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DefaultSearchProviderImageURLPostParams

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Parameters for an image URL that uses POST

Supported versions

  • On Windows and macOS since 77 or later

Description

If you enable this policy, it specifies the parameters used when an image search that uses POST is performed. The policy consists of comma-separated name/value pairs. If a value is a template parameter, like {imageThumbnail} in the preceding example, it's replaced with real image thumbnail data. This policy is applied only if you enable the DefaultSearchProviderEnabled and DefaultSearchProviderSearchURL policies.

Specify Bing's Image Search URL Post Params as: 'imageBin={google:imageThumbnailBase64}'.

Specify Google's Image Search URL Post Params as: 'encoded_image={google:imageThumbnail},image_url={google:imageURL},sbisrc={google:imageSearchSource},original_width={google:imageOriginalWidth},original_height={google:imageOriginalHeight}'.

If you don't set this policy, image search requests are sent using the GET method.

Starting in Microsoft Edge 84, you can set this policy as a recommended policy. If the user has already set a default search provider, the default search provider configured by this recommended policy will not be added to the list of search providers the user can choose from. If this is the desired behavior, use the ManagedSearchEngines policy.

Supported features

  • Can be mandatory: Yes
  • Can be recommended: Yes
  • Dynamic Policy Refresh: Yes
  • Per Profile: Yes
  • Applies to a profile that is signed in with a Microsoft account: No

Data type

  • String

Windows information and settings

Group Policy (ADMX) info

  • GP unique name: DefaultSearchProviderImageURLPostParams
  • GP name: Parameters for an image URL that uses POST
  • GP path (Mandatory): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge/Default search provider
  • GP path (Recommended): Administrative Templates/Microsoft Edge - Default Settings (users can override)/Default search provider
  • GP ADMX file name: MSEdge.admx

Example value

content={imageThumbnail},url={imageURL},sbisrc={SearchSource}

Registry settings

  • Path (Mandatory): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
  • Path (Recommended): SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge\Recommended
  • Value name: DefaultSearchProviderImageURLPostParams
  • Value type: REG_SZ

Example registry value

content={imageThumbnail},url={imageURL},sbisrc={SearchSource}

Mac information and settings

  • Preference Key name: DefaultSearchProviderImageURLPostParams
  • Example value:
<string>content={imageThumbnail},url={imageURL},sbisrc={SearchSource}</string>

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