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  <section id="xpath-engine">
<span id="id1"></span><h1>XPath Engine<a class="headerlink" href="#xpath-engine" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<nav class="contents local" id="contents">
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#configuration" id="id2">Configuration</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#example" id="id3">Example</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#implementations" id="id4">Implementations</a></p></li>
</ul>
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<p id="module-searx.engines.xpath">The XPath engine is a <em>generic</em> engine with which it is possible to configure
engines in the settings.</p>
<section id="configuration">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">Configuration</a><a class="headerlink" href="#configuration" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Request:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.search_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.search_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">search_url</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.lang_all" title="searx.engines.xpath.lang_all"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lang_all</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.soft_max_redirects" title="searx.engines.xpath.soft_max_redirects"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">soft_max_redirects</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.method" title="searx.engines.xpath.method"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">method</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.request_body" title="searx.engines.xpath.request_body"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">request_body</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.cookies" title="searx.engines.xpath.cookies"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">cookies</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.headers" title="searx.engines.xpath.headers"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">headers</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Paging:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.paging" title="searx.engines.xpath.paging"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">paging</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.page_size" title="searx.engines.xpath.page_size"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">page_size</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.first_page_num" title="searx.engines.xpath.first_page_num"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">first_page_num</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Time Range:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_support" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_support"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range_support</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range_url</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range_map</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Safe-Search:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_support" title="searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_support"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">safe_search_support</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_map" title="searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_map"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">safe_search_map</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p>Response:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.no_result_for_http_status" title="searx.engines.xpath.no_result_for_http_status"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">no_result_for_http_status</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
<p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a>:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.results_xpath" title="searx.engines.xpath.results_xpath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">results_xpath</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.url_xpath" title="searx.engines.xpath.url_xpath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">url_xpath</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.title_xpath" title="searx.engines.xpath.title_xpath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">title_xpath</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.content_xpath" title="searx.engines.xpath.content_xpath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">content_xpath</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.thumbnail_xpath" title="searx.engines.xpath.thumbnail_xpath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">thumbnail_xpath</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.suggestion_xpath" title="searx.engines.xpath.suggestion_xpath"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">suggestion_xpath</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="example">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">Example</a><a class="headerlink" href="#example" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Here is a simple example of a XPath engine configured in the <a class="reference internal" href="../../admin/settings/settings_engines.html#settings-engines"><span class="std std-ref">engines:</span></a> section, further read <a class="reference internal" href="engine_overview.html#engines-dev"><span class="std std-ref">Engine Overview</span></a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p p-Indicator">-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nt">name </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">bitbucket</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">engine </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">xpath</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">paging </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">True</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">search_url </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">https://bitbucket.org/repo/all/{pageno}?name={query}</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">url_xpath </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">//article[@class=&quot;repo-summary&quot;]//a[@class=&quot;repo-link&quot;]/@href</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">title_xpath </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">//article[@class=&quot;repo-summary&quot;]//a[@class=&quot;repo-link&quot;]</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">content_xpath </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">//article[@class=&quot;repo-summary&quot;]/p</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="implementations">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">Implementations</a><a class="headerlink" href="#implementations" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
</section>
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.search_url">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">search_url</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">None</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.search_url" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Search URL of the engine.  Example:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>https://example.org/?search={query}&amp;page={pageno}{time_range}{safe_search}
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>Replacements are:</p>
<dl>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{query}</span></code>:</dt><dd><p>Search terms from user.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{pageno}</span></code>:</dt><dd><p>Page number if engine supports paging <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.paging" title="searx.engines.xpath.paging"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">paging</span></code></a></p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{lang}</span></code>:</dt><dd><p>ISO 639-1 language code (en, de, fr ..)</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{time_range}</span></code>:</dt><dd><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">URL</span> <span class="pre">parameter</span></code></a> if engine <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_support" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_support"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">supports</span> <span class="pre">time</span>
<span class="pre">range</span></code></a>.  The value for the parameter is taken from
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range_map</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{safe_search}</span></code>:</dt><dd><p>Safe-search <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_map" title="searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_map"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">URL</span> <span class="pre">parameter</span></code></a> if engine
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_support" title="searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_support"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">supports</span> <span class="pre">safe-search</span></code></a>.  The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{safe_search}</span></code>
replacement is taken from the <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">safes_search_map</span></code>.  Filter results:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">none</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">moderate</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="n">strict</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>If not supported, the URL parameter is an empty string.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.lang_all">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">lang_all</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">'en'</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.lang_all" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Replacement <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{lang}</span></code> in <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.search_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.search_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">search_url</span></code></a> if language <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">all</span></code> is
selected.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.no_result_for_http_status">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">no_result_for_http_status</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">[]</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.no_result_for_http_status" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return empty result for these HTTP status codes instead of throwing an error.</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">no_result_for_http_status</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p p-Indicator">[]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.soft_max_redirects">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">soft_max_redirects</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">0</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.soft_max_redirects" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Maximum redirects, soft limit. Record an error but don’t stop the engine</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.results_xpath">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">results_xpath</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">''</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.results_xpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a> for the list of result items</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.url_xpath">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">url_xpath</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">None</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.url_xpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a> of result’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">url</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.content_xpath">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">content_xpath</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">None</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.content_xpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a> of result’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">content</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.title_xpath">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">title_xpath</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">None</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.title_xpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a> of result’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">title</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.thumbnail_xpath">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">thumbnail_xpath</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">False</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.thumbnail_xpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a> of result’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">thumbnail</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.suggestion_xpath">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">suggestion_xpath</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">''</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.suggestion_xpath" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p><a class="reference external" href="https://quickref.me/xpath.html#xpath-selectors">XPath selector</a> of result’s <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">suggestion</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.cookies">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">cookies</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.cookies" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Some engines might offer different result based on cookies.
