[mod] qwant: remove web lite and improve request spoofing (#6127)

- https://lite.qwant.com seems to be dead.
- The request parameters were changed to match the ones from the Qwant website.
- Qwant is now set to inactive by default due to its strict rate-limits
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Bnyro
2026-05-25 15:46:40 +02:00
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@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ engineered by reading the network log of https://www.qwant.com/ queries.
For Qwant's *web-search* two alternatives are implemented:
- ``web``: uses the :py:obj:`api_url` which returns a JSON structure
- ``web-lite``: uses the :py:obj:`web_lite_url` which returns a HTML page
Configuration
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ This implementation is used by different qwant engines in the :ref:`settings.yml
.. code:: yaml
- name: qwant
qwant_categ: web-lite # alternatively use 'web'
qwant_categ: web
...
- name: qwant news
qwant_categ: news
@@ -39,6 +38,8 @@ Implementations
"""
import typing as t
from datetime import (
datetime,
timedelta,
@@ -47,8 +48,7 @@ from json import loads
from urllib.parse import urlencode
import babel
import lxml
from flask_babel import gettext
from flask_babel import gettext # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]
from searx.enginelib.traits import EngineTraits
from searx.exceptions import (
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ from searx.exceptions import (
)
from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
from searx.utils import (
eval_xpath,
eval_xpath_list,
extract_text,
get_embeded_stream_url,
)
from searx.result_types import EngineResults
if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
from searx.search.processors import OnlineParams
from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
# about
about = {
@@ -82,113 +84,66 @@ max_page = 5
"""5 pages maximum (``&p=5``): Trying to do more just results in an improper
redirect"""
qwant_categ = None
"""One of ``web-lite`` (or ``web``), ``news``, ``images`` or ``videos``"""
qwant_categ: str = None # pyright: ignore[reportAssignmentType]
"""One of ``web``, ``news``, ``images`` or ``videos``"""
safesearch = True
# safe_search_map = {0: '&safesearch=0', 1: '&safesearch=1', 2: '&safesearch=2'}
# fmt: off
qwant_news_locales = [
'ca_ad', 'ca_es', 'ca_fr', 'co_fr', 'de_at', 'de_ch', 'de_de', 'en_au',
'en_ca', 'en_gb', 'en_ie', 'en_my', 'en_nz', 'en_us', 'es_ad', 'es_ar',
'es_cl', 'es_co', 'es_es', 'es_mx', 'es_pe', 'eu_es', 'eu_fr', 'fc_ca',
'fr_ad', 'fr_be', 'fr_ca', 'fr_ch', 'fr_fr', 'it_ch', 'it_it', 'nl_be',
'nl_nl', 'pt_ad', 'pt_pt',
"ca_ad", "ca_es", "ca_fr", "co_fr", "de_at", "de_ch", "de_de", "en_au",
"en_ca", "en_gb", "en_ie", "en_my", "en_nz", "en_us", "es_ad", "es_ar",
"es_cl", "es_co", "es_es", "es_mx", "es_pe", "eu_es", "eu_fr", "fc_ca",
"fr_ad", "fr_be", "fr_ca", "fr_ch", "fr_fr", "it_ch", "it_it", "nl_be",
"nl_nl", "pt_ad", "pt_pt",
]
# fmt: on
# search-url
api_url = "https://api.qwant.com/v3/search/"
"""URL of Qwant's API (JSON)"""
web_lite_url = "https://lite.qwant.com/"
"""URL of Qwant-Lite (HTML)"""
def request(query, params):
def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
"""Qwant search request"""
if not query:
return None
return
q_locale = traits.get_region(params["searxng_locale"], default="en_US")
url = api_url + f"{qwant_categ}?"
