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