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# Source code for searx.engines.google

    # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
    """This is the implementation of the Google WEB engine.  Some of this
    implementations (manly the :py:obj:`get_google_info`) are shared by other
    engines:

    - :ref:`google images engine`
    - :ref:`google news engine`
    - :ref:`google videos engine`
    - :ref:`google scholar engine`
    - :ref:`google autocomplete`

    """

    import random
    import re
    import string
    import time
    import typing as t
    from urllib.parse import unquote, urlencode

    import babel
    import babel.core
    import babel.languages
    from lxml import html

    from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
    from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineCaptchaException
    from searx.locales import get_official_locales, language_tag, region_tag
    from searx.result_types import EngineResults
    from searx.utils import (
        eval_xpath,
        eval_xpath_getindex,
        eval_xpath_list,
        extract_text,
        gen_gsa_useragent,
    )

    if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
        from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
        from searx.search.processors import OnlineParams

    about = {
        "website": "https://www.google.com",
        "wikidata_id": "Q9366",
        "official_api_documentation": "https://developers.google.com/custom-search/",
        "use_official_api": False,
        "require_api_key": False,
        "results": "HTML",
    }

    # engine dependent config
    categories = ["general", "web"]
    paging = True
    max_page = 50
    """`Google max 50 pages`_

    .. _Google max 50 pages: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2982
    """
    time_range_support = True
    language_support = True
    safesearch = True

    time_range_dict = {"day": "d", "week": "w", "month": "m", "year": "y"}

    # Filter results. 0: None, 1: Moderate, 2: Strict
    filter_mapping = {0: "off", 1: "medium", 2: "high"}

    # specific xpath variables
    # ------------------------

    # Suggestions are links placed in a *card-section*, we extract only the text
    # from the links not the links itself.
    suggestion_xpath = '//div[contains(@class, "gGQDvd iIWm4b")]//a'

    _arcid_range = string.ascii_letters + string.digits + "_-"
    _arcid_random: tuple[str, int] | None = None

    def ui_async(start: int) -> str:
        """Format of the response from UI's async request.

        - ``arc_id:<...>,use_ac:true,_fmt:prog``

        The arc_id is random generated every hour.
        """
        global _arcid_random  # pylint: disable=global-statement

        use_ac = "use_ac:true"
        # _fmt:html returns a HTTP 500 when user search for celebrities like
        # '!google natasha allegri' or '!google chris evans'
        _fmt = "_fmt:prog"

        # create a new random arc_id every hour
        if not _arcid_random or (int(time.time()) - _arcid_random[1]) > 3600:
            _arcid_random = ("".join(random.choices(_arcid_range, k=23)), int(time.time()))
        arc_id = f"arc_id:srp_{_arcid_random[0]}_1{start:02}"

        return ",".join([arc_id, use_ac, _fmt])

    def get_google_info(params: "OnlineParams", eng_traits: EngineTraits) -> dict[str, t.Any]:
        """Composing various (language) properties for the google engines (:ref:`google
        API`).

        This function is called by the various google engines (:ref:`google web
        engine`, :ref:`google images engine`, :ref:`google news engine` and
        :ref:`google videos engine`).

        :param dict param: Request parameters of the engine.  At least
            a ``searxng_locale`` key should be in the dictionary.

        :param eng_traits: Engine's traits fetched from google preferences
            (:py:obj:`searx.enginelib.traits.EngineTraits`)

        :rtype: dict
        :returns:
            Py-Dictionary with the key/value pairs:

            language:
                The language code that is used by google (e.g. ``lang_en`` or
                ``lang_zh-TW``)

            country:
                The country code that is used by google (e.g. ``US`` or ``TW``)

            locale:
                A instance of :py:obj:`babel.core.Locale` build from the
                ``searxng_locale`` value.

            subdomain:
                Google subdomain :py:obj:`google_domains` that fits to the country
                code.

            params:
                Py-Dictionary with additional request arguments (can be passed to
                :py:func:`urllib.parse.urlencode`).

