app.py

from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

# Define the SearXNG instance URL
SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL = "https://oscarwang2-searxng.hf.space/search"

@app.route('/search', methods=['GET'])
def search():
    # Get the search term from query parameters
    search_term = request.args.get('q', '')
    
    if not search_term:
        return jsonify({'error': 'No search term provided'}), 400

    # Define the query parameters for the SearXNG API
    params = {
        'q': search_term,
        'format': 'json',
        'categories': 'general'
    }

    try:
        # Make the request to the SearXNG API
        response = requests.get(SEARXNG_INSTANCE_URL, params=params)

        # Check the response status code
        if response.status_code == 200:
            data = response.json()
            # Retrieve the first 3 snippets
            results = data.get('results', [])[:3]
            snippets = []

            # Collect the snippets
            for result in results:
                snippet = {
                    'title': result.get('title', 'No title'),
                    'snippet': result.get('content', 'No snippet available'),
                    'url': result.get('url', 'No URL')
                }
                snippets.append(snippet)

            # Return the snippets as a JSON response
            return jsonify(snippets)
        else:
            return jsonify({'error': f'SearXNG API error: {response.status_code}'}), response.status_code

    except Exception as e:
        return jsonify({'error': str(e)}), 500

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)