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diff --git a/client/simple/src/js/util/appendAnswerElement.ts b/client/simple/src/js/util/appendAnswerElement.ts
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import { getElement } from "./getElement.ts";
+
+export const appendAnswerElement = (element: HTMLElement | string | number): void => {
+  const results = getElement<HTMLDivElement>("results");
+
+  // ./searx/templates/elements/answers.html
+  let answers = getElement<HTMLDivElement>("answers", { assert: false });
+  if (!answers) {
+    // what is this?
+    const answersTitle = document.createElement("h4");
+    answersTitle.setAttribute("class", "title");
+    answersTitle.setAttribute("id", "answers-title");
+    answersTitle.textContent = "Answers : ";
+
+    answers = document.createElement("div");
+    answers.setAttribute("id", "answers");
+    answers.setAttribute("role", "complementary");
+    answers.setAttribute("aria-labelledby", "answers-title");
+    answers.appendChild(answersTitle);
+  }
+
+  if (!(element instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+    const span = document.createElement("span");
+    span.innerHTML = element.toString();
+    // biome-ignore lint/style/noParameterAssign: TODO
+    element = span;
+  }
+
+  answers.appendChild(element);
+
+  results.insertAdjacentElement("afterbegin", answers);
+};
diff --git a/client/simple/src/js/util/assertElement.ts b/client/simple/src/js/util/assertElement.ts
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+type AssertElement = <T>(element?: T | null) => asserts element is T;
+export const assertElement: AssertElement = <T>(element?: T | null): asserts element is T => {
+  if (!element) {
+    throw new Error("DOM element not found");
+  }
+};
diff --git a/client/simple/src/js/util/getElement.ts b/client/simple/src/js/util/getElement.ts
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import { assertElement } from "./assertElement.ts";
+
+type Options = {
+  assert?: boolean;
+};
+
+export function getElement<T>(id: string, options?: { assert: true }): T;
+export function getElement<T>(id: string, options?: { assert: false }): T | null;
+export function getElement<T>(id: string, options: Options = {}): T | null {
+  options.assert ??= true;
+
+  const element = document.getElementById(id) as T | null;
+
+  if (options.assert) {
+    assertElement(element);
+  }
+
+  return element;
+}