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Markus Heiser 14323d683f [fix] ddg-lite & ddg-extra: don't send empty vqd value
DDG's bot detection is sensitive to the vqd value.  For some search terms (such
as extremely long search terms that are often sent by bots), no vqd value can be
determined.

If SearXNG cannot determine a vqd value, then no request should go out to
DDG (WEB): a request with a wrong vqd value leads to DDG temporarily putting
SearXNG's IP on a block list.

Requests from IPs in this block list run into timeouts.

Not sure, but it seems the block list is a sliding window: to get my IP rid from
the bot list I had to cool down my IP for 1h (send no requests from that IP to
DDG).

Since such issues can't reproduce in a local instance I tested this patch 24h on
my public SearXNG instance: There are still errors (rare), but the reliability
is still 100%.

Related:

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/2922
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/2923

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
11 months ago
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README.rst

.. SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later

----

.. figure:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/src/brand/searxng.svg
   :target: https://docs.searxng.org/
   :alt: SearXNG
   :width: 100%
   :align: center

----

Privacy-respecting, hackable `metasearch engine`_

Searx.space_ lists ready-to-use running instances.

A user_, admin_ and developer_ handbook is available on the homepage_.

|SearXNG install|
|SearXNG homepage|
|SearXNG wiki|
|AGPL License|
|Issues|
|commits|
|weblate|
|SearXNG logo|

----

.. _searx.space: https://searx.space
.. _user: https://docs.searxng.org/user
.. _admin: https://docs.searxng.org/admin
.. _developer: https://docs.searxng.org/dev
.. _homepage: https://docs.searxng.org/
.. _metasearch engine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine

.. |SearXNG logo| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/searxng/searxng/master/src/brand/searxng-wordmark.svg
   :target: https://docs.searxng.org/
   :width: 5%

.. |SearXNG install| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/-install-blue
   :target: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation.html

.. |SearXNG homepage| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/-homepage-blue
   :target: https://docs.searxng.org/

.. |SearXNG wiki| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/-wiki-blue
   :target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/wiki

.. |AGPL License|  image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-AGPL-blue.svg
   :target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/LICENSE

.. |Issues| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/issues/searxng/searxng?color=yellow&label=issues
   :target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues

.. |PR| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/searxng/searxng?color=yellow&label=PR
   :target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pulls

.. |commits| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/y/searxng/searxng?color=yellow&label=commits
   :target: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/commits/master

.. |weblate| image:: https://translate.codeberg.org/widgets/searxng/-/searxng/svg-badge.svg
   :target: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/


Contact
=======

Ask questions or just chat about SearXNG on

IRC
  `#searxng on libera.chat <https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#searxng>`_
  which is bridged to Matrix.

Matrix
  `#searxng:matrix.org <https://matrix.to/#/#searxng:matrix.org>`_


Setup
=====

- A well maintained `Docker image`_, also built for ARM64 and ARM/v7
  architectures.
- Alternatively there are *up to date* `installation scripts`_.
- For individual setup consult our detailed `Step by step`_ instructions.
- To fine-tune your instance, take a look at the `Administrator documentation`_.

.. _Administrator documentation: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/index.html
.. _Step by step: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation-searxng.html
.. _installation scripts: https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation-scripts.html
.. _Docker image: https://github.com/searxng/searxng-docker

Translations
============

.. _Weblate: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/searxng/

Help translate SearXNG at `Weblate`_

.. figure:: https://translate.codeberg.org/widgets/searxng/-/multi-auto.svg
   :target: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/searxng/


Contributing
============

.. _development quickstart: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/quickstart.html
.. _developer documentation: https://docs.searxng.org/dev/index.html

Are you a developer?  Have a look at our `development quickstart`_ guide, it's
very easy to contribute.  Additionally we have a `developer documentation`_.


Codespaces
==========

You can contribute from your browser using `GitHub Codespaces`_:

- Fork the repository
- Click on the ``<> Code`` green button
- Click on the ``Codespaces`` tab instead of ``Local``
- Click on ``Create codespace on master``
- VSCode is going to start in the browser
- Wait for ``git pull && make install`` to appear and then disappear
- You have `120 hours per month`_ (see also your `list of existing Codespaces`_)
- You can start SearXNG using ``make run`` in the terminal or by pressing ``Ctrl+Shift+B``

.. _GitHub Codespaces: https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/overview
.. _120 hours per month: https://github.com/settings/billing
.. _list of existing Codespaces: https://github.com/codespaces