[mod] separate index and search routes

This makes it easier to separately handle search and index requests
from a web server or from a reverse proxy.

If a request to index contains a query, a permanent redirect HTTP response
is returned. This should give some level of backwards compatibility
for users that have set a searx instance in their browser's search bar.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 609669b85..46d547d52 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -531,10 +531,22 @@ def index_error(output_format, error_message):
         )
 
 
-@app.route('/search', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def index():
-    """Render index page.
+    """Render index page."""
+
+    # redirect to search if there's a query in the request
+    if request.form.get('q'):
+        return redirect(url_for('search'), 308)
+
+    return render(
+        'index.html',
+    )
+
+
+@app.route('/search', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+def search():
+    """Search query in q and return results.
 
     Supported outputs: html, json, csv, rss.
     """