From 27283313623c9834e75ff3722056f971207e49c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mgcsysinfcat <143941278+mgcsysinfcat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:57:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] `xpath.py`: fix safesearch handling if safesearch set
 to disabled

---
 searx/engines/xpath.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/searx/engines/xpath.py b/searx/engines/xpath.py
index b1bef923d..c2ec0e8ac 100644
--- a/searx/engines/xpath.py
+++ b/searx/engines/xpath.py
@@ -234,8 +234,9 @@ def request(query, params):
         time_range = time_range_url.format(time_range_val=time_range_val)
 
     safe_search = ''
-    if params['safesearch']:
-        safe_search = safe_search_map[params['safesearch']]
+    safe_search_val = params.get('safesearch')
+    if safe_search_val is not None:
+        safe_search = safe_search_map[safe_search_val]
 
     fargs = {
         'query': urlencode({'q': query})[2:],