# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
"""Load and initialize the ``engines``, see :py:func:`load_engines` and register
:py:obj:`engine_shortcuts`.
usage::
load_engines( settings['engines'] )
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import sys
import copy
from os.path import realpath, dirname
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict
import types
import inspect
from searx import logger, settings
from searx.utils import load_module
if TYPE_CHECKING:
from searx.enginelib import Engine
logger = logger.getChild('engines')
ENGINE_DIR = dirname(realpath(__file__))
ENGINE_DEFAULT_ARGS = {
# Common options in the engine module
"engine_type": "online",
"paging": False,
"time_range_support": False,
"safesearch": False,
# settings.yml
"categories": ["general"],
"enable_http": False,
"shortcut": "-",
"timeout": settings["outgoing"]["request_timeout"],
"display_error_messages": True,
"disabled": False,
"inactive": False,
"about": {},
"using_tor_proxy": False,
"send_accept_language_header": False,
"tokens": [],
"max_page": 0,
}
# set automatically when an engine does not have any tab category
DEFAULT_CATEGORY = 'other'
# Defaults for the namespace of an engine module, see :py:func:`load_engine`
categories = {'general': []}
engines: Dict[str, Engine | types.ModuleType] = {}
engine_shortcuts = {}
"""Simple map of registered *shortcuts* to name of the engine (or ``None``).
::
engine_shortcuts[engine.shortcut] = engine.name
:meta hide-value:
"""
def check_engine_module(module: types.ModuleType):
# probe unintentional name collisions / for example name collisions caused
# by import statements in the engine module ..
# network: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/762#issuecomment-1605323861
obj = getattr(module, 'network', None)
if obj and inspect.ismodule(obj):
msg = f'type of {module.__name__}.network is a module ({obj.__name__}), expected a string'
# logger.error(msg)
raise TypeError(msg)
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def load_engine(engine_data: dict) -> Engine | types.ModuleType | None:
"""Load engine from ``engine_data``.
:param dict engine_data: Attributes from YAML ``settings:engines/<engine>``
:return: initialized namespace of the ``<engine>``.
1. create a namespace and load module of the ``<engine>``
2. update namespace with the defaults from :py:obj:`ENGINE_DEFAULT_ARGS`
3. update namespace with values from ``engine_data``
If engine *is active*, return namespace of the engine, otherwise return
``None``.
This function also returns ``None`` if initialization of the namespace fails
for one of the following reasons:
- engine name contains underscore
- engine name is not lowercase
- required attribute is not set :py:func:`is_missing_required_attributes`
"""
# pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements
engine_name = engine_data.get('name')
if engine_name is None:
logger.error('An engine does not have a "name" field')
return None
if '_' in engine_name:
logger.error('Engine name contains underscore: "{}"'.format(engine_name))
return None
if engine_name.lower() != engine_name:
logger.warning('Engine name is not lowercase: "{}", converting to lowercase'.format(engine_name))
engine_name = engine_name.lower()
engine_data['name'] = engine_name
# load_module
module_name = engine_data.get('engine')
if module_name is None:
logger.error('The "engine" field is missing for the engine named "{}"'.format(engine_name))
return None
try:
engine = load_module(module_name + '.py', ENGINE_DIR)
except (SyntaxError, KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit, SystemError, ImportError, RuntimeError):
logger.exception('Fatal exception in engine "{}"'.format(module_name))
sys.exit(1)
except BaseException:
logger.exception('Cannot load engine "{}"'.format(module_name))
return None
check_engine_module(engine)
update_engine_attributes(engine, engine_data)
update_attributes_for_tor(engine)
# avoid cyclic imports
# pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraitsMap
trait_map = EngineTraitsMap.from_data()
trait_map.set_traits(engine)
if not is_engine_active(engine):
return None
if is_missing_required_attributes(engine):
return None
set_loggers(engine, engine_name)
if not any(cat in settings['categories_as_tabs'] for cat in engine.categories):
engine.categories.append(DEFAULT_CATEGORY)
return engine
def set_loggers(engine, engine_name):
# set the logger for engine
engine.logger = logger.getChild(engine_name)
# the engine may have load some other engines
# may sure the logger is initialized
# use sys.modules.copy() to avoid "RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"
# see https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/89516
# and https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/sys.html#sys.modules
modules = sys.modules.copy()
for module_name, module in modules.items():
if (
module_name.startswith("searx.engines")
and module_name != "searx.engines.__init__"
and not hasattr(module, "logger")
):
module_engine_name = module_name.split(".")[-1]
module.logger = logger.getChild(module_engine_name) # type: ignore
def update_engine_attributes(engine: Engine | types.ModuleType, engine_data):
# set engine attributes from engine_data
for param_name, param_value in engine_data.items():
if param_name == 'categories':
if isinstance(param_value, str):
param_value = list(map(str.strip, param_value.split(',')))
engine.categories = param_value # type: ignore
elif hasattr(engine, 'about') and param_name == 'about':
engine.about = {**engine.about, **engine_data['about']} # type: ignore
else:
setattr(engine, param_name, param_value)
# set default attributes
for arg_name, arg_value in ENGINE_DEFAULT_ARGS.items():
if not hasattr(engine, arg_name):
setattr(engine, arg_name, copy.deepcopy(arg_value))
def update_attributes_for_tor(engine: Engine | types.ModuleType):
if using_tor_proxy(engine) and hasattr(engine, 'onion_url'):
engine.search_url = engine.onion_url + getattr(engine, 'search_path', '') # type: ignore
engine.timeout += settings['outgoing'].get('extra_proxy_timeout', 0) # type: ignore
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def is_missing_required_attributes(engine):
"""An attribute is required when its name doesn't start with ``_`` (underline).
Required attributes must not be ``None``.
"""
missing = False
for engine_attr in dir(engine):
if not engine_attr.startswith('_') and getattr(engine, engine_attr) is None:
logger.error('Missing engine config attribute: "{0}.{1}"'.format(engine.name, engine_attr))
missing = True
return missing
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def using_tor_proxy(engine: Engine | types.ModuleType):
"""Return True if the engine configuration declares to use Tor."""
return settings['outgoing'].get('using_tor_proxy') or getattr(engine, 'using_tor_proxy', False)
def is_engine_active(engine: Engine | types.ModuleType):
# check if engine is inactive
if engine.inactive is True:
return False
# exclude onion engines if not using tor
if 'onions' in engine.categories and not using_tor_proxy(engine):
return False
return True
def register_engine(engine: Engine | types.ModuleType):
if engine.name in engines:
logger.error('Engine config error: ambiguous name: {0}'.format(engine.name))
sys.exit(1)
engines[engine.name] = engine
if engine.shortcut in engine_shortcuts:
logger.error('Engine config error: ambiguous shortcut: {0}'.format(engine.shortcut))
sys.exit(1)
engine_shortcuts[engine.shortcut] = engine.name
for category_name in engine.categories:
categories.setdefault(category_name, []).append(engine)
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def load_engines(engine_list):
"""usage: ``engine_list = settings['engines']``"""
engines.clear()
engine_shortcuts.clear()
categories.clear()
categories['general'] = []
for engine_data in engine_list:
engine = load_engine(engine_data)
if engine:
register_engine(engine)
return engines
