# searxng

Search the web through a local or self-hosted SearXNG instance.

## What this skill is for

- General web search
- News, image, and video search
- Privacy-respecting search without external API keys
- Programmatic search output via JSON

## Runtime requirements

- `python3`
- Python packages: `httpx`, `rich`

## Configuration

Preferred:

- `SEARXNG_URL` environment variable

Optional config file:

- workspace `.clawdbot/credentials/searxng/config.json`
- or `~/.clawdbot/credentials/searxng/config.json`

Example:

```json
{
  "url": "https://search.fiorinis.com"
}
```

## Wrapper

Use the bundled script directly:

```bash
python3 skills/searxng/scripts/searxng.py search "OpenClaw" -n 5
python3 skills/searxng/scripts/searxng.py search "latest AI news" --category news
python3 skills/searxng/scripts/searxng.py search "OpenClaw" --format json
```

## Notes

- Falls back to `http://localhost:8080` if no URL is configured.
- Prints the URL it attempted when connection fails.
- Uses the SearXNG JSON API endpoint.