[enh] data: traits population

Job failing since October 2025.

enh: always raise and reuse data
fix: brave unknown locale
fix: startpage add "brazilian"

searx/engines/duckduckgo.py

@@ -166,30 +166,27 @@ Terms / phrases that you keep coming across:
 """
 # pylint: disable=global-statement
 
-import typing as t
 import json
 import re
+import typing as t
 
 import babel
 import lxml.html
 
 from searx import locales
-
+from searx.enginelib import EngineCache
+from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineCaptchaException
 from searx.external_bang import EXTERNAL_BANGS, get_node  # type: ignore
-
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
 from searx.utils import (
+    ElementType,
     eval_xpath,
     eval_xpath_getindex,
     extr,
     extract_text,
-    ElementType,
     gen_useragent,
 )
-from searx.network import get  # see https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/762
-from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
-from searx.enginelib import EngineCache
-from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineCaptchaException
-from searx.result_types import EngineResults
 
 if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
@@ -355,7 +352,7 @@ def quote_ddg_bangs(query: str) -> str:
         if not val.strip():
             continue
 
-        if val.startswith('!') and get_node(EXTERNAL_BANGS, val[1:]):
+        if val.startswith("!") and get_node(EXTERNAL_BANGS, val[1:]):
             val = f"'{val}'"
         _q.append(val)
     return " ".join(_q)
@@ -412,7 +409,8 @@ def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
             # reputation of the SearXNG IP and DDG starts to activate CAPTCHAs.
             # set suspend time to zero is OK --> ddg does not block the IP
             raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(
-                suspended_time=0, message=f"VQD missed (page: {params['pageno']}, locale: {params['searxng_locale']})"
+                suspended_time=0,
+                message=f"VQD missed (page: {params['pageno']}, locale: {params['searxng_locale']})",
             )
 
         if params["searxng_locale"].startswith("zh"):
@@ -536,34 +534,34 @@ def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
 
     """
     # pylint: disable=too-many-branches, too-many-statements, disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
+    from searx.network import get  # see https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/762
     from searx.utils import js_obj_str_to_python
 
     # fetch regions
 
-    engine_traits.all_locale = 'wt-wt'
+    engine_traits.all_locale = "wt-wt"
 
     # updated from u661.js to u.7669f071a13a7daa57cb / should be updated automatically?
-    resp = get('https://duckduckgo.com/dist/util/u.7669f071a13a7daa57cb.js')
-
+    resp = get("https://duckduckgo.com/dist/util/u.7669f071a13a7daa57cb.js", timeout=5)
     if not resp.ok:
-        print("ERROR: response from DuckDuckGo is not OK.")
+        raise RuntimeError("Response from DuckDuckGo regions is not OK.")
 
-    js_code = extr(resp.text, 'regions:', ',snippetLengths')
+    js_code = extr(resp.text, "regions:", ",snippetLengths")
 
     regions = json.loads(js_code)
     for eng_tag, name in regions.items():
-
-        if eng_tag == 'wt-wt':
-            engine_traits.all_locale = 'wt-wt'
+        if eng_tag == "wt-wt":
+            engine_traits.all_locale = "wt-wt"
             continue
 
         region = ddg_reg_map.get(eng_tag)
-        if region == 'skip':
+        if region == "skip":
             continue
 
         if not region:
-            eng_territory, eng_lang = eng_tag.split('-')
-            region = eng_lang + '_' + eng_territory.upper()
+            eng_territory, eng_lang = eng_tag.split("-")
+            region = eng_lang + "_" + eng_territory.upper()
 
         try:
             sxng_tag = locales.region_tag(babel.Locale.parse(region))
@@ -580,25 +578,23 @@ def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
 
     # fetch languages
 
-    engine_traits.custom['lang_region'] = {}
+    engine_traits.custom["lang_region"] = {}
 
-    js_code = extr(resp.text, 'languages:', ',regions')
+    js_code = extr(resp.text, "languages:", ",regions")
 
     languages: dict[str, str] = js_obj_str_to_python(js_code)
     for eng_lang, name in languages.items():
-
-        if eng_lang == 'wt_WT':
+        if eng_lang == "wt_WT":
             continue
 
         babel_tag = ddg_lang_map.get(eng_lang, eng_lang)
-        if babel_tag == 'skip':
+        if babel_tag == "skip":
             continue
 
         try:
-
-            if babel_tag == 'lang_region':
+            if babel_tag == "lang_region":
                 sxng_tag = locales.region_tag(babel.Locale.parse(eng_lang))
-                engine_traits.custom['lang_region'][sxng_tag] = eng_lang
+                engine_traits.custom["lang_region"][sxng_tag] = eng_lang
                 continue
 
             sxng_tag = locales.language_tag(babel.Locale.parse(babel_tag))