not returning json results, only html

[im-fabian]

Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG
2024.5.31+18fb701be (via docker)

How did you install SearXNG?
Via docker-compose:

  searxng:
    image: docker.io/searxng/searxng:latest
    container_name: searxng
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
    networks:
     - internal_network
     - public_network
    environment:
     - SEARXNG_BASE_URL=http://searxng:8080
     - INSTANCE_NAME=HuggingSearch
    volumes:
     - /opt/hugging-chat/data/searxng:/etc/searxng
    cap_drop:
     - ALL
    cap_add:
     - CHOWN
     - SETGID
     - SETUID

What happened?
curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/search?q=test&engines=duckduckgo&format=json returns html results not json.

How To Reproduce
Setup searxng via docker compose.
Enable json within settings.yml (search: formats: - json), restart docker container. Try to get json results via curl.

Expected behavior
Should get results as json.

Screenshots & Logs

Additional context

[return42]

If you test with a make run instance you see json output will work, not sure if you have issues related to searxng-docker (Discussions) / please don't open a bug report if you have questions; we have a Q&A section in the "Discussion" .. further we have a really active and help full community at #searxng:matrix.org .. I recommend you to ask & discuss questions there.

I'm going to close this "bug report".

[xellaren]

For me it fixed after set formats in config to all allowed in array way:

  # remove format to deny access, use lower case.
  # formats: [html, csv, json, rss]
  formats:
    [html, csv, json, rss]

Also i had a VPN connected, seems it interfered.

[emuchogu]

Do the following to enable the api:

1. Edit the settings file:

vi searxng/settings.yml

2. Add 'json' to the formats section:

search:
  formats:
    - html
    - json

3. Restart the container to apply changes:

docker restart searxng

The API should now respond to JSON format requests.

[eXPerience83]

But I can't do that on Truenas Scale it is read only file, can't change permissions with chmod or using admin user.

Is it possible to add it as environment variable or under options?

[deadphyre]

I've been fighting with getting the json format to work, Always returns a 403 Foridden. I've added json to the formats in the settings. I even went and added the other two items (rss and csv) and everything returns what it's supposed to except json.

[eXPerience83]

We need support to enable search for open-webui at last for localhost

[PokeLu]

I am using formats: [html, csv, json, rss] but still only got html.

[Fu-Jie]

outgoing:
enable_http: true

"It's likely that HTTP wasn't enabled, and after adding it, it worked. (I added it) in settings.yml."