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title = "Search"
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weight = 100
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Zola can build a search index from the sections and pages content to
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be used by a JavaScript library such as [elasticlunr](http://elasticlunr.com/).
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To enable it, you only need to set `build_search_index = true` in your `config.toml` and Zola will
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generate an index for the `default_language` set for all pages not excluded from the search index.
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It is very important to set the `default_language` in your `config.toml` if you are writing a site not in
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English; the index building pipelines are very different depending on the language.
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After `zola build` or `zola serve`, you should see two files in your static directory:
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- `search_index.${default_language}.js`: so `search_index.en.js` for a default setup
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- `elasticlunr.min.js`
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As each site will be different, Zola makes no assumptions about your search function and doesn't provide
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the JavaScript/CSS code to do an actual search and display results. You can look at how this site
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implements it to get an idea: [search.js](https://github.com/getzola/zola/tree/master/docs/static/search.js).
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## Configuring the search index
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In some cases, the default indexing strategy is not suitable. You can customise which fields to include and whether
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to truncate the content in the [search configuration](@/documentation/getting-started/configuration.md).
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