Chapter on the purpose of (git) commits
The commits and their messages are elementary for the traceability of changes
and are unfortunately still too often given too little attention.
It therefore seems necessary to dedicate a chapter to this topic in the context
of development.
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
container.yml will run after integration.yml COMPLETES successfully and in master branch.
Style changes, cleanup and improved integration with CI by leveraging the use of
shared cache between all workflows.
* Podman is now supported to build the container images (Docker also received a refactor, merging both build and buildx)
* Container images are being built by Buildah instead of Docker BuildKit.
* Container images are tested before release.
* Splitting "modern" (amd64 & arm64) and "legacy" (armv7) arches on different Dockerfiles allowing future optimizations.
The language settings page in the documentation reference languages.py which was
removed in commit c9cd376
Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4690
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
* filtering ChinaSo-News results by source, option ``chinaso_news_source``
* add ChinaSo engine to the online docs https://docs.searxng.org/dev/engines/online/chinaso.html
* fix SearXNG categories in the settings.yml
* deactivate ChinaSo engines ``inactive: true`` until [1] is fixed
* configure network of the ChinaSo engines
[1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4694
Signed-off-by: @BrandonStudio
Co-authored-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Re-writes the Mullvad Leta integration to work with the new breaking changes.
Mullvad Leta is a search engine proxy. Currently Leta only offers text search
results not image, news or any other types of search result. Leta acts as a
proxy to Google and Brave search results.
- Remove docstring comments regarding requiring the use of Mullvad VPN, which is
no longer a hard requirement.
- configured two engines: ``mullvadleta`` (uses google) and
``mullvadleta brave`` (uses brave)
- since leta may not provide up-to-date search results, both search engines are
disabled by default.
.. hint::
Leta caches each search for up to 30 days. For example, if you use search
terms like ``news``, contrary to your intention you'll get very old results!
Co-authored-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Signed-off-by: Grant Lanham <contact@grantlanham.com>
A local development server can be launched by one of these command lines::
$ flask --app searx.webapp run
$ python -m searx.webapp
The different ways of starting the server should lead to the same result, which
is generally the case. However, if the modules are reloaded after code
changes (reload option), it must be avoided that the application is initialized
twice at startup. We have already discussed this in 2022 [1][2].
Further information on this topic can be found in [3][4][5].
To test a bash in the ./local environment was started and the follwing commands
had been executed::
$ ./manage pyenv.cmd bash --norc --noprofile
(py3) SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 flask --app searx.webapp run --reload
(py3) SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 python -m searx.webapp
Since the generic parts of the docs also initialize the app to generate doc from
it, the build of the docs was also tested::
$ make docs.clean docs.live
[1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1656#issuecomment-1214198941
[2] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1616#issuecomment-1206137468
[3] https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/stable/api/#flask.Flask.run
[4] https://github.com/pallets/flask/issues/5307#issuecomment-1774646119
[5] https://stackoverflow.com/a/25504196
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
BTW: fix a bug with sys.path: repo-root (not util) needs to added to generate
autodoc from scripts in ./searxng_extra
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
This patch brings two major changes:
- ``Result.filter_urls(..)`` to pass a filter function for URL fields
- The ``enabled_plugins:`` section in SearXNG's settings do no longer exists.
To understand plugin development compile documentation:
$ make docs.clean docs.live
and read http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/plugins/development.html
There is no longer a distinction between built-in and external plugin, all
plugins are registered via the settings in the ``plugins:`` section.
In SearXNG, plugins can be registered via a fully qualified class name. A
configuration (`PluginCfg`) can be transferred to the plugin, e.g. to activate
it by default / *opt-in* or *opt-out* from user's point of view.
built-in plugins
================
The built-in plugins are all located in the namespace `searx.plugins`.
.. code:: yaml
plugins:
searx.plugins.calculator.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.hash_plugin.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.self_info.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.tracker_url_remover.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.unit_converter.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.ahmia_filter.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.hostnames.SXNGPlugin:
active: true
searx.plugins.oa_doi_rewrite.SXNGPlugin:
active: false
searx.plugins.tor_check.SXNGPlugin:
active: false
external plugins
================
SearXNG supports *external plugins* / there is no need to install one, SearXNG
runs out of the box.
- Only show green hosted results: https://github.com/return42/tgwf-searx-plugins/
To get a developer installation in a SearXNG developer environment:
.. code:: sh
$ git clone git@github.com:return42/tgwf-searx-plugins.git
$ ./manage pyenv.cmd python -m \
pip install -e tgwf-searx-plugins
To register the plugin in SearXNG add ``only_show_green_results.SXNGPlugin`` to
the ``plugins:``:
.. code:: yaml
plugins:
# ...
only_show_green_results.SXNGPlugin:
active: false
Result.filter_urls(..)
======================
The ``Result.filter_urls(..)`` can be used to filter and/or modify URL fields.
In the following example, the filter function ``my_url_filter``:
.. code:: python
def my_url_filter(result, field_name, url_src) -> bool | str:
if "google" in url_src:
return False # remove URL field from result
if "facebook" in url_src:
new_url = url_src.replace("facebook", "fb-dummy")
return new_url # return modified URL
return True # leave URL in field unchanged
is applied to all URL fields in the :py:obj:`Plugin.on_result` hook:
.. code:: python
class MyUrlFilter(Plugin):
...
def on_result(self, request, search, result) -> bool:
result.filter_urls(my_url_filter)
return True
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
This patch adds a new result type: KeyValue
- Python class: searx/result_types/keyvalue.py
- Jinja template: searx/templates/simple/result_templates/keyvalue.html
- CSS (less) client/simple/src/less/result_types/keyvalue.less
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
The class ReslutContainer has been revised, it can now handle the typed Result
items of classes:
- MainResult
- LegacyResult (a dict wrapper for backward compatibility)
Due to the now complete typing of theses three clases, instead of the *getitem*
accesses, the fields can now be accessed directly via attributes (which is also
supported by the IDE).
