not matter if an options is stored in the engine file or in the
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+settings. However, the standard way is the following:
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+engine file
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+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
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-There are some options, with have default values in the engine, but are
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-often overwritten by the settings. If the option is assigned in the
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-engine-file with ``None`` it has to be redefined in the settings,
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-otherwise searx is not starting with that engine.
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-The naming of that overrides can be wathever you want. But we recommend
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-the using of already used overrides if possible:
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-| argument | type | information |
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-| base\_url | string | base-url, can be overwrite to use same engine on other url |
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-| number\_of\_results | int | maximum number of results per request |
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-| language | string | ISO code of language and country like en\_US |
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-| api\_key | string | api-key if required by engine |
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+A few of the options have default values in the engine, but are
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+often overwritten by the settings. If ``None`` is assigned to an option
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+otherwise searx will not start with that engine.
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+The naming of that overrides is arbitrary. But the recommended
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+overrides are the following:
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+| argument | type | information |
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+| base\_url | string | base-url, can be overwritten to use same engine on other URL |
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+| number\_of\_results | int | maximum number of results per request |
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+| api\_key | string | api-key if required by engine |
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-To perform a search you have to specific at least a url on which the
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+To perform a search an URL have to be specified. In addition to
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Noemi Vanyi
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