                - ``hl`` parameter: specifies the interface language of user interface.
                - ``lr`` parameter: restricts search results to documents written in
                  a particular language.
                - ``cr`` parameter: restricts search results to documents
                  originating in a particular country.
                - ``ie`` parameter: sets the character encoding scheme that should
                  be used to interpret the query string ('utf8').
                - ``oe`` parameter: sets the character encoding scheme that should
                  be used to decode the XML result ('utf8').

            headers:
                Py-Dictionary with additional HTTP headers (can be passed to
                request's headers)

                - ``Accept: '*/*``

        """

        ret_val: dict[str, t.Any] = {
            "language": None,
            "country": None,
            "subdomain": None,
            "params": {},
            "headers": {},
            "cookies": {},
            "locale": None,
        }

        sxng_locale = params.get("searxng_locale", "all")
        try:
            locale = babel.Locale.parse(sxng_locale, sep="-")
        except babel.core.UnknownLocaleError:
            locale = None

        eng_lang = eng_traits.get_language(sxng_locale, "lang_en")
        lang_code = eng_lang.split("_")[-1]  # lang_zh-TW --> zh-TW / lang_en --> en
        country = eng_traits.get_region(sxng_locale, eng_traits.all_locale)

        # Test zh_hans & zh_hant --> in the topmost links in the result list of list
        # TW and HK you should a find wiktionary.org zh_hant link.  In the result
        # list of zh-CN should not be no hant link instead you should find
        # zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh somewhere in the top.

        # '!go 日 :zh-TW' --> https://zh.m.wiktionary.org/zh-hant/%E6%97%A5
        # '!go 日 :zh-CN' --> https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh/%E6%97%A5

        ret_val["language"] = eng_lang
        ret_val["country"] = country
        ret_val["locale"] = locale
        ret_val["subdomain"] = eng_traits.custom["supported_domains"].get(country.upper(), "www.google.com")

        # hl parameter:
        #   The hl parameter specifies the interface language (host language) of
        #   your user interface. To improve the performance and the quality of your
        #   search results, you are strongly encouraged to set this parameter
        #   explicitly.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#hlsp
        # The Interface Language:
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results_appendices#interfaceLanguages

        # https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2515#issuecomment-1607150817
        ret_val["params"]["hl"] = f"{lang_code}-{country}"

        # lr parameter:
        #   The lr (language restrict) parameter restricts search results to
        #   documents written in a particular language.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#lrsp
        #   Language Collection Values:
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results_appendices#languageCollections
        #
        # To select 'all' languages an empty 'lr' value is used.
        #
        # Different to other google services, Google Scholar supports to select more
        # than one language. The languages are separated by a pipe '|' (logical OR).
        # By example: &lr=lang_zh-TW%7Clang_de selects articles written in
        # traditional chinese OR german language.

        ret_val["params"]["lr"] = eng_lang
        if sxng_locale == "all":
            ret_val["params"]["lr"] = ""

        # cr parameter:
        #   The cr parameter restricts search results to documents originating in a
        #   particular country.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#crsp

        # specify a region (country) only if a region is given in the selected
        # locale --> https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2672
        ret_val["params"]["cr"] = ""
        if len(sxng_locale.split("-")) > 1:
            ret_val["params"]["cr"] = "country" + country

        # gl parameter: (mandatory by Google News)
        #   The gl parameter value is a two-letter country code. For WebSearch
        #   results, the gl parameter boosts search results whose country of origin
        #   matches the parameter value. See the Country Codes section for a list of
        #   valid values.
        #   Specifying a gl parameter value in WebSearch requests should improve the
        #   relevance of results. This is particularly true for international
        #   customers and, even more specifically, for customers in English-speaking
        #   countries other than the United States.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#glsp

        # https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2515#issuecomment-1606294635
        # ret_val['params']['gl'] = country

        # ie parameter:
        #   The ie parameter sets the character encoding scheme that should be used
        #   to interpret the query string. The default ie value is latin1.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#iesp

        ret_val["params"]["ie"] = "utf8"

        # oe parameter:
        #   The oe parameter sets the character encoding scheme that should be used
        #   to decode the XML result. The default oe value is latin1.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#oesp

        ret_val["params"]["oe"] = "utf8"

        # num parameter:
        #   The num parameter identifies the number of search results to return.
        #   The default num value is 10, and the maximum value is 20. If you request
        #   more than 20 results, only 20 results will be returned.
        #   https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results#numsp

        # HINT: seems to have no effect (tested in google WEB & Images)
        # ret_val['params']['num'] = 20

        # HTTP headers

        ret_val["headers"]["Accept"] = "*/*"
        ret_val["headers"]["User-Agent"] = gen_gsa_useragent()

        # Cookies

        # - https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1679#issuecomment-1235432746
        # - https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/1555
        ret_val["cookies"]["CONSENT"] = "YES+"

        return ret_val

    def detect_google_sorry(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
        """Detect Google's bot-protection responses (CAPTCHA / sorry pages).

