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<span id="searxng-extra-standalone-searx-py"></span><span id="standalone-searx-py"></span><h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">searxng_extra/standalone_searx.py</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#module-searxng_extra.standalone_searx" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Script to run SearXNG from terminal.</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>DON’T USE THIS SCRIPT!!</p>
</div></blockquote>
<div class="admonition danger">
<p class="admonition-title">Danger</p>
<p>Be warned, using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">standalone_searx.py</span></code> won’t give you privacy!</p>
<p>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!</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>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.</p>
</div>
<p>Getting categories without initiate the engine will only return <cite>[‘general’]</cite></p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">searx.engines</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">searx</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">engines</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">categories</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="go">['general']</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">searx.search</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">searx</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">search</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">initialize</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">searx</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">engines</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">categories</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keys</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="go">['general', 'it', 'science', 'images', 'news', 'videos', 'music', 'files', 'social media', 'map']</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Example to use this script:</p>
<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>$<span class="w"> </span>python3<span class="w"> </span>searxng_extra/standalone_searx.py<span class="w"> </span>rain
</pre></div>
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<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searxng_extra.standalone_searx.get_search_query">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searxng_extra.standalone_searx.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_search_query</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#argparse.Namespace" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Namespace</span></a></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">engine_categories</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.List" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">List</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference internal" href="../../src/searx.search.html#searx.search.SearchQuery" title="searx.search.models.SearchQuery"><span class="pre">SearchQuery</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searxng_extra/standalone_searx.html#get_search_query"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxng_extra.standalone_searx.get_search_query" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get search results for the query</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searxng_extra.standalone_searx.no_parsed_url">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searxng_extra.standalone_searx.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">no_parsed_url</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">results</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.List" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">List</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Dict" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Any" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Any</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.List" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">List</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Dict" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Any" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Any</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searxng_extra/standalone_searx.html#no_parsed_url"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxng_extra.standalone_searx.no_parsed_url" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Remove parsed url from dict.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searxng_extra.standalone_searx.json_serial">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searxng_extra.standalone_searx.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">json_serial</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">obj</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Any" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Any</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Any" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Any</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searxng_extra/standalone_searx.html#json_serial"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxng_extra.standalone_searx.json_serial" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#TypeError" title="(in Python v3.13)"><strong>TypeError</strong></a> – raised when <strong>obj</strong> is not serializable</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searxng_extra.standalone_searx.to_dict">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searxng_extra.standalone_searx.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">to_dict</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">search_query</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference internal" href="../../src/searx.search.html#searx.search.SearchQuery" title="searx.search.models.SearchQuery"><span class="pre">SearchQuery</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Dict" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Any" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Any</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searxng_extra/standalone_searx.html#to_dict"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxng_extra.standalone_searx.to_dict" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get result from parsed arguments.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searxng_extra.standalone_searx.parse_argument">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searxng_extra.standalone_searx.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">parse_argument</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.List" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">List</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">category_choices</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.List" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">List</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#argparse.Namespace" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">Namespace</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searxng_extra/standalone_searx.html#parse_argument"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxng_extra.standalone_searx.parse_argument" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Parse command line.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Raises<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><p><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#SystemExit" title="(in Python v3.13)"><strong>SystemExit</strong></a> – Query argument required on <cite>args</cite></p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>Examples:</p>
<div class="doctest highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">importlib</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="c1"># load module</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">spec</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">importlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">util</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">spec_from_file_location</span><span class="p">(</span>
<span class="gp">... </span> <span class="s1">'utils.standalone_searx'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'utils/standalone_searx.py'</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">sas</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">importlib</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">util</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">module_from_spec</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">spec</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">spec</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">loader</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exec_module</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">sas</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="gp">... </span><span class="n">sas</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">parse_argument</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="go">usage: ptipython [-h] [--category [{general}]] [--lang [LANG]] [--pageno [PAGENO]] [--safesearch [{0,1,2}]] [--timerange [{day,week,month,year}]]</span>
<span class="go"> query</span>
<span class="go">SystemExit: 2</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">sas</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">parse_argument</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">'rain'</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="go">Namespace(category='general', lang='all', pageno=1, query='rain', safesearch='0', timerange=None)</span>
</pre></div>
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