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