Functions
None	request (str query, dict[str, t.Any] params)
	_extract_published_date (published_date_raw)
EngineResults	response (SXNG_Response resp)
EngineResults	_parse_search (resp)
EngineResults	_parse_news (resp)
EngineResults	_parse_images (json_resp)
EngineResults	_parse_videos (json_resp)
	fetch_traits (EngineTraits engine_traits)

Variables
dict	about
str	base_url = "https://search.brave.com/"
list	categories = []
t	brave_category = 'search'
str	Goggles = ""
bool	brave_spellcheck = False
bool	send_accept_language_header = True
bool	paging = False
int	max_page = 10
bool	safesearch = True
dict	safesearch_map = {2: 'strict', 1: 'moderate', 0: 'off'}
bool	time_range_support = False
dict	time_range_map

Detailed Description

Brave supports the categories listed in :py:obj:`brave_category` (General,
news, videos, images).  The support of :py:obj:`paging` and :py:obj:`time range
<time_range_support>` is limited (see remarks).

Configured ``brave`` engines:

.. code:: yaml

  - name: brave
    engine: brave
    ...
    brave_category: search
    time_range_support: true
    paging: true

  - name: brave.images
    engine: brave
    ...
    brave_category: images

  - name: brave.videos
    engine: brave
    ...
    brave_category: videos

  - name: brave.news
    engine: brave
    ...
    brave_category: news

  - name: brave.goggles
    time_range_support: true
    paging: true
    ...
    brave_category: goggles


.. _brave regions:

Brave regions
=============

Brave uses two-digit tags for the regions like ``ca`` while SearXNG deals with
locales.  To get a mapping, all *officiat de-facto* languages of the Brave
region are mapped to regions in SearXNG (see :py:obj:`babel
<babel.languages.get_official_languages>`):

.. code:: python

    "regions": {
      ..
      "en-CA": "ca",
      "fr-CA": "ca",
      ..
     }


.. note::

   The language (aka region) support of Brave's index is limited to very basic
   languages.  The search results for languages like Chinese or Arabic are of
   low quality.


.. _brave googles:

Brave Goggles
=============

.. _list of Goggles: https://search.brave.com/goggles/discover
.. _Goggles Whitepaper: https://brave.com/static-assets/files/goggles.pdf
.. _Goggles Quickstart: https://github.com/brave/goggles-quickstart

Goggles allow you to choose, alter, or extend the ranking of Brave Search
results (`Goggles Whitepaper`_).  Goggles are openly developed by the community
of Brave Search users.

Select from the `list of Goggles`_ people have published, or create your own
(`Goggles Quickstart`_).


.. _brave languages:

Brave languages
===============

Brave's language support is limited to the UI (menus, area local notations,
etc).  Brave's index only seems to support a locale, but it does not seem to
support any languages in its index.  The choice of available languages is very
small (and its not clear to me where the difference in UI is when switching
from en-us to en-ca or en-gb).

In the :py:obj:`EngineTraits object <searx.enginelib.traits.EngineTraits>` the
UI languages are stored in a custom field named ``ui_lang``:

.. code:: python

    "custom": {
      "ui_lang": {
        "ca": "ca",
        "de-DE": "de-de",
        "en-CA": "en-ca",
        "en-GB": "en-gb",
        "en-US": "en-us",
        "es": "es",
        "fr-CA": "fr-ca",
        "fr-FR": "fr-fr",
        "ja-JP": "ja-jp",
        "pt-BR": "pt-br",
        "sq-AL": "sq-al"
      }
    },

Implementations
===============

Function Documentation

◆ _extract_published_date()

searx.engines.brave._extract_published_date ( published_date_raw )

protected

Definition at line 243 of file brave.py.

def _extract_published_date(published_date_raw):
    if published_date_raw is None:
        return None
 
    try:
        return parser.parse(published_date_raw)
    except parser.ParserError:
        return None
 
 

Referenced by _parse_search(), and _parse_videos().

