#!/usr/bin/env python # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later """Script to run SearXNG from terminal. DON'T USE THIS SCRIPT!! .. danger:: Be warned, using the ``standalone_searx.py`` won't give you privacy! On the contrary, this script behaves like a SearXNG server: your IP is exposed and tracked by all active engines (google, bing, qwant, ... ), with every query! .. note:: This is an old and grumpy hack / SearXNG is a Flask application with client/server structure, which can't be turned into a command line tool the way it was done here. Getting categories without initiate the engine will only return `['general']` >>> import searx.engines ... list(searx.engines.categories.keys()) ['general'] >>> import searx.search ... searx.search.initialize() ... list(searx.engines.categories.keys()) ['general', 'it', 'science', 'images', 'news', 'videos', 'music', 'files', 'social media', 'map'] Example to use this script: .. code:: bash $ python3 searxng_extra/standalone_searx.py rain """ # pylint: disable=line-too-long import argparse import sys from datetime import datetime from json import dumps from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional import searx import searx.preferences import searx.query import searx.search import searx.webadapter EngineCategoriesVar = Optional[List[str]] def get_search_query( args: argparse.Namespace, engine_categories: EngineCategoriesVar = None ) -> searx.search.SearchQuery: """Get search results for the query""" if engine_categories is None: engine_categories = list(searx.engines.categories.keys()) try: category = args.category.decode('utf-8') except AttributeError: category = args.category form = { "q": args.query, "categories": category, "pageno": str(args.pageno), "language": args.lang, "time_range": args.timerange, } preferences = searx.preferences.Preferences(['simple'], engine_categories, searx.engines.engines, []) preferences.key_value_settings['safesearch'].parse(args.safesearch) search_query = searx.webadapter.get_search_query_from_webapp(preferences, form)[0] return search_query def no_parsed_url(results: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]: """Remove parsed url from dict.""" for result in results: del result['parsed_url'] return results def json_serial(obj: Any) -> Any: """JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code. :raise TypeError: raised when **obj** is not serializable """ if isinstance(obj, datetime): serial = obj.isoformat() return serial if isinstance(obj, bytes): return obj.decode('utf8') if isinstance(obj, set): return list(obj) raise TypeError("Type ({}) not serializable".format(type(obj))) def to_dict(search_query: searx.search.SearchQuery) -> Dict[str, Any]: """Get result from parsed arguments.""" result_container = searx.search.Search(search_query).search() result_container_json = { "search": { "q": search_query.query, "pageno": search_query.pageno, "lang": search_query.lang, "safesearch": search_query.safesearch, "timerange": search_query.time_range, }, "results": no_parsed_url(result_container.get_ordered_results()), "infoboxes": result_container.infoboxes, "suggestions": list(result_container.suggestions), "answers": list(result_container.answers), "paging": result_container.paging, "number_of_results": result_container.number_of_results, } return result_container_json def parse_argument( args: Optional[List[str]] = None, category_choices: EngineCategoriesVar = None ) -> argparse.Namespace: """Parse command line. :raise SystemExit: Query argument required on `args` Examples: >>> import importlib ... # load module ... spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location( ... 'utils.standalone_searx', 'utils/standalone_searx.py') ... sas = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec) ... spec.loader.exec_module(sas) ... sas.parse_argument() usage: ptipython [-h] [--category [{general}]] [--lang [LANG]] [--pageno [PAGENO]] [--safesearch [{0,1,2}]] [--timerange [{day,week,month,year}]] query SystemExit: 2 >>> sas.parse_argument(['rain']) Namespace(category='general', lang='all', pageno=1, query='rain', safesearch='0', timerange=None) """ # noqa: E501 if not category_choices: category_choices = list(searx.engines.categories.keys()) parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Standalone searx.') parser.add_argument('query', type=str, help='Text query') parser.add_argument( '--category', type=str, nargs='?', choices=category_choices, default='general', help='Search category' ) parser.add_argument('--lang', type=str, nargs='?', default='all', help='Search language') parser.add_argument('--pageno', type=int, nargs='?', default=1, help='Page number starting from 1') parser.add_argument( '--safesearch', type=str, nargs='?', choices=['0', '1', '2'], default='0', help='Safe content filter from none to strict', ) parser.add_argument( '--timerange', type=str, nargs='?', choices=['day', 'week', 'month', 'year'], help='Filter by time range' ) return parser.parse_args(args) if __name__ == '__main__': settings_engines = searx.settings['engines'] searx.search.load_engines(settings_engines) engine_cs = list(searx.engines.categories.keys()) prog_args = parse_argument(category_choices=engine_cs) searx.search.initialize_network(settings_engines, searx.settings['outgoing']) searx.search.check_network_configuration() searx.search.initialize_metrics([engine['name'] for engine in settings_engines]) searx.search.initialize_processors(settings_engines) search_q = get_search_query(prog_args, engine_categories=engine_cs) res_dict = to_dict(search_q) sys.stdout.write(dumps(res_dict, sort_keys=True, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, default=json_serial))