[GH-ISSUE #5046] Feature Req: Web Search URL shortcut #52507

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opened 2026-05-05 13:35:44 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
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Originally created by @mr-gepardas on GitHub (Aug 30, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/5046

Originally assigned to: @tjbck on GitHub.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Browser Search Engine Integration is quite a neat feature, especially since can have additional parameters like model and if it is a private chat (not to be saved). Would also be very useful if it was possible to add another parameter if Web Search should be enabled. This way could have a web search done and LLM summarise the results, which then you could continue questioning.

Describe the solution you'd like
Additional URL parameter like "web-search=true", to force the chat to have web search enabled on the very first response. Would also be useful if the web search RAG would then appear in the chat, just like if user uploaded a file or used "#" for the website.

Originally created by @mr-gepardas on GitHub (Aug 30, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/5046 Originally assigned to: @tjbck on GitHub. **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Browser Search Engine Integration is quite a neat feature, especially since can have additional parameters like model and if it is a private chat (not to be saved). Would also be very useful if it was possible to add another parameter if Web Search should be enabled. This way could have a web search done and LLM summarise the results, which then you could continue questioning. **Describe the solution you'd like** Additional URL parameter like "web-search=true", to force the chat to have web search enabled on the very first response. Would also be useful if the web search RAG would then appear in the chat, just like if user uploaded a file or used "#" for the website.
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@mdlmarkham commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2024):

Sounds a little like Perplexica - I'd love to see OpenWebUI integrate with or absorb its functionality.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2322290612 --> @mdlmarkham commented on GitHub (Aug 30, 2024): Sounds a little like [Perplexica](https://github.com/ItzCrazyKns/Perplexica) - I'd love to see OpenWebUI integrate with or absorb its functionality.
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@tjbck commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2024):

Added to dev!

<!-- gh-comment-id:2326501041 --> @tjbck commented on GitHub (Sep 3, 2024): Added to dev!
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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#52507