Typification of SearXNG
=======================
This patch introduces the typing of the results. The why and how is described
in the documentation, please generate the documentation ..
$ make docs.clean docs.live
and read the following articles in the "Developer documentation":
- result types --> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/result_types/index.html
The result types are available from the `searx.result_types` module. The
following have been implemented so far:
- base result type: `searx.result_type.Result`
--> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/result_types/base_result.html
- answer results
--> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/result_types/answer.html
including the type for translations (inspired by #3925). For all other
types (which still need to be set up in subsequent PRs), template documentation
has been created for the transition period.
Doc of the fields used in Templates
===================================
The template documentation is the basis for the typing and is the first complete
documentation of the results (needed for engine development). It is the
"working paper" (the plan) with which further typifications can be implemented
in subsequent PRs.
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/357
Answer Templates
================
With the new (sub) types for `Answer`, the templates for the answers have also
been revised, `Translation` are now displayed with collapsible entries (inspired
by #3925).
!en-de dog
Plugins & Answerer
==================
The implementation for `Plugin` and `Answer` has been revised, see
documentation:
- Plugin: http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/plugins/index.html
- Answerer: http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/answerers/index.html
With `AnswerStorage` and `AnswerStorage` to manage those items (in follow up
PRs, `ArticleStorage`, `InfoStorage` and .. will be implemented)
Autocomplete
============
The autocompletion had a bug where the results from `Answer` had not been shown
in the past. To test activate autocompletion and try search terms for which we
have answerers
- statistics: type `min 1 2 3` .. in the completion list you should find an
entry like `[de] min(1, 2, 3) = 1`
- random: type `random uuid` .. in the completion list, the first item is a
random UUID
Extended Types
==============
SearXNG extends e.g. the request and response types of flask and httpx, a module
has been set up for type extensions:
- Extended Types
--> http://0.0.0.0:8000/dev/extended_types.html
Unit-Tests
==========
The unit tests have been completely revised. In the previous implementation,
the runtime (the global variables such as `searx.settings`) was not initialized
before each test, so the runtime environment with which a test ran was always
determined by the tests that ran before it. This was also the reason why we
sometimes had to observe non-deterministic errors in the tests in the past:
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2988 is one example for the Runtime
issues, with non-deterministic behavior ..
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3650
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3654
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3642#issuecomment-2226884469
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3746#issuecomment-2300965005
Why msgspec.Struct
==================
We have already discussed typing based on e.g. `TypeDict` or `dataclass` in the past:
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1562/files
- https://gist.github.com/dalf/972eb05e7a9bee161487132a7de244d2
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1412/files
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1356
In my opinion, TypeDict is unsuitable because the objects are still dictionaries
and not instances of classes / the `dataclass` are classes but ...
The `msgspec.Struct` combine the advantages of typing, runtime behaviour and
also offer the option of (fast) serializing (incl. type check) the objects.
Currently not possible but conceivable with `msgspec`: Outsourcing the engines
into separate processes, what possibilities this opens up in the future is left
to the imagination!
Internally, we have already defined that it is desirable to decouple the
development of the engines from the development of the SearXNG core / The
serialization of the `Result` objects is a prerequisite for this.
HINT: The threads listed above were the template for this PR, even though the
implementation here is based on msgspec. They should also be an inspiration for
the following PRs of typification, as the models and implementations can provide
a good direction.
Why just one commit?
====================
I tried to create several (thematically separated) commits, but gave up at some
point ... there are too many things to tackle at once / The comprehensibility of
the commits would not be improved by a thematic separation. On the contrary, we
would have to make multiple changes at the same places and the goal of a change
would be vaguely recognizable in the fog of the commits.
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Adds [1] to the searxng.min.js and horizontal swipe events to the image gallery.
[1] https://www.npmjs.com/package/swiped-events
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
All favicons implementations have been documented and moved to the Python
package:
searx.favicons
There is a configuration (based on Pydantic) for the favicons and all its
components:
searx.favicons.config
A solution for caching favicons has been implemented:
searx.favicon.cache
If the favicon is already in the cache, the returned URL is a data URL [1]
(something like `data:image/png;base64,...`). By generating a data url from
the FaviconCache, additional HTTP roundtripps via the favicon_proxy are saved:
favicons.proxy.favicon_url
The favicon proxy service now sets a HTTP header "Cache-Control: max-age=...":
favicons.proxy.favicon_proxy
The resolvers now also provide the mime type (data, mime):
searx.favicon.resolvers
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URLs
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
In its previous implementation, the macro ``checkbox_onoff_reversed`` always
created an ``aria-labelledby`` attribute, even if there was no descriptive tag
with the generated ID (used as the value of the ``aria-labelledby``).
Before this patch, the Nu-HTML-Checker [1] reported 255 issues of this type::
The aria-labelledby attribute must point to an element in the same document. (255)
[1] https://validator.w3.org/nu/
Signed-off-by: Markus <markus@venom.fritz.box>
The ``aria-labelledby`` [1] attribute identifies the element that labels the
element it is applied to. The templates ``infinite_scroll.html`` and
``search_on_category_select.html`` define a ``aria-labelledby`` at the <input>
tag but miss the id in the <div> with the description.
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Attributes/aria-labelledby
Signed-off-by: Markus <markus@venom.fritz.box>
In my review of [1] I tried to reformat the template code of the language
menue whereby I have made two mistakes.
- default language was added twice
- in the 'Auto-detect' item a hard coded `[auto]` was implemented where the
`search_language` variable was needed.
[1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3645
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
If the flag icon is first, it prevents easily searching the select list on the
keyboard. By moving the icon fully to the right, this will enable a user to
search the select list.
Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3645
The use of img_src AND thumbnail in the default results makes no sense (only a
thumbnail is needed). In the current state this is rather confusing, because
img_src is displayed like a thumbnail (small) and thumbnail is displayed like an
image (large).
Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
Previously only result urls were set to open in new tab by default, this should
make the behaviour consistent.
Also adds the missing rel="noreferrer" to the anchor tag. Although this should
not be needed as long as the `referrer-policy: no-referrer` header is set, it's
always nice to play safer than to have to say sorry. For example some reverse
proxy configurations might strip off unwhitelisted headers in which case it's
nice to have this set.
