Search API
==========

The search supports both ``GET`` and ``POST``.

Furthermore, two enpoints ``/`` and ``/search`` are available for querying.

.. code:: sh

    GET /

.. code:: sh

    GET /search

Parameters
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| Name             | Description                                                                                        |                                                  |
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| ``q``            | The search query, see :doc:`/user/search_syntax`                                                   | required                                         |
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| ``categories``   | Comma separated list, specifies the active search categories                                       | optional                                         |
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| ``engines``      | Comma separated list, specifies the active search engines                                          | optional                                         |
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| ``lang``         | Code of the language                                                                               | optional (default: ``all``)                      |
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| ``pageno``       | Search page number                                                                                 | optional (default: ``1``)                        |
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| ``time_range``   | Time range of search                                                                               | optional (possible: ``day``, ``month``, ``year``)|
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