Merge pull request #1 from metasearch-lab/httpx_networks

Httpx networks

docs/admin/settings.rst

@@ -130,14 +130,12 @@ Global Settings
        request_timeout : 2.0        # default timeout in seconds, can be override by engine
        # max_request_timeout: 10.0  # the maximum timeout in seconds
        useragent_suffix : ""        # informations like an email address to the administrator
-       pool_connections : 100       # Number of different hosts
+       pool_connections : 100       # Maximum number of allowable connections, or None for no limits. The default is 100.
-       pool_maxsize : 10            # Number of simultaneous requests by host
+       pool_maxsize : 10            # Number of allowable keep-alive connections, or None to always allow. The default is 10.
+       enable_http2: True           # See https://www.python-httpx.org/http2/
    # uncomment below section if you want to use a proxy
    #    proxies:
-   #        http:
+   #        all://:
-   #            - http://proxy1:8080
-   #            - http://proxy2:8080
-   #        https:
    #            - http://proxy1:8080
    #            - http://proxy2:8080
    # uncomment below section only if you have more than one network interface
@@ -145,6 +143,7 @@ Global Settings
    #    source_ips:
    #        - 1.1.1.1
    #        - 1.1.1.2
+   #        - fe80::/126
 
 
 ``request_timeout`` :
@@ -157,20 +156,46 @@ Global Settings
   Suffix to the user-agent searx uses to send requests to others engines.  If an
   engine wish to block you, a contact info here may be useful to avoid that.
 
-.. _requests proxies: https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies
+``keepalive_expiry``:
-.. _PySocks: https://pypi.org/project/PySocks/
+  Number of seconds to keep a connection in the pool. By default 5.0 seconds.
+
+.. _httpx proxies: https://www.python-httpx.org/advanced/#http-proxying
 
 ``proxies`` :
-  Define one or more proxies you wish to use, see `requests proxies`_.
+  Define one or more proxies you wish to use, see `httpx proxies`_.
   If there are more than one proxy for one protocol (http, https),
   requests to the engines are distributed in a round-robin fashion.
 
-  - Proxy: `see <https://2.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies>`__.
-  - SOCKS proxies are also supported: `see <https://2.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#socks>`__
-
 ``source_ips`` :
   If you use multiple network interfaces, define from which IP the requests must
-  be made. This parameter is ignored when ``proxies`` is set.
+  be made. Example:
+
+  * ``0.0.0.0`` any local IPv4 address.
+  * ``::`` any local IPv6 address.
+  * ``192.168.0.1``
+  * ``[ 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 ]`` these two specific IP addresses
+  * ``fe80::60a2:1691:e5a2:ee1f``
+  * ``fe80::60a2:1691:e5a2:ee1f/126`` all IP addresses in this network.
+  * ``[ 192.168.0.1, fe80::/126 ]``
+
+``retries`` :
+  Number of retry in case of an HTTP error.
+  On each retry, searx uses an different proxy and source ip.
+
+``retry_on_http_error`` :
+  Retry request on some HTTP status code.
+
+  Example:
+
+  * ``true`` : on HTTP status code between 400 and 599.
+  * ``403`` : on HTTP status code 403.
+  * ``[403, 429]``: on HTTP status code 403 and 429.
+
+``enable_http2`` :
+  Enable by default. Set to ``False`` to disable HTTP/2.
+
+``max_redirects`` :
+  30 by default. Maximum redirect before it is an error.
 
 
 ``locales:``
@@ -216,6 +241,13 @@ Engine settings
      api_key : 'apikey'
      disabled : True
      language : en_US
+     #enable_http: False
+     #enable_http2: False
+     #retries: 1
+     #retry_on_http_error: True # or 403 or [404, 429]
+     #max_connections: 100
+     #max_keepalive_connections: 10
+     #keepalive_expiry: 5.0
      #proxies:
      #    http:
      #        - http://proxy1:8080
@@ -270,6 +302,12 @@ Engine settings
 ``display_error_messages`` : default ``True``
   When an engine returns an error, the message is displayed on the user interface.
 