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◆ _parse_images()

EngineResults searx.engines.brave._parse_images ( json_resp )

protected

Definition at line 380 of file brave.py.

def _parse_images(json_resp) -> EngineResults:
    result_list = EngineResults()
 
    for result in json_resp["results"]:
        item = {
            'url': result['url'],
            'title': result['title'],
            'content': result['description'],
            'template': 'images.html',
            'resolution': result['properties']['format'],
            'source': result['source'],
            'img_src': result['properties']['url'],
            'thumbnail_src': result['thumbnail']['src'],
        }
        result_list.append(item)
 
    return result_list
 
 

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◆ _parse_news()

EngineResults searx.engines.brave._parse_news ( resp )

protected

Definition at line 350 of file brave.py.

def _parse_news(resp) -> EngineResults:
 
    result_list = EngineResults()
    dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
 
    for result in eval_xpath_list(dom, '//div[contains(@class, "results")]//div[@data-type="news"]'):
 
        # import pdb
        # pdb.set_trace()
 
        url = eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/a[contains(@class, "result-header")]/@href', 0, default=None)
        if url is None:
            continue
 
        title = extract_text(eval_xpath_list(result, './/span[contains(@class, "snippet-title")]'))
        content = extract_text(eval_xpath_list(result, './/p[contains(@class, "desc")]'))
        thumbnail = eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/div[contains(@class, "image-wrapper")]//img/@src', 0, default='')
 
        item = {
            "url": url,
            "title": title,
            "content": content,
            "thumbnail": thumbnail,
        }
 
        result_list.append(item)
 
    return result_list
 
 

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◆ _parse_search()

EngineResults searx.engines.brave._parse_search ( resp )

protected

Definition at line 281 of file brave.py.

def _parse_search(resp) -> EngineResults:
    result_list = EngineResults()
 
    dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
 
    # I doubt that Brave is still providing the "answer" class / I haven't seen
    # answers in brave for a long time.
    answer_tag = eval_xpath_getindex(dom, '//div[@class="answer"]', 0, default=None)
    if answer_tag:
        url = eval_xpath_getindex(dom, '//div[@id="featured_snippet"]/a[@class="result-header"]/@href', 0, default=None)
        answer = extract_text(answer_tag)
        if answer is not None:
            result_list.add(result_list.types.Answer(answer=answer, url=url))
 
    # xpath_results = '//div[contains(@class, "snippet fdb") and @data-type="web"]'
    xpath_results = '//div[contains(@class, "snippet ")]'
 
    for result in eval_xpath_list(dom, xpath_results):
 
        url = eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/a[contains(@class, "h")]/@href', 0, default=None)
        title_tag = eval_xpath_getindex(
            result, './/a[contains(@class, "h")]//div[contains(@class, "title")]', 0, default=None
        )
        if url is None or title_tag is None or not urlparse(url).netloc:  # partial url likely means it's an ad
            continue
 
        content: str = extract_text(
            eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/div[contains(@class, "snippet-description")]', 0, default='')
        )  # type: ignore
        pub_date_raw = eval_xpath(result, 'substring-before(.//div[contains(@class, "snippet-description")], "-")')
        pub_date = _extract_published_date(pub_date_raw)
        if pub_date and content.startswith(pub_date_raw):
            content = content.lstrip(pub_date_raw).strip("- \n\t")
 
        thumbnail = eval_xpath_getindex(result, './/img[contains(@class, "thumb")]/@src', 0, default='')
 
        item = {
            'url': url,
            'title': extract_text(title_tag),
            'content': content,
            'publishedDate': pub_date,
            'thumbnail': thumbnail,
        }
 
        video_tag = eval_xpath_getindex(
            result, './/div[contains(@class, "video-snippet") and @data-macro="video"]', 0, default=None
        )
        if video_tag is not None:
 
            # In my tests a video tag in the WEB search was most often not a
            # video, except the ones from youtube ..
 
            iframe_src = get_embeded_stream_url(url)
            if iframe_src:
                item['iframe_src'] = iframe_src
                item['template'] = 'videos.html'
                item['thumbnail'] = eval_xpath_getindex(video_tag, './/img/@src', 0, default='')
                pub_date_raw = extract_text(
                    eval_xpath(video_tag, './/div[contains(@class, "snippet-attributes")]/div/text()')
                )
                item['publishedDate'] = _extract_published_date(pub_date_raw)
            else:
                item['thumbnail'] = eval_xpath_getindex(video_tag, './/img/@src', 0, default='')
 
        result_list.append(item)
 
    return result_list
 
 

References _extract_published_date().

Referenced by response().

