SearXNG Search
Local web search using SearXNG metasearch engine. No external API keys required.
Container Environment
Inside Docker containers, SearXNG is available at http://searxng:8080 via the eddo-chat network.
The SEARXNG_URL environment variable is automatically set.
Search
{baseDir}/search.js "query" # Basic search (5 results)
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 10 # More results
{baseDir}/search.js "query" --content # Include page content as markdown
{baseDir}/search.js "query" -n 3 --content # Combined
Extract Page Content
{baseDir}/content.js https://example.com/article
Fetches a URL and extracts readable content as markdown.
Output Format
--- Result 1 ---
Title: Page Title
Link: https://example.com/page
Snippet: Description from search results
Content: (if --content flag used)
Markdown content extracted from the page...
--- Result 2 ---
...
Advantages
- ✅ No API keys required
- ✅ No rate limits
- ✅ Privacy-preserving (local instance)
- ✅ Aggregates results from multiple search engines
- ✅ Fast and reliable
- ✅ Works in containerized agents
When to Use
- Searching for documentation or API references
- Looking up facts or current information
- Fetching content from specific URLs
- Any task requiring web search without external dependencies
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