+``network``: optional
+  Use the network configuration from another engine.
+  In addition, there are two default networks:
+  * ``ipv4`` set ``local_addresses`` to ``0.0.0.0`` (use only IPv4 local addresses)
+  * ``ipv6`` set ``local_addresses`` to ``::`` (use only IPv6 local addresses)
+
 .. note::
 
    A few more options are possible, but they are pretty specific to some

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ sphinx-tabs==2.1.0
 sphinxcontrib-programoutput==0.17
 sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14
 linuxdoc==20210324
+aiounittest==1.4.0

requirements.txt

@@ -8,5 +8,10 @@ lxml==4.6.3
 pygments==2.8.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
 pyyaml==5.4.1
-requests[socks]==2.25.1
+httpx[http2]==0.17.1
+Brotli==1.0.9
+uvloop==0.15.2; python_version >= '3.7'
+uvloop==0.14.0; python_version < '3.7'
+httpx-socks[asyncio]==0.3.1
 langdetect==1.0.8
+setproctitle==1.2.2

searx/autocomplete.py

@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ from lxml import etree
 from json import loads
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from requests import RequestException
+from httpx import HTTPError
+
 
 from searx import settings
-from searx.poolrequests import get as http_get
+from searx.network import get as http_get
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineResponseException
 
 
@@ -136,5 +137,5 @@ def search_autocomplete(backend_name, query, lang):
 
     try:
         return backend(query, lang)
-    except (RequestException, SearxEngineResponseException):
+    except (HTTPError, SearxEngineResponseException):
         return []

searx/engines/__init__.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from searx import settings
 from searx import logger
 from searx.data import ENGINES_LANGUAGES
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineResponseException
-from searx.poolrequests import get, get_proxy_cycles
+from searx.network import get, initialize as initialize_network, set_context_network_name
 from searx.utils import load_module, match_language, get_engine_from_settings, gen_useragent
 
 
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ def load_engine(engine_data):
                 engine.categories = []
             else:
                 engine.categories = list(map(str.strip, param_value.split(',')))
-        elif param_name == 'proxies':
-            engine.proxies = get_proxy_cycles(param_value)
         else:
             setattr(engine, param_name, param_value)
 
@@ -289,9 +287,11 @@ def load_engines(engine_list):
 
 def initialize_engines(engine_list):
     load_engines(engine_list)
+    initialize_network(engine_list, settings['outgoing'])
 
     def engine_init(engine_name, init_fn):
         try:
+            set_context_network_name(engine_name)
             init_fn(get_engine_from_settings(engine_name))
         except SearxEngineResponseException as exc:
             logger.warn('%s engine: Fail to initialize // %s', engine_name, exc)

searx/engines/dictzone.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def response(resp):
                 to_results.append(to_result.text_content())
 
         results.append({
-            'url': urljoin(resp.url, '?%d' % k),
+            'url': urljoin(str(resp.url), '?%d' % k),
             'title': from_result.text_content(),
             'content': '; '.join(to_results)
         })

searx/engines/duckduckgo.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from lxml.html import fromstring
 from json import loads
 from searx.utils import extract_text, match_language, eval_xpath, dict_subset
-from searx.poolrequests import get
+from searx.network import get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/duckduckgo_images.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException
 from searx.engines.duckduckgo import get_region_code
 from searx.engines.duckduckgo import _fetch_supported_languages, supported_languages_url  # NOQA # pylint: disable=unused-import
-from searx.poolrequests import get
+from searx.network import get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/elasticsearch.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 """
 
 from json import loads, dumps
-from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException
 
 
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ def request(query, params):
         return params
 
     if username and password:
-        params['auth'] = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)
+        params['auth'] = (username, password)
 
     params['url'] = search_url
     params['method'] = 'GET'

searx/engines/gigablast.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 from json import loads
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 # from searx import logger
-from searx.poolrequests import get
+from searx.network import get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/google.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Definitions`_.
 
 # pylint: disable=invalid-name, missing-function-docstring
 
-from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlparse
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from lxml import html
 from searx import logger
 from searx.utils import match_language, extract_text, eval_xpath, eval_xpath_list, eval_xpath_getindex
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ def get_lang_info(params, lang_list, custom_aliases):
     return ret_val
 
 def detect_google_sorry(resp):
-    resp_url = urlparse(resp.url)
+    if resp.url.host == 'sorry.google.com' or resp.url.path.startswith('/sorry'):
-    if resp_url.netloc == 'sorry.google.com' or resp_url.path.startswith('/sorry'):
         raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()
 
 

searx/engines/pubmed.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from flask_babel import gettext
 from lxml import etree
 from datetime import datetime
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
-from searx.poolrequests import get
+from searx.network import get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/qwant.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from json import loads
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from searx.utils import html_to_text, match_language
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException, SearxEngineCaptchaException
-from searx.raise_for_httperror import raise_for_httperror
+from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/seznam.py

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  Seznam
 """
 
