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search

Retrieves search engines and executes a search with a specific search engine.

To use this API you need to have the "search" permission.

Functions

search.get()

Retrieve all search engines.

search.search()

Search using the specified search engine.

Browser compatibility

Example extensions

  • menu-search

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  1. Browser extensions
  2. Getting started
    1. What are extensions?
    2. Your first extension
    3. Your second extension
    4. Anatomy of an extension
    5. Example extensions
    6. What next?
  3. Concepts
    1. Using the JavaScript APIs
    2. Content scripts
    3. Match patterns
    4. Working with files
    5. Internationalization
    6. Content Security Policy
    7. Native messaging
    8. Differences between API implementations
    9. Chrome incompatibilities
  4. User interface
    1. User Interface
    2. Toolbar button
    3. Address bar button
    4. Sidebars
    5. Context menu items
    6. Options page
    7. Extension pages
    8. Notifications
    9. Address bar suggestions
    10. Developer tools panels
  5. How to
    1. Intercept HTTP requests
    2. Modify a web page
    3. Insert external content
    4. Share objects with page scripts
    5. Add a button to the toolbar
    6. Implement a settings page
    7. Work with the Tabs API
    8. Work with the Bookmarks API
    9. Work with the Cookies API
    10. Work with contextual identities
    11. Interact with the clipboard
    12. Build a cross-browser extension
  6. Firefox differentiators
  7. JavaScript APIs
    1. Browser support for JavaScript APIs
    2. alarms
    3. bookmarks
    4. browserAction
    5. browserSettings
    6. browsingData
    7. captivePortal
    8. clipboard
    9. commands
    10. contentScripts
    11. contextualIdentities
    12. cookies
    13. devtools
    14. dns
    15. downloads
    16. events
    17. extension
    18. extensionTypes
    19. find
    20. history
    21. i18n
    22. identity
    23. idle
    24. management
    25. menus
    26. notifications
    27. omnibox
    28. pageAction
    29. permissions
    30. pkcs11
    31. privacy
    32. proxy
    33. runtime
    34. search
      1. Methods
        1. get()
    35. sessions
    36. sidebarAction
    37. storage
    38. tabs
    39. theme
    40. topSites
    41. types
    42. userScripts
    43. webNavigation
    44. webRequest
    45. windows
  8. Manifest keys
    1. Introduction
    1. author
    2. background
    3. browser_action
    4. browser_specific_settings
    5. chrome_settings_overrides
    6. chrome_url_overrides
    7. commands
    8. content_scripts
    9. content_security_policy
    10. default_locale
    11. description
    12. developer
    13. devtools_page
    14. dictionaries
    15. externally_connectable
    16. homepage_url
    17. icons
    18. incognito
    19. manifest_version
    20. name
    21. offline_enabled
    22. omnibox
    23. optional_permissions
    24. options_page
    25. options_ui
    26. page_action
    27. permissions
    28. protocol_handlers
    29. short_name
    30. sidebar_action
    31. storage
    32. theme
    33. theme_experiment
    34. user_scripts
    35. version
    36. version_name
    37. web_accessible_resources
  9. Extension Workshop
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    3. Add-ons chat
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