LibreX
A privacy respecting free as in freedom meta search engine for Google
# Online instances
+ [search.davidovski.xyz](https://search.davidovski.xyz/) :gb:
If you wish to get your instance added create an issue with:
+ the URL of your instance
+ the country where your instance is being hosted
Your request will be **rejected** if your instance:
+ contains JavaScript
+ contains ads
+ has been heavily modified
# Features
+ Ad free
+ JavaScript free
+ Cookie free
+ Tracking snippets from URLs are removed
+ Image results are converted to base64 to prevent clients from connecting to Google servers
+ Supports both POST and GET requests
+ YouTube results are converted into a privacy friendly Invidious instance
+ Easy to use JSON API
+ No 3rd party libs are used
+ Easy to setup
# Hosting
Hosting LibreX should be easy since no 3rd party libs are used.
All you need is a webserver (e.g.: nginx) and PHP, and you are good to go.
# API
Example API request: `.../api.php?q=gentoo&p=2&type=0`
Where `q` is the keyword, `p` is the result page (the first page is `0`) and `type` is the search type (`0`=text, `1`=image, `2`=video)
JSON result:
+ In case of text search:
+ `title`: Title of the result site
+ `url`: Full URL of the result
+ `base_url`: The base URL of the result (e.g.: http://example.com/test.php -> http://example.com/)
+ In case of image search:
+ `base64`: The result image converted to base64 format
+ `alt`: The description of the image
+ In case of video search:
+ `title`: Title of the result video
+ `url`: Full URL of the video
+ `base_url`: The base URL of the result (e.g.: http://youtube.com/watch -> http://youtube.com/)
The API also supports both GET and POST requests
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