myapp.py

from whoosh.fields import *
import indexing

# Retrieving data
from whoosh.qparser import QueryParser

ix = indexing.get_index()

with ix.searcher() as searcher:
    # find entries with the words 'first' AND 'last'
    query = QueryParser("content", ix.schema).parse(input("search for something:\n"))
    results = searcher.search(query)

    # print all results
    for r in results:
        print(r)