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