        Google may block requests in several ways:

        1. Redirect to sorry.google.com (standard CAPTCHA).
        2. HTTP 302 redirect to ``/sorry/index?...`` on the same host -- when the
           HTTP client doesn't follow the redirect, the response body is a short
           HTML stub with a link to the sorry page.
        3. Short HTML response (<2000 bytes) containing "/sorry/" -- a meta-refresh
           or JS redirect variant.
        """

        if resp.url.host == "sorry.google.com" or resp.url.path.startswith("/sorry"):
            raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

        if resp.status_code == 302:
            raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

        if len(resp.text) < 2000 and "/sorry/" in resp.text:
            raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

    def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
        """Google search request"""
        # pylint: disable=line-too-long
        start = (params["pageno"] - 1) * 10
        google_info = get_google_info(params, traits)

        # https://www.google.de/search?q=corona&hl=de&lr=lang_de&start=0&tbs=qdr%3Ad&safe=medium
        query_url = (
            "https://"
            + google_info["subdomain"]
            + "/search"
            + "?"
            + urlencode(
                {
                    "q": query,
                    **google_info["params"],
                    "filter": "0",
                    "start": start,
                    # 'vet': '12ahUKEwik3ZbIzfn7AhXMX_EDHbUDBh0QxK8CegQIARAC..i',
                    # 'ved': '2ahUKEwik3ZbIzfn7AhXMX_EDHbUDBh0Q_skCegQIARAG',
                    # 'cs' : 1,
                    # 'sa': 'N',
                    # 'yv': 3,
                    # 'prmd': 'vin',
                    # 'ei': 'GASaY6TxOcy_xc8PtYeY6AE',
                    # 'sa': 'N',
                    # 'sstk': 'AcOHfVkD7sWCSAheZi-0tx_09XDO55gTWY0JNq3_V26cNN-c8lfD45aZYPI8s_Bqp8s57AHz5pxchDtAGCA_cikAWSjy9kw3kgg'
                    # formally known as use_mobile_ui
                    # "asearch": "arc",
                    # "async": str_async,
                }
            )
        )

        if params["time_range"] in time_range_dict:
            query_url += "&" + urlencode({"tbs": "qdr:" + time_range_dict[params["time_range"]]})
        if params["safesearch"]:
            query_url += "&" + urlencode({"safe": filter_mapping[params["safesearch"]]})
        params["url"] = query_url

        params["cookies"] = google_info["cookies"]
        params["headers"].update(google_info["headers"])

    # regex match to get image map that is found inside the returned javascript:
    # (function(){var s='...';var i=['...'] ...}
    RE_DATA_IMAGE = re.compile(r"(data:image[^']*?)'[^']*?'((?:dimg|pimg|tsuid)[^']*)")

    def parse_url_images(text: str):
        data_image_map = {}

        for image_url, img_id in RE_DATA_IMAGE.findall(text):
            data_image_map[img_id] = image_url.encode('utf-8').decode("unicode-escape")
        logger.debug("data:image objects --> %s", list(data_image_map.keys()))
        return data_image_map

    def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
        """Get response from google's search request"""
        # pylint: disable=too-many-branches, too-many-statements
        detect_google_sorry(resp)
        data_image_map = parse_url_images(resp.text)

        results = EngineResults()

        # convert the text to dom
        dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)

        # parse results
        for result in eval_xpath_list(dom, '//a[@data-ved and not(@class)]'):
            # pylint: disable=too-many-nested-blocks

            try:
                title_tag = eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/div[@style]', 0, default=None)
                if title_tag is None:
                    # this not one of the common google results *section*
                    logger.debug("ignoring item from the result_xpath list: missing title")
                    continue
                title = extract_text(title_tag)

                raw_url = result.get("href")
                if raw_url is None:
                    logger.debug(
                        'ignoring item from the result_xpath list: missing url of title "%s"',
                        title,
                    )
                    continue

                if raw_url.startswith('/url?q='):
                    url = unquote(raw_url[7:].split("&sa=U")[0])  # remove the google redirector
                else:
                    url = raw_url

                content_nodes = eval_xpath(result, '../..//div[contains(@class, "ilUpNd H66NU aSRlid")]')
                for item in content_nodes:
                    for script in item.xpath(".//script"):
                        script.getparent().remove(script)

                content = extract_text(content_nodes[0])

