[GH-ISSUE #10841] more control over web search settings; multiple configured search providers, and per-user settings. #7119

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opened 2026-04-12 19:07:24 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @ckuethe on GitHub (May 24, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/10841

It would be nice to be able to have more control over web search:

  • configuring multiple web search engines, similar to having multiple models downloaded. I can run Gemma and Llama and Falcon and Phi - I should be able to select between brave and bing and google and yahoo...
  • adding group access control to web search, similar to group access control for models. Maybe two or three users are allowed to use search while the rest can't ... or they have to cut'n'paste from google. Same as some user groups could run coder, or vision, or uncensored models as the admin deems appropriate.
  • users could individually specify their own search engines, subject to server policy. perhaps a site is happy to let Alice, Bob, Carol, and Dave all use whichever of the predefined search engines they want to - as long as they bring their own API keys. And if I'm not willing to pay for a shared API key for all my users to use, I see no reason why Bob should be able to use up Alice's search quota.
Originally created by @ckuethe on GitHub (May 24, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/10841 It would be nice to be able to have more control over web search: * configuring multiple web search engines, similar to having multiple models downloaded. I can run Gemma and Llama and Falcon and Phi - I should be able to select between brave and bing and google and yahoo... * adding group access control to web search, similar to group access control for models. Maybe two or three users are allowed to use search while the rest can't ... or they have to cut'n'paste from google. Same as some user groups could run coder, or vision, or uncensored models as the admin deems appropriate. * users could individually specify their own search engines, subject to server policy. perhaps a site is happy to let Alice, Bob, Carol, and Dave all use whichever of the predefined search engines they want to - as long as they bring their own API keys. And if I'm not willing to pay for a shared API key for all my users to use, I see no reason why Bob should be able to use up Alice's search quota.
GiteaMirror added the feature request label 2026-04-12 19:07:24 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (May 24, 2025):

Ollama doesn't have web search functionality, perhaps you meant to post this in a different project?

<!-- gh-comment-id:2906501777 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (May 24, 2025): Ollama doesn't have web search functionality, perhaps you meant to post this in a different project?
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@ckuethe commented on GitHub (May 24, 2025):

Indeed. sorry for the noise.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2906813443 --> @ckuethe commented on GitHub (May 24, 2025): Indeed. sorry for the noise.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#7119