Possible use-case: To set safesearch cookie.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.headers">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">headers</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.headers" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Some engines might offer different result based headers.  Possible use-case:
To set header to moderate.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.method">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">method</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">'GET'</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.method" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Some engines might require to do POST requests for search.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.request_body">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">request_body</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">''</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.request_body" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The body of the request.  This can only be used if different <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.method" title="searx.engines.xpath.method"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">method</span></code></a>
is set, e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">POST</span></code>.  For formatting see the documentation of <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.search_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.search_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">search_url</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">search</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">query</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="o">&amp;</span><span class="n">page</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">pageno</span><span class="p">}{</span><span class="n">time_range</span><span class="p">}{</span><span class="n">safe_search</span><span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.paging">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">paging</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">False</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.paging" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Engine supports paging [True or False].</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.page_size">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">page_size</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">1</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.page_size" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Number of results on each page.  Only needed if the site requires not a page
number, but an offset.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.first_page_num">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">first_page_num</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">1</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.first_page_num" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Number of the first page (usually 0 or 1).</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_support">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">time_range_support</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">False</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_support" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Engine supports search time range.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">time_range_url</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">'&amp;hours={time_range_val}'</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Time range URL parameter in the in <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.search_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.search_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">search_url</span></code></a>.  If no time range is
requested by the user, the URL parameter is an empty string.  The
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{time_range_val}</span></code> replacement is taken from the <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range_map</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">time_range_url </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;&amp;days={time_range_val}&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">time_range_map</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{'day':</span> <span class="pre">24,</span> <span class="pre">'month':</span> <span class="pre">720,</span> <span class="pre">'week':</span> <span class="pre">168,</span> <span class="pre">'year':</span> <span class="pre">8760}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_map" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Maps time range value from user to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{time_range_val}</span></code> in
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.time_range_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">time_range_url</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">time_range_map</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">day</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">1</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">week</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">7</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">month</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">30</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">year</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">365</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_support">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">safe_search_support</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">False</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_support" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Engine supports safe-search.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_map">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">safe_search_map</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{0:</span> <span class="pre">'&amp;filter=none',</span> <span class="pre">1:</span> <span class="pre">'&amp;filter=moderate',</span> <span class="pre">2:</span> <span class="pre">'&amp;filter=strict'}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.safe_search_map" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Maps safe-search value to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{safe_search}</span></code> in <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.engines.xpath.search_url" title="searx.engines.xpath.search_url"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">search_url</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="highlight-yaml notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nt">safesearch</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="l l-Scalar l-Scalar-Plain">true</span>
<span class="nt">safes_search_map</span><span class="p">:</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">0</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;&amp;filter=none&#39;</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">1</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;&amp;filter=moderate&#39;</span>
<span class="w">  </span><span class="nt">2</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&#39;&amp;filter=strict&#39;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.request">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">request</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">query</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">params</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/engines/xpath.html#request"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.request" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Build request parameters (see <a class="reference internal" href="engine_overview.html#engine-request"><span class="std std-ref">Making a Request</span></a>).</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.engines.xpath.response">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.engines.xpath.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">response</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">resp</span></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 internal" href="index.html#searx.result_types.EngineResults" title="searx.result_types.EngineResults"><span class="pre">EngineResults</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../../_modules/searx/engines/xpath.html#response"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.engines.xpath.response" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Scrap <em>results</em> from the response (see <a class="reference internal" href="../result_types/index.html#result-types"><span class="std std-ref">Result Types</span></a>).</p>
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