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Sodeom - Private Search Engine

Private search with zero tracking and minimal filtering.

/placeholder and /placeholder/url

Downloadable placeholder images with caching.

Methods

GET

Endpoints

  • /placeholder returns a binary image.
  • /placeholder/url returns a plain text image URL.

Query parameters

Parameter Type Required Description
q string yes Image keyword (for example: mountain).
page integer no Pagination page (default 1, minimum 1).

Behavior

  • Uses the same image fallback chain as /images.
  • Downloads and caches images in placeholders/ by SHA1 hash.
  • If no image is found, serves static/not-found.png.
  • If q is missing, renders the placeholder help page.

Examples

GET /placeholder?q=mountain
GET /placeholder/url?q=mountain