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<span></span><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/env python</span>
<span class="c1"># SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later</span>
<span class="sd">"""Update :origin:`searx/data/external_bangs.json` using the duckduckgo bangs</span>
<span class="sd">from :py:obj:`BANGS_URL`.</span>
<span class="sd">- :origin:`CI Update data ... <.github/workflows/data-update.yml>`</span>
<span class="sd">"""</span>
<span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">json</span>
<span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">httpx</span>
<span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">searx.external_bang</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">LEAF_KEY</span>
<span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">searx.data</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">data_dir</span>
<span class="n">DATA_FILE</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">data_dir</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="s1">'external_bangs.json'</span>
<span class="n">BANGS_URL</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'https://duckduckgo.com/bang.js'</span>
<span class="sd">"""JSON file which contains the bangs."""</span>
<span class="n">HTTPS_COLON</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'https:'</span>
<span class="n">HTTP_COLON</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s1">'http:'</span>
<span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="sa">f</span><span class="s1">'fetch bangs from </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">BANGS_URL</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s1">'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">response</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">httpx</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">BANGS_URL</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">raise_for_status</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">ddg_bangs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">json</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">loads</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">response</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">content</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">decode</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">trie</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">parse_ddg_bangs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ddg_bangs</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="s1">'version'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'trie'</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">trie</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">DATA_FILE</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'w'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">encoding</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"utf8"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">json</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">dump</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">output</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">indent</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">sort_keys</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ensure_ascii</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">False</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">merge_when_no_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="sd">"""Minimize the number of nodes</span>
<span class="sd"> ``A -> B -> C``</span>
<span class="sd"> - ``B`` is child of ``A``</span>
<span class="sd"> - ``C`` is child of ``B``</span>
<span class="sd"> If there are no ``C`` equals to ``<LEAF_KEY>``, then each ``C`` are merged</span>
<span class="sd"> into ``A``. For example (5 nodes)::</span>
<span class="sd"> d -> d -> g -> <LEAF_KEY> (ddg)</span>
<span class="sd"> -> i -> g -> <LEAF_KEY> (dig)</span>
<span class="sd"> becomes (3 nodes)::</span>
<span class="sd"> d -> dg -> <LEAF_KEY></span>
<span class="sd"> -> ig -> <LEAF_KEY></span>
<span class="sd"> """</span>
<span class="n">restart</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">return</span>
<span class="c1"># create a copy of the keys so node can be modified</span>
<span class="n">keys</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">key</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">key</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">LEAF_KEY</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">continue</span>
<span class="n">value</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">node</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">value_keys</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">LEAF_KEY</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">value_keys</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">value_key</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">value_keys</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">node</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">value_key</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">value_key</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">merge_when_no_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">value_key</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="k">del</span> <span class="n">node</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">restart</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">merge_when_no_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">restart</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">merge_when_no_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">)</span></div>
<span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">optimize_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">parent</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">parent_key</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">node</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="nb">isinstance</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">dict</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="k">return</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">LEAF_KEY</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">node</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">parent</span> <span class="ow">is</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">parent</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">parent_key</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">node</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">LEAF_KEY</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">node</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">items</span><span class="p">():</span>
<span class="n">optimize_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">node</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">key</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">parse_ddg_bangs</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ddg_bangs</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">bang_trie</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="n">bang_urls</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">bang_definition</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">ddg_bangs</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="c1"># bang_list</span>
<span class="n">bang_url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_definition</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'u'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="s1">'{{</span><span class="si">{s}</span><span class="s1">}}'</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="c1"># ignore invalid bang</span>
<span class="k">continue</span>
<span class="n">bang_url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">replace</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'{{</span><span class="si">{s}</span><span class="s1">}}'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nb">chr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">))</span>
<span class="c1"># only for the https protocol: "https://example.com" becomes "//example.com"</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">startswith</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">HTTPS_COLON</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s1">'//'</span><span class="p">):</span>
<span class="n">bang_url</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">HTTPS_COLON</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">:]</span>
<span class="c1">#</span>
<span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">startswith</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">HTTP_COLON</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="s1">'//'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="ow">and</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">HTTP_COLON</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">:]</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">bang_urls</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="c1"># if the bang_url uses the http:// protocol, and the same URL exists in https://</span>
<span class="c1"># then reuse the https:// bang definition. (written //example.com)</span>
<span class="n">bang_def_output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_urls</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">len</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">HTTP_COLON</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">:]]</span>
<span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="c1"># normal use case : new http:// URL or https:// URL (without "https:", see above)</span>
<span class="n">bang_rank</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bang_definition</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'r'</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="n">bang_def_output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_url</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="nb">chr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">bang_rank</span>
<span class="n">bang_def_output</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_urls</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">setdefault</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">bang_def_output</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">bang_urls</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="n">bang_url</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_def_output</span>
<span class="c1"># bang name</span>
<span class="n">bang</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_definition</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="s1">'t'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="c1"># bang_trie</span>
<span class="n">t</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">bang_trie</span>
<span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">bang_letter</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">bang</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="n">t</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">t</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">setdefault</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bang_letter</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="p">{})</span>
<span class="n">t</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">t</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">setdefault</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">LEAF_KEY</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">bang_def_output</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># optimize the trie</span>
<span class="n">merge_when_no_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">bang_trie</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">optimize_leaf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">bang_trie</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">bang_trie</span>
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<span class="n">main</span><span class="p">()</span>
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