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  45. <span id="answerer-development"></span><span id="dev-answerers"></span><h1>Answerer Development<a class="headerlink" href="#module-searx.answerers" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
  46. <p>The <em>answerers</em> give instant answers related to the search query, they
  47. usually provide answers of type <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Answer</span></code>.</p>
  48. <p>Here is an example of a very simple answerer that adds a “Hello” into the answer
  49. area:</p>
  50. <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">flask_babel</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">gettext</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="n">_</span>
  51. <span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">searx.answerers</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Answerer</span>
  52. <span class="kn">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nn">searx.result_types</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="n">Answer</span>
  53. <span class="k">class</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nc">MyAnswerer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Answerer</span><span class="p">):</span>
  54. <span class="n">keywords</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="s2">&quot;hello&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;hello world&quot;</span> <span class="p">]</span>
  55. <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">info</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">):</span>
  56. <span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">AnswererInfo</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Hello&quot;</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">description</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">_</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;lorem ..&quot;</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">keywords</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">keywords</span><span class="p">)</span>
  57. <span class="k">def</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nf">answer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="bp">self</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">request</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">search</span><span class="p">):</span>
  58. <span class="k">return</span> <span class="p">[</span> <span class="n">Answer</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">answer</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;Hello&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">]</span>
  59. </pre></div>
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  61. <hr class="docutils" />
  62. <dl class="py class">
  63. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.Answerer">
  64. <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.answerers.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#Answerer"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  65. <dd><p>Abstract base class of answerers.</p>
  66. <dl class="py attribute">
  67. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.Answerer.keywords">
  68. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">keywords</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#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></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer.keywords" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  69. <dd><p>Keywords to which the answerer has <em>answers</em>.</p>
  70. </dd></dl>
  71. <dl class="py method">
  72. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.Answerer.answer">
  73. <em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">answer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">query</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/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../result_types/answer.html#searx.result_types.answer.BaseAnswer" title="searx.result_types.answer.BaseAnswer"><span class="pre">BaseAnswer</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#Answerer.answer"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer.answer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  74. <dd><p>Function that returns a list of answers to the question/query.</p>
  75. </dd></dl>
  76. <dl class="py method">
  77. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.Answerer.info">
  78. <em class="property"><span class="pre">abstract</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">info</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo" title="searx.answerers._core.AnswererInfo"><span class="pre">AnswererInfo</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#Answerer.info"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer.info" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  79. <dd><p>Informations about the <em>answerer</em>, see <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo" title="searx.answerers.AnswererInfo"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AnswererInfo</span></code></a>.</p>
  80. </dd></dl>
  81. </dd></dl>
  82. <dl class="py class">
  83. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswererInfo">
  84. <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.answerers.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">AnswererInfo</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</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/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">description</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/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">examples</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/stdtypes.html#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></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">keywords</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/stdtypes.html#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></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#AnswererInfo"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  85. <dd><p>Object that holds informations about an answerer, these infos are shown
  86. to the user in the Preferences menu.</p>
  87. <p>To be able to translate the information into other languages, the text must
  88. be written in English and translated with <a class="reference external" href="https://python-babel.github.io/flask-babel/index.html#flask_babel.gettext" title="(in Flask-Babel)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">flask_babel.gettext</span></code></a>.</p>
  89. <dl class="py attribute">
  90. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.name">
  91. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">name</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </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></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.name" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  92. <dd><p>Name of the <em>answerer</em>.</p>
  93. </dd></dl>
  94. <dl class="py attribute">
  95. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.description">
  96. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">description</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </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></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.description" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  97. <dd><p>Short description of the <em>answerer</em>.</p>
  98. </dd></dl>
  99. <dl class="py attribute">
  100. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.examples">
  101. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">examples</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#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></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.examples" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  102. <dd><p>List of short examples of the usage / of query terms.</p>
  103. </dd></dl>
  104. <dl class="py attribute">
