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+Engine overview
+===============
+
+
+searx is a `metasearch-engine <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine>`__,
+so it uses different search engines to provide better results.
+
+Because there is no general search API which could be used for every
+search engine, an adapter has to be built between searx and the
+external search engines. Adapters are stored under the folder
+`searx/engines
+<https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/tree/master/searx/engines>`__.
+
+
+.. contents::
+ :depth: 3
+
+general engine configuration
+----------------------------
+
+It is required to tell searx the type of results the engine provides. The
+arguments can be set in the engine file or in the settings file
+(normally ``settings.yml``). The arguments in the settings file override
+the ones in the engine file.
+
+It does not matter if an option is stored in the engine file or in the
+settings. However, the standard way is the following:
+
+
+engine file
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
++----------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
+| argument | type | information |
++======================+===========+=========================================+
+| categories | list | pages, in which the engine is working |
++----------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
+| paging | boolean | support multible pages |
++----------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
+| language\_support | boolean | support language choosing |
++----------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
+| time\_range\_support | boolean | support search time range |
++----------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
+| offline | boolean | engine runs offline |
++----------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+
+
+settings.yml
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
++------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| argument | type | information |
++============+==========+===============================================+
+| name | string | name of search-engine |
++------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| engine | string | name of searx-engine (filename without .py) |
++------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| shortcut | string | shortcut of search-engine |
++------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
+| timeout | string | specific timeout for search-engine |
++------------+----------+-----------------------------------------------+
+
+overrides
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+A few of the options have default values in the engine, but are
+often overwritten by the settings. If ``None`` is assigned to an option
+in the engine file, it has to be redefined in the settings,
+otherwise searx will not start with that engine.
+
+The naming of overrides is arbitrary. But the recommended
+overrides are the following:
+
++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| argument | type | information |
++=======================+==========+================================================================+
+| base\_url | string | base-url, can be overwritten to use same engine on other URL |
++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| number\_of\_results | int | maximum number of results per request |
++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| language | string | ISO code of language and country like en\_US |
++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+| api\_key | string | api-key if required by engine |
++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+example code
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code:: python
+
+ # engine dependent config
+ categories = ['general']
+ paging = True
+ language_support = True
+
+making a request
+----------------
+
+To perform a search an URL have to be specified. In addition to
+specifying an URL, arguments can be passed to the query.
+
+passed arguments
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These arguments can be used to construct the search query. Furthermore,
+parameters with default value can be redefined for special purposes.
+
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| argument | type | default-value, information |
++======================+============+========================================================================+
+| url | string | ``''`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| method | string | ``'GET'`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| headers | set | ``{}`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| data | set | ``{}`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| cookies | set | ``{}`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| verify | boolean | ``True`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| headers.User-Agent | string | a random User-Agent |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| category | string | current category, like ``'general'`` |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| started | datetime | current date-time |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| pageno | int | current pagenumber |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| language | string | specific language code like ``'en_US'``, or ``'all'`` if unspecified |
++----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+parsed arguments
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The function ``def request(query, params):`` always returns the
+``params`` variable. Inside searx, the following paramters can be
+used to specify a search request:
+
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+| argument | type | information |
++============+===========+=========================================================+
+| url | string | requested url |
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+| method | string | HTTP request method |
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+| headers | set | HTTP header information |
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+| data | set | HTTP data information (parsed if ``method != 'GET'``) |
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+| cookies | set | HTTP cookies |
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+| verify | boolean | Performing SSL-Validity check |
++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+
+
+example code
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code:: python
+
+ # search-url
+ base_url = 'https://example.com/'
+ search_string = 'search?{query}&page={page}'
+
+ # do search-request
+ def request(query, params):
+ search_path = search_string.format(
+ query=urlencode({'q': query}),
+ page=params['pageno'])
+
+ params['url'] = base_url + search_path
+
+ return params
+
+returned results
+----------------
+
+Searx is able to return results of different media-types.
+Currently the following media-types are supported:
+
+- default
+- images
+- videos
+- torrent
+- map
+
+To set another media-type as default, the parameter
+``template`` must be set to the desired type.
+
+default
+~~~~~~~
+
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| result-parameter | information |
++====================+===============================================================================================================+
+| url | string, url of the result |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| title | string, title of the result |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| content | string, general result-text |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, time of publish |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+images
+~~~~~~
+
+to use this template, the parameter
+
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| result-parameter | information |
++====================+=======================================================================================================================================+
+| template | is set to ``images.html`` |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| url | string, url to the result site |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| title | string, title of the result *(partly implemented)* |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| content | *(partly implemented)* |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, time of publish *(partly implemented)* |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| img\_src | string, url to the result image |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| thumbnail\_src | string, url to a small-preview image |
++--------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+videos
+~~~~~~
+
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| result-parameter | information |
++====================+==============================================================================================================+
+| template | is set to ``videos.html`` |
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| url | string, url of the result |
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| title | string, title of the result |
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| content | *(not implemented yet)* |
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, time of publish |
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| thumbnail | string, url to a small-preview image |
++--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+torrent
+~~~~~~~
+
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| result-parameter | information |
++==================+=======================================================================================================================================+
+| template | is set to ``torrent.html`` |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| url | string, url of the result |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| title | string, title of the result |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| content | string, general result-text |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, time of publish *(not implemented yet)* |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| seed | int, number of seeder |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| leech | int, number of leecher |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| filesize | int, size of file in bytes |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| files | int, number of files |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| magnetlink | string, `magnetlink <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme>`__ of the result |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| torrentfile | string, torrentfile of the result |
++------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+map
+~~~
+
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| result-parameter | information |
++=========================+==============================================================================================================+
+| url | string, url of the result |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| title | string, title of the result |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| content | string, general result-text |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime <https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects>`__, time of publish |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| latitude | latitude of result (in decimal format) |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| longitude | longitude of result (in decimal format) |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| boundingbox | boundingbox of result (array of 4. values ``[lat-min, lat-max, lon-min, lon-max]``) |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| geojson | geojson of result (http://geojson.org) |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| osm.type | type of osm-object (if OSM-Result) |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| osm.id | id of osm-object (if OSM-Result) |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| address.name | name of object |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| address.road | street name of object |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| address.house\_number | house number of object |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| address.locality | city, place of object |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| address.postcode | postcode of object |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| address.country | country of object |
++-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+