From 8e824017dc88cebe5a42ee6ca04315ca9545f717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carsten Csiky <carsten.csiky@vier.ai>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:21:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [feat] engines: add artstation engine (#5728)

- use proper Brave API with api_key for search

Co-authored-by: Bnyro <bnyro@tutanota.com>
---
 docs/dev/engines/online/brave.rst |  25 +++++-
 searx/engines/braveapi.py         | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 searx/settings.yml                |   6 ++
 3 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 searx/engines/braveapi.py

diff --git a/docs/dev/engines/online/brave.rst b/docs/dev/engines/online/brave.rst
index a1c589b9d..96606f3bf 100644
--- a/docs/dev/engines/online/brave.rst
+++ b/docs/dev/engines/online/brave.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-.. _brave engine:
-
 =============
 Brave Engines
 =============
@@ -9,5 +7,26 @@ Brave Engines
    :local:
    :backlinks: entry
 
+Brave offers two different engines for SearXNG:
+
+1. The standard engine (``brave``) uses the web interface.
+2. The API engine (``braveapi``) uses the official REST API.
+
+.. _brave engine:
+
+Brave Standard Engine
+---------------------
+
 .. automodule:: searx.engines.brave
-  :members:
+   :members:
+
+.. _braveapi engine:
+
+Brave API Engine
+----------------
+
+.. automodule:: searx.engines.braveapi
+   :members:
+
+The API engine requires an API key from Brave. This can be obtained from the
+`API Dashboard <https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/>`_.
diff --git a/searx/engines/braveapi.py b/searx/engines/braveapi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a25258548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/braveapi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Engine to search using the Brave (WEB) Search API.
+
+.. _Brave Search API: https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation
+
+Configuration
+=============
+
+The engine has the following mandatory setting:
+
+- :py:obj:`api_key`
+
+Optional settings are:
+
+- :py:obj:`results_per_page`
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+  - name: braveapi
+    engine: braveapi
+    api_key: 'YOUR-API-KEY'  # required
+    results_per_page: 20     # optional
+
+The API supports paging and time filters.
+"""
+
+import typing as t
+
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+from dateutil import parser
+
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException
+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://api.search.brave.com/",
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": "https://api-dashboard.search.brave.com/documentation",
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": True,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+api_key: str = ""
+"""API key for Brave Search API (required)."""
+
+categories = ["general", "web"]
+paging = True
+safesearch = True
+time_range_support = True
+
+results_per_page: int = 20
+"""Maximum number of results per page (default 20)."""
+
+base_url = "https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search"
+"""Base URL for the Brave Search API."""
+
+time_range_map = {"day": "past_day", "week": "past_week", "month": "past_month", "year": "past_year"}
+"""Mapping of SearXNG time ranges to Brave API time ranges."""
+
+
+def init(_):
+    """Initialize the engine."""
+    if not api_key:
+        raise SearxEngineAPIException("No API key provided")
+
+
+def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
+    """Create the API request."""
+    search_args: dict[str, str | int | None] = {
+        "q": query,
+        "count": results_per_page,
+        "offset": (params["pageno"] - 1) * results_per_page,
+    }
+
+    # Apply time filter if specified
+    if params["time_range"]:
+        search_args["time_range"] = time_range_map.get(params["time_range"])
+
+    # Apply SafeSearch if enabled
+    if params["safesearch"]:
+        search_args["safesearch"] = "strict"
+
+    params["url"] = f"{base_url}?{urlencode(search_args)}"
+    params["headers"]["X-Subscription-Token"] = api_key
+
+
+def _extract_published_date(published_date_raw: str):
+    """Extract and parse the published date from the API response.
+
+    Args:
+        published_date_raw: Raw date string from the API
+
+    Returns:
+        Parsed datetime object or None if parsing fails
+    """
+    if not published_date_raw:
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        return parser.parse(published_date_raw)
+    except parser.ParserError:
+        return None
+
+
+def response(resp: "SXNG_Response") -> EngineResults:
+    """Process the API response and return results."""
+    res = EngineResults()
+    data = resp.json()
+
+    for result in data.get("web", {}).get("results", []):
+        res.add(
+            res.types.MainResult(
+                url=result["url"],
+                title=result["title"],
+                content=result.get("description", ""),
+                publishedDate=_extract_published_date(result.get("age")),
+                thumbnail=result.get("thumbnail", {}).get("src"),
+            ),
+        )
+
+    return res
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 413c6ce85..d9f7cf8c1 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -2663,6 +2663,12 @@ engines:
     shortcut: wttr
     timeout: 9.0
 
+  - name: braveapi
+    engine: braveapi
+    # read https://docs.searxng.org/dev/engines/online/brave.html
+    api_key: ""
+    inactive: true
+
   - name: brave
     engine: brave
     shortcut: br