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Version: 2.26

SearchApi

haystack_integrations.components.websearch.searchapi.websearch​

SearchApiWebSearch​

Uses SearchApi to search the web for relevant documents.

Usage example:

python
from haystack.utils import Secret

from haystack_integrations.components.websearch.searchapi import SearchApiWebSearch

websearch = SearchApiWebSearch(top_k=10, api_key=Secret.from_env_var("SEARCHAPI_API_KEY"))
results = websearch.run(query="Who is the boyfriend of Olivia Wilde?")

assert results["documents"]
assert results["links"]

init​

python
__init__(
    api_key: Secret = Secret.from_env_var("SEARCHAPI_API_KEY"),
    top_k: int | None = 10,
    allowed_domains: list[str] | None = None,
    search_params: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
) -> None

Initialize the SearchApiWebSearch component.

Parameters:

  • api_key (Secret) – API key for the SearchApi API
  • top_k (int | None) – Number of documents to return.
  • allowed_domains (list[str] | None) – List of domains to limit the search to.
  • search_params (dict[str, Any] | None) – Additional parameters passed to the SearchApi API. For example, you can set 'num' to 100 to increase the number of search results. See the SearchApi website for more details.

The default search engine is Google, however, users can change it by setting the engine parameter in the search_params.

to_dict​

python
to_dict() -> dict[str, Any]

Serializes the component to a dictionary.

Returns:

  • dict[str, Any] – Dictionary with serialized data.

from_dict​

python
from_dict(data: dict[str, Any]) -> SearchApiWebSearch

Deserializes the component from a dictionary.

Parameters:

  • data (dict[str, Any]) – The dictionary to deserialize from.

Returns:

  • SearchApiWebSearch – The deserialized component.

run​

python
run(query: str) -> dict[str, list[Document] | list[str]]

Uses SearchApi to search the web.

Parameters:

  • query (str) – Search query.

Returns:

  • dict[str, list[Document] | list[str]] – A dictionary with the following keys:
  • "documents": List of documents returned by the search engine.
  • "links": List of links returned by the search engine.

Raises:

  • TimeoutError – If the request to the SearchApi API times out.
  • SearchApiError – If an error occurs while querying the SearchApi API.

run_async​

python
run_async(query: str) -> dict[str, list[Document] | list[str]]

Asynchronously uses SearchApi to search the web.

This is the asynchronous version of the run method with the same parameters and return values.

Parameters:

  • query (str) – Search query.

Returns:

  • dict[str, list[Document] | list[str]] – A dictionary with the following keys:
  • "documents": List of documents returned by the search engine.
  • "links": List of links returned by the search engine.

Raises:

  • TimeoutError – If the request to the SearchApi API times out.
  • SearchApiError – If an error occurs while querying the SearchApi API.