args = {"q": query}
results_per_page = 10
if qwant_categ == "images":
results_per_page = 50
args = {
"q": query,
"count": results_per_page,
"locale": q_locale,
"offset": (params["pageno"] - 1) * results_per_page,
"device": "desktop",
"safesearch": params["safesearch"],
"tgp": 1,
"display": True,
"llm": True,
}
params["raise_for_httperror"] = False
if qwant_categ == "web-lite":
url = web_lite_url + "?"
args["locale"] = q_locale.lower()
args["l"] = q_locale.split("_")[0]
args["s"] = params["safesearch"]
args["p"] = params["pageno"]
params["raise_for_httperror"] = True
elif qwant_categ == "images":
args["count"] = 50
args["locale"] = q_locale
args["safesearch"] = params["safesearch"]
args["tgp"] = 3
args["offset"] = (params["pageno"] - 1) * args["count"]
else: # web, news, videos
args["count"] = 10
args["locale"] = q_locale
args["safesearch"] = params["safesearch"]
args["llm"] = "false"
args["tgp"] = 3
args["offset"] = (params["pageno"] - 1) * args["count"]
params["url"] = url + urlencode(args)
return params
params["url"] = f"{api_url}{qwant_categ}?{urlencode(args)}"
def response(resp):
if qwant_categ == "web-lite":
return parse_web_lite(resp)
return parse_web_api(resp)
def parse_web_lite(resp):
"""Parse results from Qwant-Lite"""
results = []
dom = lxml.html.fromstring(resp.text)
for item in eval_xpath_list(dom, "//section/article"):
if eval_xpath(item, "./span[contains(@class, 'tooltip')]"):
# ignore randomly interspersed advertising adds
continue
results.append(
{
"url": extract_text(eval_xpath(item, "./span[contains(@class, 'url partner')]")),
"title": extract_text(eval_xpath(item, "./h2/a")),
"content": extract_text(eval_xpath(item, "./p")),
}
)
return results
def parse_web_api(resp):
def response(resp: "SXNG_Response") -> EngineResults:
"""Parse results from Qwant's API"""
# pylint: disable=too-many-locals, too-many-branches, too-many-statements
results = []
res = EngineResults()
# Try to load JSON result
search_results: dict[str, t.Any] = {}
try:
search_results = loads(resp.text)
search_results = resp.json()
except ValueError:
search_results = {}
pass
data = search_results.get("data", {})
data: dict[str, t.Any] = search_results.get("data", {}) # pyright: ignore[reportAny]
# check for an API error
if search_results.get("status") != "success":
@@ -207,13 +162,13 @@ def parse_web_api(resp):
if qwant_categ == "web":
# The WEB query contains a list named 'mainline'. This list can contain
# different result types (e.g. mainline[0]['type'] returns type of the
# result items in mainline[0]['items']
# different result types (e.g. mainline[0]["type"] returns type of the
# result items in mainline[0]["items"]
mainline = data.get("result", {}).get("items", {}).get("mainline", {})
else:
