Open WebUI

For Open WebUI admins: web search in every chat runs on the Search API once you change one setting.

Set it up

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1. Open the web search settings
Open the Admin Panel, then Settings, then Web Search. Turn on Web Search and set Web Search Engine to searxng.

2. Paste the address

Paste this into Searxng Query URL, with your key in place of YOUR_SPECSTREAM_KEY, and click Save:

Searxng Query URL

https://api.specstream.ai/searxng/search?key=YOUR_SPECSTREAM_KEY

The address then holds your key, so keep it in a secret or an environment setting.

Or set it in the environment

On a new install, set the same values as environment variables. After the first start Open WebUI keeps them in its admin settings, so change them there afterward.

.env
ENABLE_WEB_SEARCH=true
WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE=searxng
SEARXNG_QUERY_URL=https://api.specstream.ai/searxng/search?key=YOUR_SPECSTREAM_KEY

Check it works

In a new chat, turn on Web Search and ask about something from this week. The answer lists the pages it read.

Cost

Each search is one Search API call at $5 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results. It comes out of your balance, with no quote and no approval. Search API has the details.

Your key

Create the key under Agents & API in your SpecStream workspace. Sign up and get $10 of credit, no card.

The same setting works in other tools too: Search API by one setting.