Can't add Kagi as search engine in Brave Mobile for Android using session token

Tyruke

I don't think this is necessarily a bug, but I can't find anything in the FAQ to answer my question.

I use Brave on Android, and I normally set it to clear all data on exit. I figured that I could use Kagi's session token to set Kagi as my default search engine. However, nothing I am doing seems to be working. I thought that I would be able to copy my session token url. Paste it into Brave, perform a search, and then it would pop as an available search engine in the Brave settings. However, no matter what I do, I cannot get it to pop up in the settings. If don't use the session token url and login normally just using kagi.com and perform a search, then it does show up. However, since I always clear my data on exit, I have to keep logging into the search engine even if I set it as my default. I figured that I could use the session token url to solve this problem, but no just cannot figure out how to get Kagi to show up in Brave using it.

Vlad

Tyruke Does the session token work in Brave private window?

Tyruke

The session token works in a private tab, but only if I paste the link into the address bar. It still does not show up in the list of available search engines after performing a search.

Vlad

Tyruke That appears to be a Brave quirk then? Not sure how we would be able to help with it. Perhaps try on their forums?

Tyruke

Actually I just tried using the session token on Chrome as well. After performing a search with the session token (as opposed to logging in) Kagi did not show up in the list of available search engines.

However I did finally figure out how to get the session token url to be used as the default search engine on Chromium based Android browsers.

What I did was paste the session token url into the address bar.

Then I opened a new tab, and went to kagi.com I was already logged in because of the session token.

Then I performed a search in the search bar on the homepage of kagi.com

I then checked search engines in the settings and Kagi appeared as an option, so I picked it as my default search engine.

I cleared all my browsing history and cookies and closed the web browser.

Then I opened the web browser and typed a search in the address bar.

SUCCESS! The browser is using the session token url as the search engine.

I tested this on both Brave and Chrome and it worked. So maybe this might help anyone who always clears history in their Android Chromium based browser.

Vlad

Tyruke Do you mind adding this to Kagi documentation (which is editable) https://help.kagi.com

Tyruke

I am not technically minded enough to understand how to do that, but if somone else would know how, this is how I would word it in the documentation.

Using Private Session Link With Android Chromium Based Browsers

Paste your session link into the address bar and open it.
Open a new tab and navigate to https://kagi.com and submit a search
Open your browser’s settings. Choose Search engine.
Select Kagi from the Recently Visited section.

Vlad

Tyruke Thank you, added it to docs!

Footrest449

I tried this on brave android and just couldn't get Brave to recognise Kagi as a search engine. Other random sites do show up there...