From 07a802d8fa93460c9f2a7f42da7a1f14a893a322 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shadowghost <Ghost_of_Stone@web.de>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 23:33:56 +0200
Subject: Implement search providers

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 .../Library/IExternalSearchProvider.cs               | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/IExternalSearchProvider.cs

(limited to 'MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/IExternalSearchProvider.cs')

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/IExternalSearchProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/IExternalSearchProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bded8ba3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/IExternalSearchProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Interface for external search providers that offer enhanced search capabilities.
+/// </summary>
+public interface IExternalSearchProvider : ISearchProvider
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Searches for items matching the query.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="query">The search query.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>Async enumerable of search results with relevance scores.</returns>
+    new IAsyncEnumerable<SearchResult> SearchAsync(
+        SearchProviderQuery query,
+        CancellationToken cancellationToken);
+}
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