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Engine overview
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===============
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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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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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.. contents::
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:depth: 3
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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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(normally ``settings.yml``). The arguments in the settings file override
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the one 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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engine-file
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~~~~~~~~~~~
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+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
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| argument | type | information |
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+=====================+===========+=========================================+
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| categories | list | pages, in which the engine is working |
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+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
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| paging | boolean | support multible pages |
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+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
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| language\_support | boolean | support language choosing |
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+---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
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settings.yml
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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+------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| argument | type | information |
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+============+==========+===============================================+
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| name | string | name of search-engine |
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+------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| engine | string | name of searx-engine (filename without .py) |
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+------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| shortcut | string | shortcut of search-engine |
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+------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
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| timeout | string | specific timeout for search-engine |
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+------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
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overrides
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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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+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| argument | type | information |
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+=======================+==========+==============================================================+
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| base\_url | string | base-url, can be overwrite to use same engine on other url |
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+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| number\_of\_results | int | maximum number of results per request |
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+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| language | string | ISO code of language and country like en\_US |
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+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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| api\_key | string | api-key if required by engine |
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+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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example-code
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~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.. code:: python
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# engine dependent config
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categories = ['general']
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paging = True
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language_support = True
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doing request
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To perform a search you have to specific at least a url on which the
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request is performing
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passed arguments
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This arguments can be used to calculate the search-query. Furthermore,
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some of that parameters are filled with default values which can be
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changed for special purpose.
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| argument | type | default-value, informations |
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+======================+============+========================================================================+
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| url | string | ``''`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| method | string | ``'GET'`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| headers | set | ``{}`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| data | set | ``{}`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| cookies | set | ``{}`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| verify | boolean | ``True`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| headers.User-Agent | string | a random User-Agent |
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| category | string | current category, like ``'general'`` |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| started | datetime | current date-time |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| pageno | int | current pagenumber |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| language | string | specific language code like ``'en_US'``, or ``'all'`` if unspecified |
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+----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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parsed arguments
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The function ``def request(query, params):`` is always returning the
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``params`` variable back. Inside searx, the following paramters can be
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used to specific a search-request:
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+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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| argument | type | information |
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+============+===========+==========================================================+
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| url | string | requested url |
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+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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| method | string | HTTP request methode |
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| headers | set | HTTP header informations |
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+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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| data | set | HTTP data informations (parsed if ``method != 'GET'``) |
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+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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| cookies | set | HTTP cookies |
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+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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| verify | boolean | Performing SSL-Validity check |
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+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+
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example-code
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# search-url
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base_url = 'https://example.com/'
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search_string = 'search?{query}&page={page}'
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# do search-request
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def request(query, params):
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search_path = search_string.format(
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query=urlencode({'q': query}),
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page=params['pageno'])
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params['url'] = base_url + search_path
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returning results
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Searx has the possiblity to return results in different media-types.
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Currently the following media-types are supported:
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- default
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- images
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- videos
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- torrent
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- map
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to set another media-type as default, you must set the parameter
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``template`` to the required type.
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default
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| result-parameter | information |
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| url | string, which is representing the url of the result |
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| title | string, which is representing the title of the result |
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| content | string, which is giving a general result-text |
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| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, represent when the result is published |
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images
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| result-parameter | information |
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| template | is set to ``images.html`` |
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| url | string, which is representing the url to the result site |
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| title | string, which is representing the title of the result *(partly implemented)* |
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| content | *(partly implemented)* |
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| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, represent when the result is published *(partly implemented)* |
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| img\_src | string, which is representing the url to the result image |
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| thumbnail\_src | string, which is representing the url to a small-preview image |
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| template | is set to ``videos.html`` |
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| url | string, which is representing the url of the result |
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| title | string, which is representing the title of the result |
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| content | *(not implemented yet)* |
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| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, represent when the result is published |
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| thumbnail | string, which is representing the url to a small-preview image |
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| template | is set to ```torrent.html``` |
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| url | string, which is representing the url of the result |
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| title | string, which is representing the title of the result |
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| content | string, which is giving a general result-text |
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| publishedDate | [datetime.datetime](https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects), represent when the result is published _(not implemented yet)_ |
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| seed | int, number of seeder |
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| leech | int, number of leecher |
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| filesize | int, size of file in bytes |
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| files | int, number of files |
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| magnetlink | string, which is the [magnetlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme) of the result |
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| torrentfile | string, which is the torrentfile of the result |
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| url | string, which is representing the url of the result |
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| title | string, which is representing the title of the result |
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| content | string, which is giving a general result-text |
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| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, represent when the result is published |
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| latitude | latitude of result (in decimal format) |
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| longitude | longitude of result (in decimal format) |
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| boundingbox | boundingbox of result (array of 4. values ``[lat-min, lat-max, lon-min, lon-max]``) |
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| geojson | geojson of result (http://geojson.org) |
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| osm.type | type of osm-object (if OSM-Result) |
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| osm.id | id of osm-object (if OSM-Result) |
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| address.name | name of object |
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| address.road | street adress of object |
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| address.house\_number | house number of object |
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| address.locality | city, place of object |
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| address.postcode | postcode of object |
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