# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later # lint: pylint # pyright: basic """Some bot protection / rate limitation To monitor rate limits and protect privacy the IP addresses are getting stored with a hash so the limiter plugin knows who to block. A redis database is needed to store the hash values. Enable the plugin in ``settings.yml``: - ``server.limiter: true`` - ``redis.url: ...`` check the value, see :ref:`settings redis` """ import re from flask import request from searx import redisdb from searx.plugins import logger from searx.redislib import incr_sliding_window name = "Request limiter" description = "Limit the number of request" default_on = False preference_section = 'service' logger = logger.getChild('limiter') block_user_agent = re.compile( r'(' + r'unknown' + r'|[Cc][Uu][Rr][Ll]|[wW]get|Scrapy|splash|JavaFX|FeedFetcher|python-requests|Go-http-client|Java|Jakarta|okhttp' + r'|HttpClient|Jersey|Python|libwww-perl|Ruby|SynHttpClient|UniversalFeedParser|Googlebot|GoogleImageProxy' + r'|bingbot|Baiduspider|yacybot|YandexMobileBot|YandexBot|Yahoo! Slurp|MJ12bot|AhrefsBot|archive.org_bot|msnbot' + r'|MJ12bot|SeznamBot|linkdexbot|Netvibes|SMTBot|zgrab|James BOT|Sogou|Abonti|Pixray|Spinn3r|SemrushBot|Exabot' + r'|ZmEu|BLEXBot|bitlybot' # when you block requests from Farside instances, your instance will # disappear from https://farside.link/ # + r'|Farside' + r')' ) def is_accepted_request() -> bool: # pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements redis_client = redisdb.client() user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', 'unknown') x_forwarded_for = request.headers.get('X-Forwarded-For', '') if block_user_agent.match(user_agent): logger.debug("BLOCK %s: %s --> detected User-Agent: %s" % (x_forwarded_for, request.path, user_agent)) return False if request.path == '/search': c_burst = incr_sliding_window(redis_client, 'IP limit, burst' + x_forwarded_for, 20) c_10min = incr_sliding_window(redis_client, 'IP limit, 10 minutes' + x_forwarded_for, 600) if c_burst > 15 or c_10min > 150: logger.debug("BLOCK %s: to many request", x_forwarded_for) return False if len(request.headers.get('Accept-Language', '').strip()) == '': logger.debug("BLOCK %s: missing Accept-Language", x_forwarded_for) return False if request.headers.get('Connection') == 'close': logger.debug("BLOCK %s: got Connection=close", x_forwarded_for) return False accept_encoding_list = [l.strip() for l in request.headers.get('Accept-Encoding', '').split(',')] if 'gzip' not in accept_encoding_list and 'deflate' not in accept_encoding_list: logger.debug("BLOCK %s: suspicious Accept-Encoding", x_forwarded_for) return False if 'text/html' not in request.accept_mimetypes: logger.debug("BLOCK %s: Accept-Encoding misses text/html", x_forwarded_for) return False if request.args.get('format', 'html') != 'html': c = incr_sliding_window(redis_client, 'API limit' + x_forwarded_for, 3600) if c > 4: logger.debug("BLOCK %s: API limit exceeded", x_forwarded_for) return False logger.debug( "OK %s: '%s'" % (x_forwarded_for, request.path) + " || form: %s" % request.form + " || Accept: %s" % request.headers.get('Accept', '') + " || Accept-Language: %s" % request.headers.get('Accept-Language', '') + " || Accept-Encoding: %s" % request.headers.get('Accept-Encoding', '') + " || Content-Type: %s" % request.headers.get('Content-Type', '') + " || Content-Length: %s" % request.headers.get('Content-Length', '') + " || Connection: %s" % request.headers.get('Connection', '') + " || User-Agent: %s" % user_agent ) return True def pre_request(): if not is_accepted_request(): return 'Too Many Requests', 429 return None def init(app, settings): if not settings['server']['limiter']: return False if not redisdb.client(): logger.error("The limiter requires Redis") # pylint: disable=undefined-variable return False app.before_request(pre_request) return True