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◆ _parse_videos()

EngineResults searx.engines.brave._parse_videos ( json_resp )

protected

Definition at line 399 of file brave.py.

def _parse_videos(json_resp) -> EngineResults:
    result_list = EngineResults()
 
    for result in json_resp["results"]:
 
        url = result['url']
        item = {
            'url': url,
            'title': result['title'],
            'content': result['description'],
            'template': 'videos.html',
            'length': result['video']['duration'],
            'duration': result['video']['duration'],
            'publishedDate': _extract_published_date(result['age']),
        }
 
        if result['thumbnail'] is not None:
            item['thumbnail'] = result['thumbnail']['src']
 
        iframe_src = get_embeded_stream_url(url)
        if iframe_src:
            item['iframe_src'] = iframe_src
 
        result_list.append(item)
 
    return result_list
 
 

References _extract_published_date().

Referenced by response().

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◆ fetch_traits()

searx.engines.brave.fetch_traits ( EngineTraits engine_traits )

Fetch :ref:`languages <brave languages>` and :ref:`regions <brave
regions>` from Brave.

Definition at line 427 of file brave.py.

def fetch_traits(engine_traits: EngineTraits):
    """Fetch :ref:`languages <brave languages>` and :ref:`regions <brave
    regions>` from Brave."""
 
    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel, too-many-branches
 
    import babel.languages
    from searx.locales import region_tag, language_tag
    from searx.network import get  # see https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/762
 
    engine_traits.custom["ui_lang"] = {}
 
    headers = {
        'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
    }
    lang_map = {'no': 'nb'}  # norway
 
    # languages (UI)
 
    resp = get('https://search.brave.com/settings', headers=headers)
 
    if not resp.ok:  # type: ignore
        print("ERROR: response from Brave is not OK.")
    dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)  # type: ignore
 
    for option in dom.xpath('//section//option[@value="en-us"]/../option'):
 
        ui_lang = option.get('value')
        try:
            l = babel.Locale.parse(ui_lang, sep='-')
            if l.territory:
                sxng_tag = region_tag(babel.Locale.parse(ui_lang, sep='-'))
            else:
                sxng_tag = language_tag(babel.Locale.parse(ui_lang, sep='-'))
 
        except babel.UnknownLocaleError:
            print("ERROR: can't determine babel locale of Brave's (UI) language %s" % ui_lang)
            continue
 
        conflict = engine_traits.custom["ui_lang"].get(sxng_tag)
        if conflict:
            if conflict != ui_lang:
                print("CONFLICT: babel %s --> %s, %s" % (sxng_tag, conflict, ui_lang))
            continue
        engine_traits.custom["ui_lang"][sxng_tag] = ui_lang
 
    # search regions of brave
 
    resp = get('https://cdn.search.brave.com/serp/v2/_app/immutable/chunks/parameters.734c106a.js', headers=headers)
 
    if not resp.ok:  # type: ignore
        print("ERROR: response from Brave is not OK.")
 
    country_js = resp.text[resp.text.index("options:{all") + len('options:') :]  # type: ignore
    country_js = country_js[: country_js.index("},k={default")]
    country_tags = js_variable_to_python(country_js)
 
    for k, v in country_tags.items():
        if k == 'all':
            engine_traits.all_locale = 'all'
            continue
        country_tag = v['value']
 
        # add official languages of the country ..
        for lang_tag in babel.languages.get_official_languages(country_tag, de_facto=True):
            lang_tag = lang_map.get(lang_tag, lang_tag)
            sxng_tag = region_tag(babel.Locale.parse('%s_%s' % (lang_tag, country_tag.upper())))
            # print("%-20s: %s <-- %s" % (v['label'], country_tag, sxng_tag))
 
            conflict = engine_traits.regions.get(sxng_tag)
            if conflict:
                if conflict != country_tag:
                    print("CONFLICT: babel %s --> %s, %s" % (sxng_tag, conflict, country_tag))
                    continue
            engine_traits.regions[sxng_tag] = country_tag

◆ request()

None searx.engines.brave.request	(	str	query,
		dict[str, t.Any]	params )

Definition at line 199 of file brave.py.

def request(query: str, params: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
 
    # Don't accept br encoding / see https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/1787
    params['headers']['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip, deflate'
 
    args: dict[str, t.Any] = {
        'q': query,
        'source': 'web',
    }
    if brave_spellcheck:
        args['spellcheck'] = '1'
 
    if brave_category in ('search', 'goggles'):
        if params.get('pageno', 1) - 1:
            args['offset'] = params.get('pageno', 1) - 1
        if time_range_map.get(params['time_range']):
            args['tf'] = time_range_map.get(params['time_range'])
 
    if brave_category == 'goggles':
        args['goggles_id'] = Goggles
 
    params["url"] = f"{base_url}{brave_category}?{urlencode(args)}"
 
