[feat] engines: add support for swisscows general

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Bnyro
2026-05-20 22:33:20 +02:00
parent 94bdbb5c63
commit ed369ac0ec
2 changed files with 103 additions and 42 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# pylint: disable=invalid-name
"""Swisscows (images, videos)"""
"""Swisscows (general, images, videos)"""
import base64
import codecs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlencode
import typing as t
from searx.result_types import EngineResults
from searx.result_types import EngineResults, LegacyResult
from searx.utils import humanize_number, html_to_text
if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -31,16 +31,20 @@ about = {
}
categories = ["videos"]
swisscows_category = "videos" # possible: "videos", "images"
paging = True
categories = ["general"]
swisscows_category = "web" # possible: "web", "videos", "images"
results_per_page = 50
time_range_support = True
paging = True
base_url = "https://api.swisscows.com"
CAESAR_ALPHABET = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
NONCE_ALPHABET = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-._~"
time_range_map = {"day": "Day", "week": "Week", "month": "Month", "year": "Year"}
def generate_nonce(length: int = 32) -> str:
"""
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ def sha256_hash_b64_url(s: str) -> str:
return hash_base64_url_encoded
def generate_nonce_and_signature(url_path: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
def generate_nonce_and_signature(base_path: str, args: dict[str, t.Any]) -> tuple[str, str]:
"""
Generate "X-Request-Nonce" and "X-Request-Signature" which are required for accessing
Swisscows images (reverse engineered from their official website).
@@ -90,16 +94,30 @@ def generate_nonce_and_signature(url_path: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
nonce = generate_nonce()
nonce_shifted = caesar_shift_with_switch_case(nonce, 13)
signature = sha256_hash_b64_url(url_path + nonce_shifted)
# in the path, all keys must be sorted in alphabetic order,
# otherwise the generated signature won't be accepted!
# additionally, the values may not be URL encoded, they have to be plain text
# hence we don't use urlencode here
args_sorted = sorted(args.items(), key=lambda arg: arg[0])
query_string = "&".join(f"{key}={value}" for (key, value) in args_sorted)
full_path = f"{base_path}?{query_string}"
signature = sha256_hash_b64_url(full_path + nonce_shifted)
return (nonce, signature)
maximum_page_size = {"web": 20, "images": 50, "videos": 10}
def init(_):
if swisscows_category not in ("videos", "images"):
if swisscows_category not in ("web", "images", "videos"):
raise ValueError("illegal swisscows category: %s" % swisscows_category)
if swisscows_category == "videos" and results_per_page > 10:
raise ValueError("results_per_page for swisscows videos can be at most 10")
if results_per_page > maximum_page_size[swisscows_category]:
raise ValueError(
"results_per_page for swisscows %s can be at most %d"
% (swisscows_category, maximum_page_size[swisscows_category])
)
def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
@@ -108,10 +126,22 @@ def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
params["url"] = None
return
# the keys have to be sorted in alphabetic order,
# otherwise the generated signature won't be accepted!
url_path = ""
if swisscows_category == "images":
base_path = ""
args = dict[str, t.Any]
if swisscows_category == "web":
freshness = "All"
if params["time_range"]:
freshness = time_range_map[params["time_range"]]
args = {
"freshness": freshness,
"itemsCount": results_per_page,
"locale": "en-US",
"offset": (params["pageno"] - 1) * results_per_page,
"query": query,
"spellcheck": True,
}
base_path = "/v5/web/search"
elif swisscows_category == "images":
args = {
"itemsCount": results_per_page,
"locale": "en-US",
@@ -119,7 +149,7 @@ def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
"query": query,
"spellcheck": True,
}
url_path = f"/v5/images/search?{urlencode(args)}"
base_path = "/v5/images/search"
else:
args = {
"itemsCount": results_per_page,
@@ -128,9 +158,9 @@ def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
"region": "en-US",
"spellcheck": True,
}
url_path = f"/v2/videos/search?{urlencode(args)}"
base_path = "/v2/videos/search"
nonce, signature = generate_nonce_and_signature(url_path)
nonce, signature = generate_nonce_and_signature(base_path, args)
params["headers"].update(
{
@@ -138,7 +168,31 @@ def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
"X-Request-Signature": signature,
}
)
params["url"] = base_url + url_path
params["url"] = f"{base_url}{base_path}?{urlencode(args)}"
def _video_result(result: dict[str, t.Any]) -> LegacyResult:
published_date = None
if result.get("datePublished"):
published_date = datetime.fromisoformat(result["datePublished"])
view_count = None
if result.get("viewCount"):
view_count = humanize_number(result["viewCount"])
return LegacyResult(
{
"template": "videos.html",
"url": result["url"],
"title": html_to_text(result.get("title") or result["name"]),
"content": result["description"],
"thumbnail": result.get("thumbnailUrl") or result.get("thumbnail", {}).get("url"),
"length": result.get("duration"),
"iframe_src": result.get("embedUrl"),
"publishedDate": published_date,
"views": view_count,
}
)
def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
@@ -146,7 +200,8 @@ def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
json_data = resp.json()
# only appears to be the case for images, for videos the data doesn't seem to be encoded
# the payload encoding is only used for general and images,
# for videos the data gets returned directly as a normal JSON response
# payload is encoded as a JSON web token -> 3 parts, separated by "."
# the actual data is in the center of the encoded string
if "payload" in json_data:
@@ -157,7 +212,19 @@ def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
json_data = json.loads(decoded.decode())
for result in json_data["items"]:
if swisscows_category == "images":
if result["type"] == "WebPage":
res.add(
res.types.MainResult(
url=result["url"],
title=result["name"],
content=html_to_text(result["description"]),
thumbnail=result.get("thumbnail", {}).get("url"),
)
)
elif result["type"] == "VideoCollection":
for video in result["hasPart"]:
res.add(_video_result(video))
elif result["type"] == "ImageObject":
res.add(
res.types.LegacyResult(
{
@@ -169,25 +236,7 @@ def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
}
)
)
else:
published_date = None
if result["datePublished"]:
published_date = datetime.fromisoformat(result["datePublished"])
res.add(
res.types.LegacyResult(
{
"template": "videos.html",
"url": result["url"],
"title": html_to_text(result["title"]),
"content": result["description"],
"thumbnail": result["thumbnailUrl"],
"length": result["duration"],
"iframe_src": result["embedUrl"],
"publishedDate": published_date,
"views": humanize_number(result["viewCount"]),
}
)
)
elif result["type"] == "video":
res.add(_video_result(result))
return res
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@@ -2540,25 +2540,37 @@ engines:
disabled: true
inactive: true
- name: swisscows
engine: swisscows
categories: general
swisscows_category: web
results_per_page: 20
shortcut: sw
disabled: true
inactive: true
- name: swisscows images
engine: swisscows_extra
engine: swisscows
categories: images
swisscows_category: images
shortcut: swi
disabled: true
inactive: true
- name: swisscows videos
engine: swisscows_extra
engine: swisscows
categories: videos
swisscows_category: videos
results_per_page: 10
shortcut: swv
disabled: true
inactive: true
- name: swisscows news
engine: swisscows_news
shortcut: swn
disabled: true
inactive: true
- name: wordnik
engine: wordnik