-from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlparse
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
 from lxml import html
-from searx.poolrequests import get
+from searx.network import get
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAccessDeniedException
 from searx.utils import (
     extract_text,
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 
 
 def response(resp):
-    resp_url = urlparse(resp.url)
+    if resp.url.path.startswith('/verify'):
-    if resp_url.path.startswith('/verify'):
         raise SearxEngineAccessDeniedException()
 
     results = []

searx/engines/soundcloud.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from lxml import html
 from dateutil import parser
 from urllib.parse import quote_plus, urlencode
 from searx import logger
-from searx.poolrequests import get as http_get
+from searx.network import get as http_get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/spotify.py

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 
 from json import loads
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
-import requests
 import base64
 
+from searx.network import post as http_post
+
 # about
 about = {
     "website": 'https://www.spotify.com',
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 
     params['url'] = search_url.format(query=urlencode({'q': query}), offset=offset)
 
-    r = requests.post(
+    r = http_post(
         'https://accounts.spotify.com/api/token',
         data={'grant_type': 'client_credentials'},
         headers={'Authorization': 'Basic ' + base64.b64encode(

searx/engines/stackoverflow.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  Stackoverflow (IT)
 """
 
-from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin, urlparse
+from urllib.parse import urlencode, urljoin
 from lxml import html
 from searx.utils import extract_text
 from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineCaptchaException
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 
 # get response from search-request
 def response(resp):
-    resp_url = urlparse(resp.url)
+    if resp.url.path.startswith('/nocaptcha'):
-    if resp_url.path.startswith('/nocaptcha'):
         raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()
 
     results = []

searx/engines/wikidata.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from babel.dates import format_datetime, format_date, format_time, get_datetime_
 
 from searx import logger
 from searx.data import WIKIDATA_UNITS
-from searx.poolrequests import post, get
+from searx.network import post, get
 from searx.utils import match_language, searx_useragent, get_string_replaces_function
 from searx.external_urls import get_external_url, get_earth_coordinates_url, area_to_osm_zoom
 from searx.engines.wikipedia import _fetch_supported_languages, supported_languages_url  # NOQA # pylint: disable=unused-import

searx/engines/wikipedia.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from urllib.parse import quote
 from json import loads
 from lxml.html import fromstring
 from searx.utils import match_language, searx_useragent
-from searx.raise_for_httperror import raise_for_httperror
+from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/wolframalpha_noapi.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from json import loads
 from time import time
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from searx.poolrequests import get as http_get
+from searx.network import get as http_get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/engines/wordnik.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from lxml.html import fromstring
 from searx import logger
 from searx.utils import extract_text
-from searx.raise_for_httperror import raise_for_httperror
+from searx.network import raise_for_httperror
 
 logger = logger.getChild('Wordnik engine')
 

searx/engines/yacy.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from json import loads
 from dateutil import parser
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
-from requests.auth import HTTPDigestAuth
+from httpx import DigestAuth
 
 from searx.utils import html_to_text
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def request(query, params):
                           search_type=search_type)
 
     if http_digest_auth_user and http_digest_auth_pass:
-        params['auth'] = HTTPDigestAuth(http_digest_auth_user, http_digest_auth_pass)
+        params['auth'] = DigestAuth(http_digest_auth_user, http_digest_auth_pass)
 
     # add language tag if specified
     if params['language'] != 'all':

searx/engines/yggtorrent.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from operator import itemgetter
 from datetime import datetime
 from urllib.parse import quote
 from searx.utils import extract_text, get_torrent_size
-from searx.poolrequests import get as http_get
+from searx.network import get as http_get
 
 # about
 about = {

searx/metrology/error_recorder.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import inspect
 import logging
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
-from requests.exceptions import RequestException
+from httpx import HTTPError, HTTPStatusError
 from searx.exceptions import (SearxXPathSyntaxException, SearxEngineXPathException, SearxEngineAPIException,
                               SearxEngineAccessDeniedException)
 from searx import logger
@@ -60,28 +60,28 @@ def get_trace(traces):
     return traces[-1]
 
 
-def get_hostname(exc: RequestException) -> typing.Optional[None]:
+def get_hostname(exc: HTTPError) -> typing.Optional[None]:
     url = exc.request.url
     if url is None and exc.response is not None:
         url = exc.response.url
     return urlparse(url).netloc
 
 
-def get_request_exception_messages(exc: RequestException)\
+def get_request_exception_messages(exc: HTTPError)\
         -> typing.Tuple[typing.Optional[str], typing.Optional[str], typing.Optional[str]]:
     url = None
     status_code = None
     reason = None
     hostname = None
-    if exc.request is not None:
+    if hasattr(exc, 'request') and exc.request is not None:
         url = exc.request.url
-    if url is None and exc.response is not None:
+    if url is None and hasattr(exc, 'response') and exc.respones is not None:
         url = exc.response.url
     if url is not None:
-        hostname = str(urlparse(url).netloc)
+        hostname = url.host
-    if exc.response is not None:
+    if isinstance(exc, HTTPStatusError):
         status_code = str(exc.response.status_code)
-        reason = exc.response.reason
+        reason = exc.response.reason_phrase
     return (status_code, reason, hostname)
 