                # Images that are NOT the favicon
                xpath_image = eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/img', index=0, default=None)

                thumbnail = None
                if xpath_image is not None:
                    thumbnail = xpath_image.get("src")
                    if thumbnail.startswith("data:image"):
                        img_id = xpath_image.get("id")
                        if img_id:
                            thumbnail = data_image_map.get(img_id)

                results.append({"url": url, "title": title, "content": content or '', "thumbnail": thumbnail})

            except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
                logger.error(e, exc_info=True)
                continue

        # parse suggestion
        for suggestion in eval_xpath_list(dom, suggestion_xpath):
            # append suggestion
            results.append({"suggestion": extract_text(suggestion)})

        # return results
        return results

    # get supported languages from their site

    skip_countries = [
        # official language of google-country not in google-languages
        "AL",  # Albanien (sq)
        "AZ",  # Aserbaidschan  (az)
        "BD",  # Bangladesch (bn)
        "BN",  # Brunei Darussalam (ms)
        "BT",  # Bhutan (dz)
        "ET",  # Äthiopien (am)
        "GE",  # Georgien (ka, os)
        "GL",  # Grönland (kl)
        "KH",  # Kambodscha (km)
        "LA",  # Laos (lo)
        "LK",  # Sri Lanka (si, ta)
        "ME",  # Montenegro (sr)
        "MK",  # Nordmazedonien (mk, sq)
        "MM",  # Myanmar (my)
        "MN",  # Mongolei (mn)
        "MV",  # Malediven (dv) // dv_MV is unknown by babel
        "MY",  # Malaysia (ms)
        "NP",  # Nepal (ne)
        "TJ",  # Tadschikistan (tg)
        "TM",  # Turkmenistan (tk)
        "UZ",  # Usbekistan (uz)
    ]

    def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits, add_domains: bool = True):
        """Fetch languages from Google."""
        # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel, too-many-branches

        from searx.network import get  # see https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/762

        engine_traits.custom["supported_domains"] = {}

        resp = get("https://www.google.com/preferences", timeout=5)
        if not resp.ok:
            raise RuntimeError("Response from Google preferences is not OK.")

        dom = html.fromstring(resp.text.replace('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>', ""))

        # supported language codes

        lang_map = {"no": "nb"}
        for x in eval_xpath_list(dom, "//select[@name='hl']/option"):
            eng_lang = x.get("value")
            try:
                locale = babel.Locale.parse(lang_map.get(eng_lang, eng_lang), sep="-")
            except babel.UnknownLocaleError:
                print("INFO:  google UI language %s (%s) is unknown by babel" % (eng_lang, x.text.split("(")[0].strip()))
                continue
            sxng_lang = language_tag(locale)

            conflict = engine_traits.languages.get(sxng_lang)
            if conflict:
                if conflict != eng_lang:
                    print("CONFLICT: babel %s --> %s, %s" % (sxng_lang, conflict, eng_lang))
                continue
            engine_traits.languages[sxng_lang] = "lang_" + eng_lang

        # alias languages
        engine_traits.languages["zh"] = "lang_zh-CN"

        # supported region codes

        for x in eval_xpath_list(dom, "//select[@name='gl']/option"):
            eng_country = x.get("value")

            if eng_country in skip_countries:
                continue
            if eng_country == "ZZ":
                engine_traits.all_locale = "ZZ"
                continue

            sxng_locales = get_official_locales(eng_country, engine_traits.languages.keys(), regional=True)

            if not sxng_locales:
                print("ERROR: can't map from google country %s (%s) to a babel region." % (x.get("data-name"), eng_country))
                continue

            for sxng_locale in sxng_locales:
                engine_traits.regions[region_tag(sxng_locale)] = eng_country

        # alias regions
        engine_traits.regions["zh-CN"] = "HK"

        # supported domains

        if add_domains:
            resp = get("https://www.google.com/supported_domains", timeout=5)
            if not resp.ok:
                raise RuntimeError("Response from Google supported domains is not OK.")

            for domain in resp.text.split():
                domain = domain.strip()
                if not domain or domain in [
                    ".google.com",
                ]:
                    continue
                region = domain.split(".")[-1].upper()
                engine_traits.custom["supported_domains"][region] = "www" + domain
                if region == "HK":
                    # There is no google.cn, we use .com.hk for zh-CN
                    engine_traits.custom["supported_domains"]["CN"] = "www" + domain