Introduction

Welcome! This tutorial will help you create a customized search in just a few minutes. This tutorial explains how to implement a simple Programmable Search Engine using a predefined javascript widget. For more fine-grained control over search results, see JSON and XML API in the Developer Guide.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

  • build a simple Programmable Search Engine
  • implement a search box on your page
  • add features to the search box
  • customize the look and feel of your search results

By the end of the tutorial, you will have implemented a search feature on a website, searching a predefined set of sites, using the free version of Programmable Search Engine.

Next...

To get started, you need to create an instance of a Programmable Search Engine.