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def get_messages(exc, filename) -> typing.Tuple:
         return (str(exc), )
     if isinstance(exc, ValueError) and 'lxml' in filename:
         return (str(exc), )
-    if isinstance(exc, RequestException):
+    if isinstance(exc, HTTPError):
         return get_request_exception_messages(exc)
     if isinstance(exc, SearxXPathSyntaxException):
         return (exc.xpath_str, exc.message)

searx/network/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import asyncio
+import threading
+import concurrent.futures
+from time import time
+
+import httpx
+import h2.exceptions
+
+from .network import get_network, initialize
+from .client import LOOP
+from .raise_for_httperror import raise_for_httperror
+
+# queue.SimpleQueue: Support Python 3.6
+try:
+    from queue import SimpleQueue
+except ImportError:
+    from queue import Empty
+    from collections import deque
+
+    class SimpleQueue:
+        """Minimal backport of queue.SimpleQueue"""
+
+        def __init__(self):
+            self._queue = deque()
+            self._count = threading.Semaphore(0)
+
+        def put(self, item):
+            self._queue.append(item)
+            self._count.release()
+
+        def get(self):
+            if not self._count.acquire(True):
+                raise Empty
+            return self._queue.popleft()
+
+
+THREADLOCAL = threading.local()
+
+
+def reset_time_for_thread():
+    THREADLOCAL.total_time = 0
+
+
+def get_time_for_thread():
+    return THREADLOCAL.total_time
+
+
+def set_timeout_for_thread(timeout, start_time=None):
+    THREADLOCAL.timeout = timeout
+    THREADLOCAL.start_time = start_time
+
+
+def set_context_network_name(network_name):
+    THREADLOCAL.network = get_network(network_name)
+
+
+def get_context_network():
+    try:
+        return THREADLOCAL.network
+    except AttributeError:
+        return get_network()
+
+
+def request(method, url, **kwargs):
+    """same as requests/requests/api.py request(...)"""
+    time_before_request = time()
+
+    # timeout (httpx)
+    if 'timeout' in kwargs:
+        timeout = kwargs['timeout']
+    else:
+        timeout = getattr(THREADLOCAL, 'timeout', None)
+        if timeout is not None:
+            kwargs['timeout'] = timeout
+
+    # 2 minutes timeout for the requests without timeout
+    timeout = timeout or 120
+
+    # ajdust actual timeout
+    timeout += 0.2  # overhead
+    start_time = getattr(THREADLOCAL, 'start_time', time_before_request)
+    if start_time:
+        timeout -= time() - start_time
+
+    # raise_for_error
+    check_for_httperror = True
+    if 'raise_for_httperror' in kwargs:
+        check_for_httperror = kwargs['raise_for_httperror']
+        del kwargs['raise_for_httperror']
+
+    # requests compatibility
+    if isinstance(url, bytes):
+        url = url.decode()
+
+    # network
+    network = get_context_network()
+
+    # do request
+    future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(network.request(method, url, **kwargs), LOOP)
+    try:
+        response = future.result(timeout)
+    except concurrent.futures.TimeoutError as e:
+        raise httpx.TimeoutException('Timeout', request=None) from e
+
+    # requests compatibility
+    # see also https://www.python-httpx.org/compatibility/#checking-for-4xx5xx-responses
+    response.ok = not response.is_error
+
+    # update total_time.
+    # See get_time_for_thread() and reset_time_for_thread()
+    if hasattr(THREADLOCAL, 'total_time'):
+        time_after_request = time()
+        THREADLOCAL.total_time += time_after_request - time_before_request
+
+    # raise an exception
+    if check_for_httperror:
+        raise_for_httperror(response)
+
+    return response
+
+
+def get(url, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
+    return request('get', url, **kwargs)
+
+
+def options(url, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
+    return request('options', url, **kwargs)
+
+
+def head(url, **kwargs):
+    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', False)
+    return request('head', url, **kwargs)
+
+
+def post(url, data=None, **kwargs):
+    return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs)
+
+
+def put(url, data=None, **kwargs):
+    return request('put', url, data=data, **kwargs)
+
+
+def patch(url, data=None, **kwargs):
+    return request('patch', url, data=data, **kwargs)
+
+
+def delete(url, **kwargs):
+    return request('delete', url, **kwargs)
+
+
+async def stream_chunk_to_queue(network, q, method, url, **kwargs):
+    try:
+        async with network.stream(method, url, **kwargs) as response:
+            q.put(response)
+            async for chunk in response.aiter_bytes(65536):
+                if len(chunk) > 0:
+                    q.put(chunk)
+    except (httpx.HTTPError, OSError, h2.exceptions.ProtocolError) as e:
+        q.put(e)
+    finally:
+        q.put(None)
+
+
+def stream(method, url, **kwargs):
+    """Replace httpx.stream.
+
+    Usage:
+    stream = poolrequests.stream(...)
+    response = next(stream)
+    for chunk in stream:
+        ...
+
+    httpx.Client.stream requires to write the httpx.HTTPTransport version of the
+    the httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport declared above.
+    """
+    q = SimpleQueue()
+    future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(stream_chunk_to_queue(get_network(), q, method, url, **kwargs),
+                                              LOOP)
+    chunk_or_exception = q.get()
+    while chunk_or_exception is not None:
+        if isinstance(chunk_or_exception, Exception):
+            raise chunk_or_exception
+        yield chunk_or_exception
+        chunk_or_exception = q.get()
+    return future.result()

