Qwant gibberish results

[xxxcrow]

Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG
I'm using nixos, and not sure how to get the version
At the bottom of the page it says 1.0.0

How did you install SearXNG?
Nixos, but the problem persisted in docker too
What happened?
Qwant search results are complete gibberish that lead to nonexistent websites

How To Reproduce
Search for anything

Expected behavior
Qwant gives English results

Screenshots & Logs

And it's not just one result, it's many of them
Even more if you search for something less searchable

[return42]

At the bottom of the page it says 1.0.0

Sure you installed SearXNG and not searx?

[xxxcrow]

@return42 it says "Powered by searxng - 1.0.0 - ..."
And the main logo is SearXNG
P.S. I'm pretty sure the version is 1.0.0 because it poorly packaged (or how nixos itself works)
You can check everything yourself https://searx.egor.wtf/

[return42]

You can check everything yourself https://searx.egor.wtf/

👍

P.S. I'm pretty sure the version is 1.0.0 because it poorly packaged (or how nixos itself works)

Sorry, I do not have experience with nixos .. package search shows me:

In the nixos package repo I see commit da7c302 is used for the package build .. not sure how instance updates do work in nixos but SearXNG is a rolling release .. the deployment tool is git / git needs to be installed on the target host (I don't see a git requirement in the SearXNG package definitions of nixos).

To summarize: with nixos I can't help, but may be @SuperSandro2000, @999eagle or @nagy can help.

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Additional I'm confused by this ...

How did you install SearXNG?

Nixos, but the problem persisted in docker too

In a SearXNG docker installation you see version 1.0.0?

May be should focus on one installation method / we from SearXNG team prefer to use one of the official installation methods.

[xxxcrow]

Additional I'm confused by this ...

How did you install SearXNG?

Nixos, but the problem persisted in docker too

In a SearXNG docker installation you see version 1.0.0?

Before jumping on nixos I used searxng in docker, and had it running in docker
And for the last year I had the same issue, I was just turning off qwant, but now I decided to find why it's the way it is

HOLD ON
I think I found the problem
Qwant isn't actually available in my country
I'm pretty sure other engines that were not supported (and now supported) before were giving an error or a timeout
But qwant is giving gibberish, could this be the cause?

[999eagle]

@return42 Packages on NixOS should be reproducible, so we build SearXNG from a specific commit (da7c302 currently for the unstable branch as you've already seen yourself). Automatic upgrades to newer commits can't happen as packages, once built, are immutable.
With a cursory look through the diff between the currently packaged commit and master (https://github.com/searxng/searxng/compare/da7c30291dcf53cc5b3d98f9aada5615cd1593a9..master) I don't see any changes to the Qwant engine.

[return42]

@999eagle thanks for clarify 👍

But qwant is giving gibberish, could this be the cause?

with the hint from @999eagle and the hint that the results in docker are not better either, I suspect that the problem is outside the SearXNG installation.

Qwant isn't actually available in my country

SearXNG uses the qwant's api:

searxng/searx/engines/qwant.py

Line 70 in a446dea

url = 'https://api.qwant.com/v3/search/{keyword}?{query}&count={count}&offset={offset}'

searxng/searx/engines/qwant.py

Lines 99 to 100 in a446dea

	q_locale = traits.get_region(params["searxng_locale"], default='en_US')
	params['url'] += '&locale=' + q_locale

When you send a API request from the IP of the SearXNG instance, do you get reasonable results for:

https://api.qwant.com/v3/search/web?q=hello&locale=en_us

[SuperSandro2000]

We are just missing a step and the fallback version here is used https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/version.py#L11-L16

The file is generated from

searxng/searx/version.py

Line 119 in a446dea

with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "version_frozen.py"), "w", encoding="utf8") as f:

@999eagle could you do a PR to include version and some dummy information for the git things? That would be awesome.

[return42]

@SuperSandro2000 @999eagle : from #229 ...

It is possible to call python -m searx.version freeze to freeze the current version (it creates the searx/version_frozen.py file)

It is useful when the code is install outside git (distro package, docker, etc...)

[xxxcrow]

When you send a API request from the IP of the SearXNG instance, do you get reasonable results for:

{"status":"success","data":{"query":{"locale":"en_us","query":"hello","offset":0,"queryContext":{"originalQuery":"hello"}},"result":{"denied":0,"total":10,"items":{"mainline":[{"type":"web","count":10,"items":[{"title":"Waloj unatarva koztuli hello Ta li tarbu.","favicon":"","url":"http://bipuwanal.vg/buk","source":"http://edkeli.mx/dagnicla","desc":"Fa kemalfod faih tagocre lelav feakro jovuwdo keuk tih rutra komife um miza idlapu riwhil ta. Bof pibfukber fu ribe evigu roto ojvilvof zu zuv evpel nujwejdab wuvohov omrez pumoj govoido tezih. Apuulu aza oka ugulo da falgomah ku gadorepi rimnemiri nuvlo fa robwa jov satsik cifod inka. Mag kukusoba catibe cale jagwevse adocoobi wagzat luznilro rato fa tezefefug rios liv wolot wuf ri aju. Omnuf vu ragu bokgu ir himfa vosnip ipbodkes katbi efudoun utafiro izkauf rozgemi odu go.","_id":"6b8de0ca084550751ccb7d67c48fc10f"},{"title":"Jo newcuhot zimso pikace hello Kuwmab nim.","favicon":"","url":"http://ubebso.cv/gedo","source":"http://masozbaf.gp/ohoce","desc":"Sis waffufto depga biv zukserimo wuwlogda fa ce ja macsugnu fiogu hi oge. Nucteufo enefu damobno niwzon bahutve ofoduj ozi vij uketev uzo locugo manji jica lumikve. Anuhu docuvgoh tabo ho cihaz idizes pus acga efuto hiiwkek jipiwgof pelivuv lizonwa. Palejmo keri le costoso ka bi simu jac tec fosvupve webbojzep levwe safom am om bidfi ku cek. Cu mej sojkevij nori imjat jif roif fa juj nu idijibiz ninva feuc didew suvugnar. Moltiboz geoveiz latta donvescav antajfuc gisligum doejota zordowa hevkat heegduf zi ed cocanoc. 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[return42]

@xxxcrow Yeah, seems gibberish what you got from qwant ..

Qwant isn't actually available in my country

just wondering that qwant responses gibberish on requests from Vietnam (14.177.55.154 / Ha Noi)

The only solution I see is to proxy the outgoing request or get an IP that is not located in a region qwant (for whatever reasons) dislike.

Related:

• However, it is still possible for them to access Qwant in other parts of the world via VPN tools. Qwant is still available in more than 10 languages and in more than 30 countries. See you soon on Qwant.
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Qwant_se/comments/tdbbus/why_qwant_isnt_working_in_some_countries/
• https://twitter.com/QwantCom/status/1339149434572206080

[999eagle]

I've opened NixOS/nixpkgs#244473 to include the frozen version and update to current master.

[return42]

I've opened NixOS/nixpkgs#244473 to include the frozen version and update to current master.

@999eagle: Thanks 👍 I placed a comment NixOS/nixpkgs#244473 .. the nixos discussion should be continued in your PR.

@xxxcrow: the issue you have is related to the qwant service itself .. see my comment from above #2563 (comment) --> I'm going to close this github issue.