    # set properties in the cookies
 
    params['cookies']['safesearch'] = safesearch_map.get(params['safesearch'], 'off')
    # the useLocation is IP based, we use cookie 'country' for the region
    params['cookies']['useLocation'] = '0'
    params['cookies']['summarizer'] = '0'
 
    engine_region = traits.get_region(params['searxng_locale'], 'all')
    params['cookies']['country'] = engine_region.split('-')[-1].lower()  # type: ignore
 
    ui_lang = locales.get_engine_locale(params['searxng_locale'], traits.custom["ui_lang"], 'en-us')
    params['cookies']['ui_lang'] = ui_lang
 
    logger.debug("cookies %s", params['cookies'])
 
    params['headers']['Sec-Fetch-Dest'] = "document"
    params['headers']['Sec-Fetch-Mode'] = "navigate"
    params['headers']['Sec-Fetch-Site'] = "same-origin"
    params['headers']['Sec-Fetch-User'] = "?1"
 
 

◆ response()

EngineResults searx.engines.brave.response ( SXNG_Response resp )

Definition at line 253 of file brave.py.

def response(resp: SXNG_Response) -> EngineResults:
 
    if brave_category in ('search', 'goggles'):
        return _parse_search(resp)
 
    if brave_category in ('news'):
        return _parse_news(resp)
 
    # Example script source containing the data:
    #
    # kit.start(app, element, {
    #    node_ids: [0, 19],
    #    data: [{type:"data",data: .... ["q","goggles_id"],route:1,url:1}}]
    #          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    js_object = "[{" + extr(resp.text, "data: [{", "}}],") + "}}]"
    json_data = js_variable_to_python(js_object)
 
    # json_data is a list and at the second position (0,1) in this list we find the "response" data we need ..
    json_resp = json_data[1]['data']['body']['response']
 
    if brave_category == 'images':
        return _parse_images(json_resp)
    if brave_category == 'videos':
        return _parse_videos(json_resp)
 
    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported brave category: {brave_category}")
 
 

References _parse_images(), _parse_news(), _parse_search(), and _parse_videos().

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Variable Documentation

◆ about

dict searx.engines.brave.about

Initial value:

=  {
    "website": 'https://search.brave.com/',
    "wikidata_id": 'Q22906900',
    "official_api_documentation": None,
    "use_official_api": False,
    "require_api_key": False,
    "results": 'HTML',
}

Definition at line 144 of file brave.py.

◆ base_url

str searx.engines.brave.base_url = "https://search.brave.com/"

Definition at line 153 of file brave.py.

◆ brave_category

t searx.engines.brave.brave_category = 'search'

Definition at line 155 of file brave.py.

◆ brave_spellcheck

bool searx.engines.brave.brave_spellcheck = False

Definition at line 168 of file brave.py.

◆ categories

list searx.engines.brave.categories = []

Definition at line 154 of file brave.py.

◆ Goggles

str searx.engines.brave.Goggles = ""

Definition at line 165 of file brave.py.

◆ max_page

int searx.engines.brave.max_page = 10

Definition at line 179 of file brave.py.

◆ paging

bool searx.engines.brave.paging = False

Definition at line 176 of file brave.py.

◆ safesearch

bool searx.engines.brave.safesearch = True

Definition at line 184 of file brave.py.

◆ safesearch_map

dict searx.engines.brave.safesearch_map = {2: 'strict', 1: 'moderate', 0: 'off'}

Definition at line 185 of file brave.py.

◆ send_accept_language_header

bool searx.engines.brave.send_accept_language_header = True

Definition at line 175 of file brave.py.

◆ time_range_map

dict searx.engines.brave.time_range_map

Initial value:

=  {
    'day': 'pd',
    'week': 'pw',
    'month': 'pm',
    'year': 'py',
}

Definition at line 191 of file brave.py.

◆ time_range_support

bool searx.engines.brave.time_range_support = False

Definition at line 187 of file brave.py.

Functions

Variables

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

◆ _extract_published_date()

◆ _parse_images()

◆ _parse_news()

◆ _parse_search()

◆ _parse_videos()

◆ fetch_traits()

◆ request()

◆ response()

Variable Documentation

◆ about

◆ base_url

◆ brave_category

◆ brave_spellcheck

◆ categories

◆ Goggles

◆ max_page

◆ paging

◆ safesearch

◆ safesearch_map

◆ send_accept_language_header

◆ time_range_map

◆ time_range_support