searx/network/client.py

@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import threading
+
+import httpcore
+import httpx
+from httpx_socks import AsyncProxyTransport
+from python_socks import parse_proxy_url
+import python_socks._errors
+
+from searx import logger
+
+# Optional uvloop (support Python 3.6)
+try:
+    import uvloop
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    uvloop.install()
+
+
+logger = logger.getChild('searx.http.client')
+LOOP = None
+TRANSPORT_KWARGS = {
+    'backend': 'asyncio',
+    'trust_env': False,
+}
+
+
+async def close_connections_for_url(connection_pool: httpcore.AsyncConnectionPool, url: httpcore._utils.URL):
+    origin = httpcore._utils.url_to_origin(url)
+    logger.debug('Drop connections for %r', origin)
+    connections_to_close = connection_pool._connections_for_origin(origin)
+    for connection in connections_to_close:
+        await connection_pool._remove_from_pool(connection)
+        try:
+            await connection.aclose()
+        except httpcore.NetworkError as e:
+            logger.warning('Error closing an existing connection', exc_info=e)
+
+
+class AsyncHTTPTransportNoHttp(httpcore.AsyncHTTPTransport):
+    """Block HTTP request"""
+
+    async def arequest(self, method, url, headers=None, stream=None, ext=None):
+        raise httpcore.UnsupportedProtocol("HTTP protocol is disabled")
+
+
+class AsyncProxyTransportFixed(AsyncProxyTransport):
+    """Fix httpx_socks.AsyncProxyTransport
+
+    Map python_socks exceptions to httpcore.ProxyError
+
+    Map socket.gaierror to httpcore.ConnectError
+
+    Note: keepalive_expiry is ignored, AsyncProxyTransport should call:
+    * self._keepalive_sweep()
+    * self._response_closed(self, connection)
+
+    Note: AsyncProxyTransport inherit from AsyncConnectionPool
+
+    Note: the API is going to change on httpx 0.18.0
+    see https://github.com/encode/httpx/pull/1522
+    """
+
+    async def arequest(self, method, url, headers=None, stream=None, ext=None):
+        retry = 2
+        while retry > 0:
+            retry -= 1
+            try:
+                return await super().arequest(method, url, headers, stream, ext)
+            except (python_socks._errors.ProxyConnectionError,
+                    python_socks._errors.ProxyTimeoutError,
+                    python_socks._errors.ProxyError) as e:
+                raise httpcore.ProxyError(e)
+            except OSError as e:
+                # socket.gaierror when DNS resolution fails
+                raise httpcore.NetworkError(e)
+            except httpcore.RemoteProtocolError as e:
+                # in case of httpcore.RemoteProtocolError: Server disconnected
+                await close_connections_for_url(self, url)
+                logger.warning('httpcore.RemoteProtocolError: retry', exc_info=e)
+                # retry
+            except (httpcore.NetworkError, httpcore.ProtocolError) as e:
+                # httpcore.WriteError on HTTP/2 connection leaves a new opened stream
+                # then each new request creates a new stream and raise the same WriteError
+                await close_connections_for_url(self, url)
+                raise e
+
+
+class AsyncHTTPTransportFixed(httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport):
+    """Fix httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport"""
+
+    async def arequest(self, method, url, headers=None, stream=None, ext=None):
+        retry = 2
+        while retry > 0:
+            retry -= 1
+            try:
+                return await super().arequest(method, url, headers, stream, ext)
+            except OSError as e:
+                # socket.gaierror when DNS resolution fails
+                raise httpcore.ConnectError(e)
+            except httpcore.CloseError as e:
+                # httpcore.CloseError: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer
+                # raised by _keepalive_sweep()
+                #   from https://github.com/encode/httpcore/blob/4b662b5c42378a61e54d673b4c949420102379f5/httpcore/_backends/asyncio.py#L198  # noqa
+                await close_connections_for_url(self._pool, url)
+                logger.warning('httpcore.CloseError: retry', exc_info=e)
+                # retry
+            except httpcore.RemoteProtocolError as e:
+                # in case of httpcore.RemoteProtocolError: Server disconnected
