[fix] ERROR:searx:server.secret_key is not changed

Makefile

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ run:  buildenv pyenvinstall
 	sleep 2 ; \
 	xdg-open http://127.0.0.1:8888/ ; \
 	) &
-	SEARX_DEBUG=1 $(PY_ENV)/bin/python ./searx/webapp.py
+	$(PY_ENV)/bin/python ./searx/webapp.py
 
 # docs
 # ----

searx/__init__.py

@@ -60,7 +60,3 @@
     settings['server']['secret_key'] = environ['SEARX_SECRET']
 if 'SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS' in environ:
     settings['server']['bind_address'] = environ['SEARX_BIND_ADDRESS']
-
-if not searx_debug and settings['server']['secret_key'] == 'ultrasecretkey':
-    logger.error('server.secret_key is not changed. Please use something else instead of ultrasecretkey.')
-    exit(1)

searx/settings_loader.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
+from os import urandom
+
 from os import environ
 from os.path import dirname, join, abspath, isfile
 from collections.abc import Mapping
@@ -112,21 +114,36 @@ def is_use_default_settings(user_settings):
 def load_settings(load_user_setttings=True):
     default_settings_path = get_default_settings_path()
     user_settings_path = get_user_settings_path()
+    settings, settings_load_message = None, None
+
     if user_settings_path is None or not load_user_setttings:
         # no user settings
-        return (load_yaml(default_settings_path),
-                'load the default settings from {}'.format(default_settings_path))
-
-    # user settings
-    user_settings = load_yaml(user_settings_path)
-    if is_use_default_settings(user_settings):
-        # the user settings are merged with the default configuration
-        default_settings = load_yaml(default_settings_path)
-        update_settings(default_settings, user_settings)
-        return (default_settings,
-                'merge the default settings ( {} ) and the user setttings ( {} )'
-                .format(default_settings_path, user_settings_path))
-
-    # the user settings, fully replace the default configuration
-    return (user_settings,
-            'load the user settings from {}'.format(user_settings_path))
+        load_user_setttings = False
+        settings, settings_load_message = (
+            load_yaml(default_settings_path),
+            'load the default settings from {}'.format(default_settings_path)
+        )
+    else:
+        load_user_setttings = True
+        # user settings
+        user_settings = load_yaml(user_settings_path)
+        if is_use_default_settings(user_settings):
+            # the user settings are merged with the default configuration
+            default_settings = load_yaml(default_settings_path)
+            update_settings(default_settings, user_settings)
+            settings, settings_load_message = (
+                default_settings,
+                'merge the default settings ( {} ) and the user setttings ( {} )'.format(
+                    default_settings_path, user_settings_path)
+            )
+        else:
+            # the user settings, fully replace the default configuration
+            settings, settings_load_message = (
+                user_settings,
+                'load the user settings from {}'.format(user_settings_path)
+            )
+
+    if settings['server'].get('secret_key', 'ultrasecretkey') == 'ultrasecretkey':
+        settings['server']['ultrasecretkey'] = urandom(16).hex()
+
+    return settings, settings_load_message

tests/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-import os
-os.environ['SEARX_DEBUG'] = '1'

utils/standalone_searx.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 .. code::  bash
 
-    $ SEARX_DEBUG=1 python3 utils/standalone_searx.py rain
+    $ python3 utils/standalone_searx.py rain
 
 Example to run it from python: