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<section id="module-searx.settings_loader">
<span id="settings-loader"></span><span id="searx-settings-loader"></span><h1>Settings Loader<a class="headerlink" href="#module-searx.settings_loader" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<p>Implementations for loading configurations from YAML files. This essentially
includes the configuration of the (<a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/index.html#searxng-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">SearXNG appl</span></a>)
server. The default configuration for the application server is loaded from the
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/settings.yml">DEFAULT_SETTINGS_FILE</a>. This default
configuration can be completely replaced or <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/installation-searxng.html#use-default-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">customized individually</span></a> and the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH</span></code> environment
variable can be used to set the location from which the local customizations are
to be loaded. The rules used for this can be found in the
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.settings_loader.get_user_cfg_folder" title="searx.settings_loader.get_user_cfg_folder"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_user_cfg_folder</span></code></a> function.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>By default, local configurations are expected in folder <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/searxng</span></code> from
where applications can load them with the <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.settings_loader.get_yaml_cfg" title="searx.settings_loader.get_yaml_cfg"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_yaml_cfg</span></code></a> function.</p></li>
<li><p>By default, customized <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/index.html#searxng-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">SearXNG appl</span></a> settings are
expected in a file named <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">settings.yml</span></code>.</p></li>
</ul>
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.settings_loader.DEFAULT_SETTINGS_FILE">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.settings_loader.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">DEFAULT_SETTINGS_FILE</span></span><span class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">PosixPath('/home/runner/work/searxng/searxng/searx/settings.yml')</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.settings_loader.DEFAULT_SETTINGS_FILE" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>The <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/settings.yml">git://searx/settings.yml</a> file with all the default settings.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.settings_loader.load_yaml">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.settings_loader.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">load_yaml</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file_name</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">Path</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/settings_loader.html#load_yaml"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.settings_loader.load_yaml" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Load YAML config from a file.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.settings_loader.get_yaml_cfg">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.settings_loader.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_yaml_cfg</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file_name</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">Path</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/settings_loader.html#get_yaml_cfg"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.settings_loader.get_yaml_cfg" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Shortcut to load a YAML config from a file, located in the</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.settings_loader.get_user_cfg_folder" title="searx.settings_loader.get_user_cfg_folder"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_user_cfg_folder</span></code></a> or</p></li>
<li><p>in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">searx</span></code> folder of the SearXNG installation</p></li>
</ul>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.settings_loader.get_user_cfg_folder">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.settings_loader.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_user_cfg_folder</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html#pathlib.Path" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">Path</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/settings_loader.html#get_user_cfg_folder"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.settings_loader.get_user_cfg_folder" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns folder where the local configurations are located.</p>
<ol class="arabic">
<li><p>If the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH</span></code> environment is set and points to a
folder (e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/mysxng/</span></code>), all local configurations are expected in
this folder. The settings of the <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/index.html#searxng-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">SearXNG appl</span></a> then expected in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">settings.yml</span></code>
(e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/mysxng/settings.yml</span></code>).</p></li>
<li><p>If the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH</span></code> environment is set and points to a file
(e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/mysxng/myinstance.yml</span></code>), this file contains the settings of
the <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/index.html#searxng-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">SearXNG appl</span></a> and the folder
(e.g. <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/mysxng/</span></code>) is used for all other configurations.</p>
<p>This type (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH</span></code> points to a file) is suitable for
use cases in which different profiles of the <a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/index.html#searxng-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">SearXNG appl</span></a> are to be managed, such as in test scenarios.</p>
</li>
<li><p>If folder <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/searxng</span></code> exists, it is used.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>In case none of the above path exists, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> is returned. In case of
environment <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH</span></code> is set, but the (folder or file) does
not exists, a <a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#EnvironmentError" title="(in Python v3.14)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">EnvironmentError</span></code></a> is raised.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.settings_loader.load_settings">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.settings_loader.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">load_settings</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">load_user_settings</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">&#x2192;</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#tuple" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">tuple</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">dict</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><span class="pre">JSONType</span><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">int</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">float</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">None</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">,</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.14)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/settings_loader.html#load_settings"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.settings_loader.load_settings" title="Link to this definition"></a></dt>
<dd><p>Function for loading the settings of the SearXNG application
(<a class="reference internal" href="../admin/settings/index.html#searxng-settings-yml"><span class="std std-ref">settings.yml</span></a>).</p>
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