+                await close_connections_for_url(self._pool, url)
+                logger.warning('httpcore.RemoteProtocolError: retry', exc_info=e)
+                # retry
+            except (httpcore.ProtocolError, httpcore.NetworkError) as e:
+                await close_connections_for_url(self._pool, url)
+                raise e
+
+
+def get_transport_for_socks_proxy(verify, http2, local_address, proxy_url, limit, retries):
+    global LOOP, TRANSPORT_KWARGS
+    # support socks5h (requests compatibility):
+    # https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/master/user/advanced/#socks
+    # socks5://   hostname is resolved on client side
+    # socks5h://  hostname is resolved on proxy side
+    rdns = False
+    socks5h = 'socks5h://'
+    if proxy_url.startswith(socks5h):
+        proxy_url = 'socks5://' + proxy_url[len(socks5h):]
+        rdns = True
+
+    proxy_type, proxy_host, proxy_port, proxy_username, proxy_password = parse_proxy_url(proxy_url)
+
+    return AsyncProxyTransportFixed(proxy_type=proxy_type, proxy_host=proxy_host, proxy_port=proxy_port,
+                                    username=proxy_username, password=proxy_password,
+                                    rdns=rdns,
+                                    loop=LOOP,
+                                    verify=verify,
+                                    http2=http2,
+                                    local_address=local_address,
+                                    max_connections=limit.max_connections,
+                                    max_keepalive_connections=limit.max_keepalive_connections,
+                                    keepalive_expiry=limit.keepalive_expiry,
+                                    retries=retries,
+                                    **TRANSPORT_KWARGS)
+
+
+def get_transport(verify, http2, local_address, proxy_url, limit, retries):
+    return AsyncHTTPTransportFixed(verify=verify,
+                                   http2=http2,
+                                   local_address=local_address,
+                                   proxy=httpx._config.Proxy(proxy_url) if proxy_url else None,
+                                   limits=limit,
+                                   retries=retries,
+                                   **TRANSPORT_KWARGS)
+
+
+def iter_proxies(proxies):
+    # https://www.python-httpx.org/compatibility/#proxy-keys
+    if isinstance(proxies, str):
+        yield 'all://', proxies
+    elif isinstance(proxies, dict):
+        for pattern, proxy_url in proxies.items():
+            yield pattern, proxy_url
+
+
+def new_client(enable_http, verify, enable_http2,
+               max_connections, max_keepalive_connections, keepalive_expiry,
+               proxies, local_address, retries, max_redirects):
+    limit = httpx.Limits(max_connections=max_connections,
+                         max_keepalive_connections=max_keepalive_connections,
+                         keepalive_expiry=keepalive_expiry)
+    # See https://www.python-httpx.org/advanced/#routing
+    mounts = {}
+    for pattern, proxy_url in iter_proxies(proxies):
+        if not enable_http and (pattern == 'http' or pattern.startswith('http://')):
+            continue
+        if proxy_url.startswith('socks4://') \
+           or proxy_url.startswith('socks5://') \
+           or proxy_url.startswith('socks5h://'):
+            mounts[pattern] = get_transport_for_socks_proxy(verify, enable_http2, local_address, proxy_url, limit,
+                                                            retries)
+        else:
+            mounts[pattern] = get_transport(verify, enable_http2, local_address, proxy_url, limit, retries)
+
+    if not enable_http:
+        mounts['http://'] = AsyncHTTPTransportNoHttp()
+
+    transport = get_transport(verify, enable_http2, local_address, None, limit, retries)
+    return httpx.AsyncClient(transport=transport, mounts=mounts, max_redirects=max_redirects)
+
+
+def init():
+    # log
+    for logger_name in ('hpack.hpack', 'hpack.table'):
+        logging.getLogger(logger_name).setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+    # loop
+    def loop_thread():
+        global LOOP
+        LOOP = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        LOOP.run_forever()
+
+    th = threading.Thread(
+        target=loop_thread,
+        name='asyncio_loop',
+        daemon=True,
+    )
+    th.start()
+
+
+init()

