Your account#

Signing in#

Searpa is login-only, every search happens under your account, and there is no public sign-up form. On the hosted service, accounts are invite-only during the alpha; on a self-hosted instance the administrator creates accounts.

Your account can be anonymous: it needs only a username and password, with no email or other personal details. There is no anonymous search (you’re always signed in), but the account behind it need not identify you.

Optional email#

Adding an email address to your account is optional, an account works fully without one. Its only purpose is password reset:

• With an email on file, you can use Forgot password? to receive a reset link.
• Without one, a lost password is unrecoverable, so on a self-hosted instance you’d ask the administrator to reset it.

Your email is never used for marketing, tracking or anything other than account recovery.

Changing your password#

Use the password-reset flow (if you have an email on file) or the account settings to change your password. Self-hosted users without an email should contact their administrator.

API keys#

The programmatic API is a self-hosted feature, it is not available on the hosted searpa.eu service. On an instance you run yourself, create an API key under Settings → API keys:

• Click to create a key, optionally giving it a name.
• The full key is shown only once, copy it somewhere safe immediately. Only a prefix and a hash are stored, so it cannot be shown again.
• Revoke a key any time from the same screen.

Your monthly search total (across the website and the API) is shown in Settings. See the API guide for how to use a key.

Treat an API key like a password. Anyone with it can search as you and consume your rate limit. If a key leaks, revoke it and create a new one.