docs(web-search): add loader engine guidance#1170
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| # Web Loader Engines | ||
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| After your search engine returns URLs, Open WebUI still needs to fetch the page content. The **Web Loader Engine** controls how that content is retrieved for traditional web search, URL fetching, and features like [Save Search Results to Knowledge](./save-to-knowledge). |
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only true for default tool calling mode needs rewording generally
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| | `safe_web` | Static docs, blogs, and simple HTML pages | No browser rendering | None | Fastest and lightest | | ||
| | `playwright` | Single-page apps and JavaScript-heavy sites | Yes | Browser install or remote Playwright endpoint | Slower and heavier than `safe_web` | | ||
| | `firecrawl` | Cleaner extracted content from difficult or noisy pages | Usually yes, via Firecrawl service | Firecrawl API key and service access | External service, may add cost and network dependency | |
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pretty sure custom web loader is missing (external/custom)
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| - It is slower and uses more CPU and memory than `safe_web`. |
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| - Because extraction happens outside Open WebUI, it adds an external network dependency. | ||
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missing external/custom
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thanks please address the above |
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Closes #447.
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