# Queries on News, Images and Videos do not have a list named 'mainline'
# in the response. The result items are directly in the list
# result['items'].
# result["items"].
mainline = data.get("result", {}).get("items", [])
mainline = [
{"type": qwant_categ, "items": mainline},
@@ -221,8 +176,9 @@ def parse_web_api(resp):
# return empty array if there are no results
if not mainline:
return []
return res
row: dict[str, t.Any]
for row in mainline:
mainline_type = row.get("type", "web")
if mainline_type != qwant_categ:
@@ -232,90 +188,96 @@ def parse_web_api(resp):
# ignore adds
continue
mainline_items = row.get("items", [])
mainline_items: list[dict[str, t.Any]] = row.get("items", [])
for item in mainline_items:
title = item.get("title", None)
res_url = item.get("url", None)
title: str = str(item.get("title", ""))
res_url: str = str(item.get("url", ""))
pub_date: datetime | None = None
thumbnail: str = ""
_date: float | None = item.get("date")
if _date:
try:
pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(_date)
except ValueError:
pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(_date / 1000)
if mainline_type == "web":
content = item["desc"]
results.append(
{
"title": title,
"url": res_url,
"content": content,
}
content: str = str(item.get("desc", ""))
res.add(
res.types.MainResult(
title=title,
url=res_url,
content=content,
)
)
elif mainline_type == "news":
pub_date = item["date"]
if pub_date is not None:
pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(pub_date)
news_media = item.get("media", [])
thumbnail = None
if news_media:
thumbnail = news_media[0].get("pict", {}).get("url", None)
results.append(
{
"title": title,
"url": res_url,
"publishedDate": pub_date,
"thumbnail": thumbnail,
}
thumbnail = str(news_media[0].get("pict", {}).get("url", ""))
res.add(
res.types.MainResult(
title=title,
url=res_url,
publishedDate=pub_date,
thumbnail=thumbnail,
)
)
elif mainline_type == "images":
thumbnail = item["thumbnail"]
img_src = item["media"]
results.append(
{
"title": title,
"url": res_url,
"template": "images.html",
"thumbnail_src": thumbnail,
"img_src": img_src,
"resolution": f"{item['width']} x {item['height']}",
"img_format": item.get("thumb_type"),
}
res.add(
res.types.LegacyResult(
title=title,
url=res_url,
template="images.html",
thumbnail_src=item["thumbnail"] or "",
img_src=item["media"] or "",
resolution=f"{item['width']} x {item['height']}",
img_format=str(item.get("thumb_type")),
)
)
elif mainline_type == "videos":
# some videos do not have a description: while qwant-video
# returns an empty string, such video from a qwant-web query
# miss the 'desc' key.
d, s, c = item.get("desc"), item.get("source"), item.get("channel")
content_parts = []
d: str = item.get("desc", "")
s: str = item.get("source", "")
c: str = item.get("channel", "")
content_parts: list[str] = []
if d:
content_parts.append(d)
content_parts.append(f"{d}")
if s:
content_parts.append("%s: %s " % (gettext("Source"), s))
content_parts.append(f"{gettext('Source')}: {s} ")
if c:
content_parts.append("%s: %s " % (gettext("Channel"), c))
content_parts.append(f"{gettext('Channel')}: {c} ")
content = " // ".join(content_parts)
length = item["duration"]
if length is not None:
length = timedelta(milliseconds=length)
pub_date = item["date"]
if pub_date is not None:
pub_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(pub_date)
thumbnail = item["thumbnail"]
length = timedelta(milliseconds=(item["duration"] or 0))
thumbnail = item["thumbnail"] or ""
# from some locations (DE and others?) the s2 link do
# response a 'Please wait ..' but does not deliver the thumbnail
thumbnail = thumbnail.replace("https://s2.qwant.com", "https://s1.qwant.com", 1)
results.append(
{
"title": title,
"url": res_url,
"content": content,
"iframe_src": get_embeded_stream_url(res_url),
"publishedDate": pub_date,
"thumbnail": thumbnail,
"template": "videos.html",
"length": length,
}
res.add(
res.types.LegacyResult(
title=title,
url=res_url,
content=content,
iframe_src=get_embeded_stream_url(res_url),
publishedDate=pub_date,
thumbnail=thumbnail,
template="videos.html",
length=length,
)
)
return results
return res
def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
@@ -326,7 +288,7 @@ def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
from searx.utils import extr
resp = get(
about["website"],
about["website"], # pyright: ignore[reportArgumentType]
timeout=5,
)
if not resp.ok:
@@ -336,7 +298,7 @@ def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
q_initial_props = loads(json_string)
q_locales = q_initial_props.get("locales")
eng_tag_list = set()
eng_tag_list: set[str] = set()
for country, v in q_locales.items():
for lang in v["langs"]:
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@@ -1794,7 +1794,6 @@ engines:
engine: qwant
shortcut: qw
categories: [general, web]
disabled: true
- name: qwant news
qwant_categ: news