OpenWebUI has an option for a SearXNG API key

[firmansi]

@taowang I don't get it, why should we add Searchxng folder in here?and also which config that you mean to put in the Searchxng folder?

[coniunctio]

Apologies for resurrecting an older post, but I think this is somewhat related to what I was going to make a new post about. I have SearXNG working smoothly on Open WebUI. I've integrated the API with both my Cloudron instance of SearXNG and my local SearXNG installation on my MacBook, connecting to it via my internal IP address. This setup allows me to use SearXNG with Open WebUI, Perplexica, and with a few other applications.

My question is: are there any AI/GenAI APIs that integrate directly into SearXNG to give it AI-powered search summarization features similar to Google's AI search or Perplexity? It seems like SearXNG would be a great platform for this kind of integration, rather than just being used as an extraction tool within other applications.

I'm particularly interested in finding APIs that offer:

• Concise summaries of search results: Like Google's AI summaries, I want the API to be able to understand the context of my search and provide a brief overview of the most relevant information.
• Source reliability assessment: It would be helpful if the API could also evaluate the credibility and authority of the sources it uses for summarization within SearXNG itself.

If there aren't any APIs that directly integrate with SearXNG, are there any alternative approaches or workarounds to achieve this kind of functionality?

Thanks in advance for any guidance!

[robi]

@coniunctio search.brave.com may have an API you can use which is also a good place to search for SearX-ng integrations.

[firmansi]

@coniunctio May you share the information how to integrate the SearchXNG with Open WebUI in Cloudron?

[Divemasterza]

@coniunctio @firmansi Also interested - works fine with open SearXNG instance, but since the Cloudron one needs authentication, it not accessible to GET or POST requests

[joseph]

@Divemasterza the sign on to searx is optional. you can choose this at install time, if you want a public searx instance.

[coniunctio]

@Divemasterza @firmansi Here is how I use Cloudron's SearXNG app inside Open WebUI (works on same Cloudron server or separate locations like this).

Two steps:

1. Go into Cloudron/SearXNG SFTP and edit "settings.yml":

# formats: [html, csv, json, rss]
formats:
  - html
  - json <-- add this line

2. Now go to Open WebUI Admin settings --> Web Search and enter your Cloudron SearXNG URL with some combination of the following text depending on what specific types of search you want Open WebUI to do for you. This is what I use:

https://your.searxng.url/search?q=<query>&language=auto&time_range=&safesearch=0&categories=social+media,map,it,general,science,news&format=json

[ethanxrosen]

@Divemasterza figured out how to get this to work without making searx public (from https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/10618/how-to-connect-from-one-app-to-another-via-the-internal-network/6)

you can have cloudron oauth enabled but bypass it by calling its local hostname instead of public URL from openwebui. Tweaking @coniunctio 's query:

http://<searx app id>:<searx port>/search?q=<query>&language=auto&time_range=&safesearch=0&categories=social+media,map,it,general,science,news&format=json

example:

http://12345678-1234-1234-1234-abcdefabcdef:8888/search?q=<query>&language=auto&time_range=&safesearch=0&categories=social+media,map,it,general,science,news&format=json

find app id from cloudron dashboard, port from searxng filemanager->settings.yml under 'port:'

[umnz]

Thank you @ethanxrosen @coniunctio and @divemasterza -- this was exactly the solution I was looking for.

[nottheend]

If you are lazy as me here is the summay for this brilliant insights of this thread:

1. Enable json format for search in SearXNG (will not make the search interface public):
   Edit settings.yml:

• Open the settings.yml file.
• Add json in search under the formats
  Example:

formats:
  - html
  - json <-- add this

• Note the Port in the settings.yml file of the SearXNG App (via File Manager)

2. OpenWebUI Setup

• In OpenWebUI, go to Admin Settings → Web Search
• Enter URL: Paste the Searxng URL but replace <searx app id> and <searx port>

http://<searx app id>:<searx port>/search?q=<query>&language=auto&time_range=&safesearch=0&categories=social+media,map,it,general,science,news&format=json

This bypasses OAuth internally so that OpenWebUI directly accesses SearXNG