  105. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.keywords">
  106. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">keywords</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#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></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo.keywords" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  107. <dd><p>See <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer.keywords" title="searx.answerers.Answerer.keywords"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Answerer.keywords</span></code></a></p>
  108. </dd></dl>
  109. </dd></dl>
  110. <dl class="py class">
  111. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage">
  112. <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.answerers.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">AnswerStorage</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#AnswerStorage"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  113. <dd><p>A storage for managing the <em>answerers</em> of SearXNG. With the
  114. <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.ask" title="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.ask"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AnswerStorage.ask</span></code></a>” method, a caller can ask questions to all
  115. <em>answerers</em> and receives a list of the results.</p>
  116. <dl class="py attribute">
  117. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.answerer_list">
  118. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">answerer_list</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#set" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">set</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="searx.answerers._core.Answerer"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.answerer_list" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  119. <dd><p>The list of <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="searx.answerers.Answerer"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></code></a> in this storage.</p>
  120. </dd></dl>
  121. <dl class="py method">
  122. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.load_builtins">
  123. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">load_builtins</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#AnswerStorage.load_builtins"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.load_builtins" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  124. <dd><p>Loads <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">answerer.py</span></code> modules from the python packages in
  125. <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/answerers">git://searx/answerers</a>. The python modules are wrapped by
  126. <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ModuleAnswerer</span></code>.</p>
  127. </dd></dl>
  128. <dl class="py method">
  129. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.register_by_fqn">
  130. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">register_by_fqn</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fqn</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/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#AnswerStorage.register_by_fqn"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.register_by_fqn" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  131. <dd><p>Register a <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="searx.answerers.Answerer"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></code></a> via its fully qualified class namen(FQN).</p>
  132. </dd></dl>
  133. <dl class="py method">
  134. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.register">
  135. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">register</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">answerer</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="searx.answerers._core.Answerer"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#AnswerStorage.register"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.register" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  136. <dd><p>Register a <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="searx.answerers.Answerer"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></code></a>.</p>
  137. </dd></dl>
  138. <dl class="py method">
  139. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.ask">
  140. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ask</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">query</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/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../result_types/answer.html#searx.result_types.answer.BaseAnswer" title="searx.result_types.answer.BaseAnswer"><span class="pre">BaseAnswer</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#AnswerStorage.ask"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers.AnswerStorage.ask" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  141. <dd><p>An answerer is identified via keywords, if there is a keyword at the
  142. first position in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">query</span></code> for which there is one or more
  143. answerers, then these are called, whereby the entire <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">query</span></code> is passed
  144. as argument to the answerer function.</p>
  145. </dd></dl>
  146. </dd></dl>
  147. <dl class="py class">
  148. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers._core.ModuleAnswerer">
  149. <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.answerers._core.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ModuleAnswerer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">mod</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#ModuleAnswerer"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers._core.ModuleAnswerer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  150. <dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.Answerer" title="searx.answerers._core.Answerer"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Answerer</span></code></a></p>
  151. <p>A wrapper class for legacy <em>answerers</em> where the names (keywords, answer,
  152. info) are implemented on the module level (not in a class).</p>
  153. <div class="admonition note">
  154. <p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
  155. <p>For internal use only!</p>
  156. </div>
  157. <dl class="py method">
  158. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers._core.ModuleAnswerer.answer">
  159. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">answer</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">query</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/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../result_types/answer.html#searx.result_types.answer.BaseAnswer" title="searx.result_types.answer.BaseAnswer"><span class="pre">BaseAnswer</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#ModuleAnswerer.answer"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers._core.ModuleAnswerer.answer" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  160. <dd><p>Function that returns a list of answers to the question/query.</p>
  161. </dd></dl>
  162. <dl class="py method">
  163. <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.answerers._core.ModuleAnswerer.info">
  164. <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">info</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo" title="searx.answerers._core.AnswererInfo"><span class="pre">AnswererInfo</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/answerers/_core.html#ModuleAnswerer.info"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.answerers._core.ModuleAnswerer.info" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
  165. <dd><p>Informations about the <em>answerer</em>, see <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.answerers.AnswererInfo" title="searx.answerers._core.AnswererInfo"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">AnswererInfo</span></code></a>.</p>
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