Web Search

Let Open WebUI search the live web and fetch pages, then ground its answers in what it finds. Choose a provider, toggle search on per chat, and have the model cite or save what it retrieves.

Require confirmation before searching

Admins can require users to confirm before a web search runs, so a query is never sent to an external provider unintentionally. Enable it in Settings → Admin → Web Search (or via ENABLE_WEB_SEARCH_CONFIRMATION); the prompt text is set by WEB_SEARCH_CONFIRMATION_CONTENT.

📄️ Agentic Search & URL Fetching

Open WebUI's web search has evolved from simple result injection to a fully agentic research system. By enabling Native Function Calling (Agentic Mode), you allow quality models to independently explore the web, verify facts, and follow links autonomously.

📄️ Save Search Results to Knowledge

The Add Web Sources to Knowledge Action allows you to save web search result URLs directly to your Knowledge Base with a single click. This feature streamlines the process of building a research bank by automating the fetching, sanitizing, and uploading of web content.

🗃️ Providers

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