From 63f264220b2c5cf0090955181d8db7241e9b7b8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bnyro <bnyro@tutanota.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 05:54:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [feat] engines: add heexy engine (general, images) (#6218)

---
 searx/engines/heexy.py | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 searx/settings.yml     | 16 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 106 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 searx/engines/heexy.py

diff --git a/searx/engines/heexy.py b/searx/engines/heexy.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd41dbd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/heexy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Heexy_ is a minimalist search engine that focuses on privacy.
+
+Although it also supports news and videos, these are not implemented here
+because they usually return no result to very few irrelevant ones.
+
+It seems to use Bing internally, as the image thumbnails are loaded from Bing.
+
+.. _Heexy: https://docs.heexy.org/introduction
+
+"""
+
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+
+import typing as t
+
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAccessDeniedException
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
+
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
+    from searx.search.processors import OnlineParams
+
+about = {
+    "website": "https://heexy.org",
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": None,
+    "use_official_api": False,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+paging = True
+safesearch = True
+
+categories = ["general"]
+heexy_categ = "web"
+"""Category to search in. Can be either "web" or "image"."""
+
+
+base_url = "https://seapi.heexy.org"
+safe_search_map = {0: "off", 1: "on", 2: "on"}
+
+
+def init(_):
+    if heexy_categ not in ("web", "image"):
+        raise ValueError("invalid search category: %s" % heexy_categ)
+
+
+def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
+    args = {
+        "q": query,
+        "page": params["pageno"],
+        "safe": safe_search_map[params["safesearch"]],
+    }
+    if params["searxng_locale"] != "all":
+        args["lang"] = params["searxng_locale"].split("-")[0]
+
+    params["url"] = f"{base_url}/search/{heexy_categ}?{urlencode(args)}"
+    params["headers"]["Origin"] = base_url
+
+
+def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
+    res = EngineResults()
+
+    json_resp = resp.json()
+    if not json_resp["success"]:
+        raise SearxEngineAccessDeniedException()
+
+    result: dict[str, str]
+    for result in json_resp["results"]:
+        if heexy_categ == "web":
+            res.add(
+                res.types.MainResult(
+                    url=result["url"],
+                    title=result["title"],
+                    content=result["description"],
+                )
+            )
+        elif heexy_categ == "image":
+            res.add(
+                res.types.Image(
+                    title=result["description"],
+                    url=result["url"],
+                    thumbnail_src=result["image"],
+                    img_src=result["rawImage"],
+                )
+            )
+
+    return res
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 28e2ddd40..da5d73a37 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1131,6 +1131,22 @@ engines:
     shortcut: hn
     disabled: true
 
+  - name: heexy
+    engine: heexy
+    categories: general
+    heexy_categ: web
+    shortcut: he
+    disabled: true
+    inactive: true
+
+  - name: heexy images
+    engine: heexy
+    categories: images
+    heexy_categ: image
+    shortcut: hei
+    disabled: true
+    inactive: true
+
   - name: hex
     engine: hex
     shortcut: hex