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  1. Search syntax
  2. =============
  3. Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search
  4. language via the search query.
  5. Category/engine prefix: ``!``
  6. Language prefix: ``:``
  7. Prefix to add engines and categories to the currently selected
  8. categories: ``?``
  9. Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted.
  10. Engine/category modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with
  11. `!it !ddg !wp qwer <https://searx.me/?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer>`_
  12. search in IT category **and** duckduckgo **and** wikipedia for ``qwer``).
  13. See the `/preferences page <https://searx.me/preferences>`_ for the
  14. list of engines, categories and languages.
  15. Examples
  16. ~~~~~~~~
  17. Search in wikipedia for ``qwer``:
  18. `!wp qwer <https://searx.me/?q=%21wp%20qwer>`__ or
  19. `!wikipedia qwer <https://searx.me/?q=%21wikipedia%20qwer>`_
  20. Image search:
  21. `!images Cthulhu <https://searx.me/?q=%21images%20Cthulhu>`_
  22. Custom language in wikipedia:
  23. `:hu !wp hackerspace <https://searx.me/?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>`_