searx/network/network.py

@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+import atexit
+import asyncio
+import ipaddress
+from itertools import cycle
+
+import httpx
+
+from .client import new_client, LOOP
+
+
+DEFAULT_NAME = '__DEFAULT__'
+NETWORKS = {}
+# requests compatibility when reading proxy settings from settings.yml
+PROXY_PATTERN_MAPPING = {
+    'http': 'http://',
+    'https': 'https://',
+    'socks4': 'socks4://',
+    'socks5': 'socks5://',
+    'socks5h': 'socks5h://',
+    'http:': 'http://',
+    'https:': 'https://',
+    'socks4:': 'socks4://',
+    'socks5:': 'socks5://',
+    'socks5h:': 'socks5h://',
+}
+
+ADDRESS_MAPPING = {
+    'ipv4': '0.0.0.0',
+    'ipv6': '::'
+}
+
+
+class Network:
+
+    __slots__ = ('enable_http', 'verify', 'enable_http2',
+                 'max_connections', 'max_keepalive_connections', 'keepalive_expiry',
+                 'local_addresses', 'proxies', 'max_redirects', 'retries', 'retry_on_http_error',
+                 '_local_addresses_cycle', '_proxies_cycle', '_clients')
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 enable_http=True,
+                 verify=True,
+                 enable_http2=False,
+                 max_connections=None,
+                 max_keepalive_connections=None,
+                 keepalive_expiry=None,
+                 proxies=None,
+                 local_addresses=None,
+                 retries=0,
+                 retry_on_http_error=None,
+                 max_redirects=30):
+        self.enable_http = enable_http
+        self.verify = verify
+        self.enable_http2 = enable_http2
+        self.max_connections = max_connections
+        self.max_keepalive_connections = max_keepalive_connections
+        self.keepalive_expiry = keepalive_expiry
+        self.proxies = proxies
+        self.local_addresses = local_addresses
+        self.retries = retries
+        self.retry_on_http_error = retry_on_http_error
+        self.max_redirects = max_redirects
+        self._local_addresses_cycle = self.get_ipaddress_cycle()
+        self._proxies_cycle = self.get_proxy_cycles()
+        self._clients = {}
+        self.check_parameters()
+
+    def check_parameters(self):
+        for address in self.iter_ipaddresses():
+            if '/' in address:
+                ipaddress.ip_network(address, False)
+            else:
+                ipaddress.ip_address(address)
+
+        if self.proxies is not None and not isinstance(self.proxies, (str, dict)):
+            raise ValueError('proxies type has to be str, dict or None')
+
+    def iter_ipaddresses(self):
+        local_addresses = self.local_addresses
+        if not local_addresses:
+            return
+        elif isinstance(local_addresses, str):
+            local_addresses = [local_addresses]
+        for address in local_addresses:
+            yield address
+
+    def get_ipaddress_cycle(self):
+        while True:
+            count = 0
+            for address in self.iter_ipaddresses():
+                if '/' in address:
+                    for a in ipaddress.ip_network(address, False).hosts():
+                        yield str(a)
+                        count += 1
+                else:
+                    a = ipaddress.ip_address(address)
+                    yield str(a)
+                    count += 1
+            if count == 0:
+                yield None
+
+    def iter_proxies(self):
+        if not self.proxies:
+            return
+        # https://www.python-httpx.org/compatibility/#proxy-keys
+        if isinstance(self.proxies, str):
+            yield 'all://', [self.proxies]
+        else:
+            for pattern, proxy_url in self.proxies.items():
+                pattern = PROXY_PATTERN_MAPPING.get(pattern, pattern)
+                if isinstance(proxy_url, str):
+                    proxy_url = [proxy_url]
+                yield pattern, proxy_url
+
+    def get_proxy_cycles(self):
+        proxy_settings = {}
+        for pattern, proxy_urls in self.iter_proxies():
+            proxy_settings[pattern] = cycle(proxy_urls)
+        while True:
+            yield tuple((pattern, next(proxy_url_cycle)) for pattern, proxy_url_cycle in proxy_settings.items())
+
+    def get_client(self, verify=None, max_redirects=None):
+        verify = self.verify if verify is None else verify
+        max_redirects = self.max_redirects if max_redirects is None else max_redirects
+        local_address = next(self._local_addresses_cycle)
+        proxies = next(self._proxies_cycle)  # is a tuple so it can be part of the key
+        key = (verify, max_redirects, local_address, proxies)
+        if key not in self._clients or self._clients[key].is_closed:
+            self._clients[key] = new_client(self.enable_http,
+                                            verify,
+                                            self.enable_http2,
+                                            self.max_connections,
