def online_help():
reply = ""
reply = "My name is " + globals.bot_name + " and I am an instance of " + sys.argv[
0] + ".\n"
reply = reply + "I am an interface to the Searx meta-search engine with a limited conversational user interface.\n\n"
if user_text:
reply = reply + user_text + "\n\n"
reply = reply + "At this time I can accept search requests and optionally e-mail the results to a destination address. To execute a search request, send me a message that looks like this:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", (send/e-mail/email/mail) (me/<e-mail address>) top <number> hits for <search request...>\n\n"
reply = reply + "By default, I will e-mail results to the address " + default_email + ".\n\n"
reply = reply + "I can return search results directly to this instant messager session. Send me a request that looks like this:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", (get) top <number> hits for <search request...>\n\n"
reply = reply + "I can list the search engines I know about:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", (list (search)) engines\n\n"
reply = reply + "I can run searches using specific search engines:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", search <search engine shortcode> for <search request...>\n\n"
globals.send_message_to_user(globals.server, reply)
# Now let's handle the "search categories" case.
reply = "I can also run searches based upon different categories. The\n"
reply = reply + "categories I support are:\n\n"
reply = reply + ", ".join(
category for category in globals.search_categories) + "\n\n"
reply = reply + "To list the search categories:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", list (search) categories\n\n"
reply = reply + "To search in a particular category:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", search <category> for top <n> hits for <search request...>\n\n"
reply = reply + ""
globals.send_message_to_user(globals.server, reply)
return
def parse_search_request(search_request):
logging.debug("Entered function parse_search_request().")
number_of_search_results = 0
search_term = ""
email_address = ""
engine = ""
# Clean up the search request.
search_request = search_request.strip()
search_request = search_request.strip(",")
search_request = search_request.strip(".")
search_request = search_request.strip("'")
search_request = search_request.lower()
# If the search request is empty (i.e., nothing in the queue) return 0 and
# "".
if "no commands" in search_request:
logging.debug("Got empty search request.")
return (number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address)
# Attempt to parse a request for online help.
(number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address) = parse_help(search_request)
if number_of_search_results == "help":
logging.info("The user is asking for online help.")
return ("help", None, None)
# Attempt to parse a "list search engines" request.
(number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address) = parse_list(search_request)
if number_of_search_results == "list":
logging.info("The user has requested a list of search engines.")
return ("list", None, None)
# Attempt to parse a "get" request.
(number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address) = parse_get_request(search_request)
if number_of_search_results and (email_address == "XMPP"):
logging.info("The user has sent the search term " + str(search_term))
return (number_of_search_results, search_term, "XMPP")
# Attempt to parse an "email results" request.
(number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address) = parse_and_email_results(search_request)
if number_of_search_results:
if ("@" in email_address) or (email_address == "default_email"):
logging.info("The user has requested that search results for " + str(search_term) + " be e-mailed to " + email_address + ".")
return (number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address)
# Attempt to parse a search for a specific engine. If it works, prepend
# the string "!<search shortcode>" so that Searx knows to search on one
# search engine only.
(number_of_search_results, search_term, email_address) = parse_specific_search(search_request)
if number_of_search_results and (email_address == "XMPP"):
logging.info("The user has requested a specific search: " + str(search_term))
return (number_of_search_results, search_term, "XMPP")
# Fall-through - this should happen only if nothing at all matches.
logging.info("Fell all the way through in parse_search_request(). Telling the user I didn't understand what they said.")
globals.send_message_to_user(globals.server, "I didn't understand your command. Try again, please.")
return (0, "", None)
def online_help():
reply = ""
reply = "My name is " + globals.bot_name + " and I am an instance of " + sys.argv[0] + ".\n"
reply = reply + "I am an interface to the Searx meta-search engine with a limited conversational user interface.\n\n"
if user_text:
reply = reply + user_text + "\n\n"
reply = reply + "At this time I can accept search requests and optionally e-mail the results to a destination address. To execute a search request, send me a message that looks like this:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", (send/e-mail/email/mail) (me/<e-mail address>) top <number> hits for <search request...>\n\n"
reply = reply + "By default, I will e-mail results to the address " + default_email + ".\n\n"
reply = reply + "I can return search results directly to this instant messager session. Send me a request that looks like this:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", (get) top <number> hits for <search request...>\n\n"
reply = reply + "I can list the search engines I know about:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", (list (search)) engines\n\n"
reply = reply + "I can run searches using specific search engines:\n\n"
reply = reply + globals.bot_name + ", search !<search engine shortcode> for <search request...>\n"
reply = reply + "Yes, an exclamation point goes in front of the shortcode.\n\n"
globals.send_message_to_user(globals.server, reply)
return
def get_search_results(search_term):
logger.debug("Entered function get_search_results().")
# URL which represents the search request.
url = ""
# This will hold the search results returned by Searx.
search_results = {}
# The array which holds the search result data we actually want.
results = []
# Assemble the search request URL.
url = searx + search_term
logger.debug("Got a search request for " + str(url) + ".")
# Make the search request and extract the JSON of the results.
try:
request = requests.get(url)
search_results = json.loads(request.content)
except:
globals.send_message_to_user(
globals.server, "Uh-oh. Searx returned HTTP status code %s." %
(request.status_code))
return None
# Extract only the stuff we want from the search results and pack it into
# a separate hash table.
for i in search_results['results']:
temp = {}
temp['title'] = i['title']
temp['url'] = i['url']
temp['score'] = i['score']
results.append(temp)
# Truncate the master list of search results down to the number of
# hits the user requested.
if len(results) > number_of_results:
results = results[:(number_of_results - 1)]
logger.debug("Returning " + str(len(results)) + " search results.")
# Return the list of search results.
return results
str(polling_time))
logger.debug("SMTP server to send search results through: " + smtp_server)
logger.debug("E-mail address that search results are sent from: " +
origin_email_address)
logger.debug("Number of search engines enabled: " + str(len(globals.search_engines)))
if user_text:
logger.debug("User-defined help text: " + user_text)
if user_acknowledged:
logger.debug("User-defined command acknowledgement text: " + user_acknowledged)
# Try to contact the XMPP bridge. Keep trying until you reach it or the
# system shuts down.
logger.info("Trying to contact XMPP message bridge...")
while True:
try:
globals.send_message_to_user(globals.server, globals.bot_name + " now online.")
break
except:
logger.warning("Unable to reach message bus. Going to try again in %s seconds." % polling_time)
time.sleep(float(polling_time))
# Query the Searx instance and get its list of enabled search engines.
while True:
try:
temp_searx = "/".join(searx.split('/')[0:-1]) + "/config"
request = requests.get(temp_searx)
globals.search_engines = request.json()["engines"]
break
except:
globals.send_message_to_user(globals.server, "Unable to contact Searx instance! Tried to contact configuration URL %s." % str(temp_searx))
time.sleep(float(polling_time))