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
as long we don't have a solution for #4334 we can't offer startpage as
autocomplete backend.
Related:
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4334
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
In [1] and [2] we discussed the need of a Result.results property and how we can
avoid unclear code. This patch implements a class for the reslut-lists of
engines::
searx.result_types.EngineResults
A simple example for the usage in engine development::
from searx.result_types import EngineResults
...
def response(resp) -> EngineResults:
res = EngineResults()
...
res.add( res.types.Answer(answer="lorem ipsum ..", url="https://example.org") )
...
return res
[1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4183#pullrequestreview-257400034
[2] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4183#issuecomment-2614301580
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Typification of SearXNG
=======================
This patch introduces the typing of the results. The why and how is described
in the documentation, please generate the documentation ..
$ make docs.clean docs.live
and read the following articles in the "Developer documentation":
- result types --> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/result_types/index.html
The result types are available from the `searx.result_types` module. The
following have been implemented so far:
- base result type: `searx.result_type.Result`
--> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/result_types/base_result.html
- answer results
--> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/result_types/answer.html
including the type for translations (inspired by #3925). For all other
types (which still need to be set up in subsequent PRs), template documentation
has been created for the transition period.
Doc of the fields used in Templates
===================================
The template documentation is the basis for the typing and is the first complete
documentation of the results (needed for engine development). It is the
"working paper" (the plan) with which further typifications can be implemented
in subsequent PRs.
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/357
Answer Templates
================
With the new (sub) types for `Answer`, the templates for the answers have also
been revised, `Translation` are now displayed with collapsible entries (inspired
by #3925).
!en-de dog
Plugins & Answerer
==================
The implementation for `Plugin` and `Answer` has been revised, see
documentation:
- Plugin: http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/plugins/index.html
- Answerer: http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/answerers/index.html
With `AnswerStorage` and `AnswerStorage` to manage those items (in follow up
PRs, `ArticleStorage`, `InfoStorage` and .. will be implemented)
Autocomplete
============
The autocompletion had a bug where the results from `Answer` had not been shown
in the past. To test activate autocompletion and try search terms for which we
have answerers
- statistics: type `min 1 2 3` .. in the completion list you should find an
entry like `[de] min(1, 2, 3) = 1`
- random: type `random uuid` .. in the completion list, the first item is a
random UUID
Extended Types
==============
SearXNG extends e.g. the request and response types of flask and httpx, a module
has been set up for type extensions:
- Extended Types
--> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/extended_types.html
Unit-Tests
==========
The unit tests have been completely revised. In the previous implementation,
the runtime (the global variables such as `searx.settings`) was not initialized
before each test, so the runtime environment with which a test ran was always
determined by the tests that ran before it. This was also the reason why we
sometimes had to observe non-deterministic errors in the tests in the past:
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2988 is one example for the Runtime
issues, with non-deterministic behavior ..
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3650
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3654
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3642#issuecomment-2226884469
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3746#issuecomment-2300965005
Why msgspec.Struct
==================
We have already discussed typing based on e.g. `TypeDict` or `dataclass` in the past:
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1562/files
- https://gist.github.com/dalf/972eb05e7a9bee161487132a7de244d2
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1412/files
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1356
In my opinion, TypeDict is unsuitable because the objects are still dictionaries
and not instances of classes / the `dataclass` are classes but ...
The `msgspec.Struct` combine the advantages of typing, runtime behaviour and
also offer the option of (fast) serializing (incl. type check) the objects.
Currently not possible but conceivable with `msgspec`: Outsourcing the engines
into separate processes, what possibilities this opens up in the future is left
to the imagination!
Internally, we have already defined that it is desirable to decouple the
development of the engines from the development of the SearXNG core / The
serialization of the `Result` objects is a prerequisite for this.
HINT: The threads listed above were the template for this PR, even though the
implementation here is based on msgspec. They should also be an inspiration for
the following PRs of typification, as the models and implementations can provide
a good direction.
Why just one commit?
====================
I tried to create several (thematically separated) commits, but gave up at some
point ... there are too many things to tackle at once / The comprehensibility of
the commits would not be improved by a thematic separation. On the contrary, we
would have to make multiple changes at the same places and the goal of a change
would be vaguely recognizable in the fog of the commits.
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
The engine has been revised; there is now the option ``adobe_content_types``
with which it is possible to configure engines for video and audio from the
adobe stock. BTW this patch adds documentation to the engine.
To test all three engines in one use a search term like::
!asi !asv !asa sound
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
The quantities on the intro page were partly out of date / example; we already
have 210 engines and not just 70. To avoid having to change the quantities
manually in the future, they are now calculated from the jinja context
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
All favicons implementations have been documented and moved to the Python
package:
searx.favicons
There is a configuration (based on Pydantic) for the favicons and all its
components:
searx.favicons.config
A solution for caching favicons has been implemented:
searx.favicon.cache
If the favicon is already in the cache, the returned URL is a data URL [1]
(something like `data:image/png;base64,...`). By generating a data url from
the FaviconCache, additional HTTP roundtripps via the favicon_proxy are saved:
favicons.proxy.favicon_url
The favicon proxy service now sets a HTTP header "Cache-Control: max-age=...":
favicons.proxy.favicon_proxy
The resolvers now also provide the mime type (data, mime):
searx.favicon.resolvers
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URLs
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
