# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# lint: pylint
"""
DuckDuckGo Lite
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"""
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
import re
from urllib.parse import urlencode
import json
import babel
import lxml.html
from searx import (
locales,
redislib,
external_bang,
)
from searx.utils import (
eval_xpath,
eval_xpath_getindex,
extract_text,
)
from searx.network import get # see https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/762
from searx import redisdb
from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
if TYPE_CHECKING:
import logging
logger: logging.Logger
traits: EngineTraits
about = {
"website": 'https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/',
"wikidata_id": 'Q12805',
"use_official_api": False,
"require_api_key": False,
"results": 'HTML',
}
send_accept_language_header = True
"""DuckDuckGo-Lite tries to guess user's prefered language from the HTTP
``Accept-Language``. Optional the user can select a region filter (but not a
language).
"""
# engine dependent config
categories = ['general', 'web']
paging = True
time_range_support = True
safesearch = True # user can't select but the results are filtered
url = 'https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/'
# url_ping = 'https://duckduckgo.com/t/sl_l'
time_range_dict = {'day': 'd', 'week': 'w', 'month': 'm', 'year': 'y'}
form_data = {'v': 'l', 'api': 'd.js', 'o': 'json'}
def cache_vqd(query, value):
"""Caches a ``vqd`` value from a query."""
c = redisdb.client()
if c:
logger.debug("cache vqd value: %s", value)
key = 'SearXNG_ddg_vqd' + redislib.secret_hash(query)
c.set(key, value, ex=600)
def get_vqd(query):
"""Returns the ``vqd`` that fits to the *query*. If there is no ``vqd`` cached
(:py:obj:`cache_vqd`) the query is sent to DDG to get a vqd value from the
response.
.. hint::
If an empty string is returned there are no results for the ``query`` and
therefore no ``vqd`` value.
DDG's bot detection is sensitive to the ``vqd`` value. For some search terms
(such as extremely long search terms that are often sent by bots), no ``vqd``
value can be determined.
If SearXNG cannot determine a ``vqd`` value, then no request should go out
to DDG:
A request with a wrong ``vqd`` value leads to DDG temporarily putting
SearXNG's IP on a block list.
Requests from IPs in this block list run into timeouts.
Not sure, but it seems the block list is a sliding window: to get my IP rid
from the bot list I had to cool down my IP for 1h (send no requests from
that IP to DDG).
TL;DR; the ``vqd`` value is needed to pass DDG's bot protection and is used
by all request to DDG:
- DuckDuckGo Lite: ``https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite`` (POST form data)
- DuckDuckGo Web: ``https://links.duckduckgo.com/d.js?q=...&vqd=...``
- DuckDuckGo Images: ``https://duckduckgo.com/i.js??q=...&vqd=...``
- DuckDuckGo Videos: ``https://duckduckgo.com/v.js??q=...&vqd=...``
- DuckDuckGo News: ``https://duckduckgo.com/news.js??q=...&vqd=...``
"""
value = ''
c = redisdb.client()
if c:
key = 'SearXNG_ddg_vqd' + redislib.secret_hash(query)
value = c.get(key)
if value or value == b'':
value = value.decode('utf-8')
logger.debug("re-use cached vqd value: %s", value)
return value
# Backport of upstream fix d97b84bea (2024-03-03): vqd is no longer in the
# form on lite.duckduckgo.com (which now also returns 202
# to server IPs). Fetch duckduckgo.com root instead and extract vqd from a
#