Frequently Asked Questions

Why doesn't Uruky Site Search have a free trial?

Unfortunately, due to the fact it's too costly to properly avoid bots and other automated tools from abusing our service, we don't offer a free trial. Signup or login and top-up your account to start using Uruky Site Search.

How do I create an account?

To create an account, you can visit this page. You will be asked for an email, a verification code will be sent to it, and you'll allowed to start adding domains, but search won't work until you pay for at least one search and one indexed page.

How much does Uruky cost?

Each 10000 searches and 300 indexed pages costs €30 and are valid for 6 months (note this isn't a subscription; you can get a refund in the first 14 days, but there's nothing to cancel because it's a one-time payment; you will be warned once your account's credits expire, though.

Can I see the source code? / Is Uruky Site Search open source? / Can I self-host Uruky Site Search?

Right now we have no plans to release the source code for Uruky Site Search.

Where are servers and data hosted?

All servers and data are physically in the EU. Payment processing is done in the EU.

What personal data do you store?

We don't store any personal or identifiable data in the database for people making searches. For paying customers (site/domain owners), our user database only has an email address, the timestamp of the account creation, theme customization preferences, currently available search and indexed page counts, and the ID + timestamp of the last payment. Mollie will keep more information (for legal reasons), but we won't have it in our database.

User sessions (to prevent abuse and DDOS attacks) are stored in the database for up to 30 days and only include country of origin and device type (desktop, mobile), to aid in potentially identifying them. We use the IP2Location LITE database for IP geolocation .

Searches, signup and failed login attempts are stored in the database for up to 30 days (to prevent abuse and DDOS attacks) and only include the IP address of origin and the number of failed attempts. No search queries or URLs are stored or logged anywhere.

What are the available search query parameters?

There are several search query parameters you can use to customize your search results:

• q The search query. Required.
• d The domain to search. Required. Multiple domains can be searched by separating them with a comma.
• p The page number to fetch. Default is 1 (first).
• f The format of the search results. html for the standard HTML page, json for JSON-formatted results.
• il The interface language for Uruky (lowercase ISO 639-1 code).
• it The interface theme for Uruky, when not overridden by domain settings ( system, light, dark ).

Is there an API available?

You can use the f=json search query parameter to get JSON-formatted search results, as per the FAQ entry above.