From fd33559cfb623c1e9edef7ab08c1e9fbf43824f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bnyro <bnyro@tutanota.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:00:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] brave: fix images and videos engines

---
 searx/engines/brave.py | 38 ++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/searx/engines/brave.py b/searx/engines/brave.py
index 6eb3851fa..fbbd43c4f 100644
--- a/searx/engines/brave.py
+++ b/searx/engines/brave.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ from lxml import html
 
 from searx import locales
 from searx.utils import (
+    extr,
     extract_text,
     eval_xpath,
     eval_xpath_list,
@@ -253,33 +254,6 @@ def _extract_published_date(published_date_raw):
         return None
 
 
-def parse_data_string(resp):
-    # kit.start(app, element, {
-    #    node_ids: [0, 19],
-    #    data: [{"type":"data","data" .... ["q","goggles_id"],"route":1,"url":1}}]
-    #          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-    kit_start = resp.text.index("kit.start(app,")
-    start = resp.text[kit_start:].index('data: [{"type":"data"')
-    start = kit_start + start + len('data: ')
-
-    lev = 0
-    end = start
-    inner = False
-    for c in resp.text[start:]:
-        if inner and lev == 0:
-            break
-        end += 1
-        if c == "[":
-            lev += 1
-            inner = True
-            continue
-        if c == "]":
-            lev -= 1
-
-    json_data = js_variable_to_python(resp.text[start:end])
-    return json_data
-
-
 def response(resp) -> EngineResults:
 
     if brave_category in ('search', 'goggles'):
@@ -288,7 +262,15 @@ def response(resp) -> EngineResults:
     if brave_category in ('news'):
         return _parse_news(resp)
 
-    json_data = parse_data_string(resp)
+    # Example script source containing the data:
+    #
+    # kit.start(app, element, {
+    #    node_ids: [0, 19],
+    #    data: [{type:"data",data: .... ["q","goggles_id"],route:1,url:1}}]
+    #          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+    js_object = "[{" + extr(resp.text, "data: [{", "}}],") + "}}]"
+    json_data = js_variable_to_python(js_object)
+
     # json_data is a list and at the second position (0,1) in this list we find the "response" data we need ..
     json_resp = json_data[1]['data']['body']['response']