Overview

Web Data ยท Search

Search API

Search the web and retrieve results using Geonode's Search API.

At a glance

From request to clean content

Submit a request, let Geonode handle proxies and rendering, and get structured output for your apps and pipelines.

Capabilities

What is Search?

Search runs query-based web search and returns ranked results.

Supports pagination, locale, and filtering options.

Jobs are stored so you can review search history later.

Fit

When to use it

Finding relevant websites
Discovering sources for research
Search-first scraping pipelines
Seeding Map or Extract workflows

Architecture

How it works

A typical search request follows these steps.

01

Submit a search query.

02

Apply optional search settings.

03

Receive search results and a job ID.

04

Review results and paginate as needed.

05

Pass promising URLs to Extract, Batch, or Map.

Documentation

Explore Search guides

Jump into setup, workflows, jobs, and troubleshooting.

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