diff --git a/ircradio/routes.py b/ircradio/routes.py
index 6a212fb..0a4fd09 100644
--- a/ircradio/routes.py
+++ b/ircradio/routes.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Tuple, Optional
-from quart import request, render_template, abort
+from quart import request, render_template, abort, jsonify
 
 import settings
 from ircradio.factory import app
@@ -39,6 +39,52 @@ async def history():
     return data
 
 
+@app.route("/search")
+async def search():
+    # search json api endpoint
+    # e.g: /search?name=test&limit=5&offset=0
+    if not settings.enable_search_route:
+        abort(404)
+
+    from ircradio.models import Song
+    name = request.args.get("name")
+    limit = request.args.get("limit", '20')
+    offset = request.args.get("offset", '0')
+
+    try:
+        limit = int(limit)
+        offset = int(offset)
+    except:
+        limit = 50
+        offset = 0
+
+    if not name or len(name) <= 2:
+        abort(404)
+
+    if limit > 50:
+        limit = 50
+
+    name = f"%{name}%"
+
+    try:
+        q = Song.select()
+        q = q.where((Song.added_by ** name) | (Song.title ** name))
+        q = q.order_by(Song.date_added.desc())
+        q = q.limit(limit).offset(offset)
+        results = [{
+            "added_by": s.added_by,
+            "karma": s.karma,
+            "id": s.id,
+            "title": s.title,
+            "utube_id": s.utube_id,
+            "date_added": s.date_added.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        } for s in q]
+    except:
+        return jsonify([])
+
+    return jsonify(results)
+
+
 @app.route("/library")
 async def user_library():
     from ircradio.models import Song
diff --git a/settings.py_example b/settings.py_example
index 5a07bfe..6adff01 100644
--- a/settings.py_example
+++ b/settings.py_example
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ timezone = "Europe/Amsterdam"
 
 dir_music = os.environ.get("DIR_MUSIC", os.path.join(cwd, "data", "music"))
 
+enable_search_route = bool_env(os.environ.get("ENABLE_SEARCH_ROUTE", False))
+
 irc_admins_nicknames = ["dsc_"]
 irc_host = os.environ.get('IRC_HOST', 'localhost')
 irc_port = int(os.environ.get('IRC_PORT', 6667))