+                                            self.max_keepalive_connections,
+                                            self.keepalive_expiry,
+                                            dict(proxies),
+                                            local_address,
+                                            0,
+                                            max_redirects)
+        return self._clients[key]
+
+    async def aclose(self):
+        async def close_client(client):
+            try:
+                await client.aclose()
+            except httpx.HTTPError:
+                pass
+        await asyncio.gather(*[close_client(client) for client in self._clients.values()], return_exceptions=False)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_kwargs_clients(kwargs):
+        kwargs_clients = {}
+        if 'verify' in kwargs:
+            kwargs_clients['verify'] = kwargs.pop('verify')
+        if 'max_redirects' in kwargs:
+            kwargs_clients['max_redirects'] = kwargs.pop('max_redirects')
+        return kwargs_clients
+
+    def is_valid_respones(self, response):
+        if (self.retry_on_http_error is True and 400 <= response.status_code <= 599) \
+           or (isinstance(self.retry_on_http_error, list) and response.status_code in self.retry_on_http_error) \
+           or (isinstance(self.retry_on_http_error, int) and response.status_code == self.retry_on_http_error):
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    async def request(self, method, url, **kwargs):
+        retries = self.retries
+        while retries >= 0:  # pragma: no cover
+            kwargs_clients = Network.get_kwargs_clients(kwargs)
+            client = self.get_client(**kwargs_clients)
+            try:
+                response = await client.request(method, url, **kwargs)
+                if self.is_valid_respones(response) or retries <= 0:
+                    return response
+            except (httpx.RequestError, httpx.HTTPStatusError) as e:
+                if retries <= 0:
+                    raise e
+            retries -= 1
+
+    def stream(self, method, url, **kwargs):
+        retries = self.retries
+        while retries >= 0:  # pragma: no cover
+            kwargs_clients = Network.get_kwargs_clients(kwargs)
+            client = self.get_client(**kwargs_clients)
+            try:
+                response = client.stream(method, url, **kwargs)
+                if self.is_valid_respones(response) or retries <= 0:
+                    return response
+            except (httpx.RequestError, httpx.HTTPStatusError) as e:
+                if retries <= 0:
+                    raise e
+            retries -= 1
+
+    @classmethod
+    async def aclose_all(cls):
+        await asyncio.gather(*[network.aclose() for network in NETWORKS.values()], return_exceptions=False)
+
+
+def get_network(name=None):
+    global NETWORKS
+    return NETWORKS[name or DEFAULT_NAME]
+
+
+def initialize(settings_engines=None, settings_outgoing=None):
+    from searx.engines import engines
+    from searx import settings
+
+    global NETWORKS
+
+    settings_engines = settings_engines or settings.get('engines')
+    settings_outgoing = settings_outgoing or settings.get('outgoing')
+
+    # default parameters for AsyncHTTPTransport
+    # see https://github.com/encode/httpx/blob/e05a5372eb6172287458b37447c30f650047e1b8/httpx/_transports/default.py#L108-L121  # noqa
+    default_params = {
+        'enable_http': False,
+        'verify': True,
+        'enable_http2': settings_outgoing.get('enable_http2', True),
+        # Magic number kept from previous code
+        'max_connections': settings_outgoing.get('pool_connections', 100),
+        # Picked from constructor
+        'max_keepalive_connections': settings_outgoing.get('pool_maxsize', 10),
+        #
+        'keepalive_expiry': settings_outgoing.get('keepalive_expiry', 5.0),
+        'local_addresses': settings_outgoing.get('source_ips'),
+        'proxies': settings_outgoing.get('proxies'),
+        # default maximum redirect
+        # from https://github.com/psf/requests/blob/8c211a96cdbe9fe320d63d9e1ae15c5c07e179f8/requests/models.py#L55
+        'max_redirects': settings_outgoing.get('max_redirects', 30),
+        #
+        'retries': settings_outgoing.get('retries', 0),
+        'retry_on_http_error': None,
+    }
+
+    def new_network(params):
+        nonlocal default_params
+        result = {}
+        result.update(default_params)
+        result.update(params)
+        return Network(**result)
+
+    def iter_networks():
+        nonlocal settings_engines
+        for engine_spec in settings_engines:
+            engine_name = engine_spec['name']
+            engine = engines.get(engine_name)
+            if engine is None:
+                continue
+            network = getattr(engine, 'network', None)
+            yield engine_name, engine, network
+
+    if NETWORKS:
+        done()
+    NETWORKS.clear()
+    NETWORKS[DEFAULT_NAME] = new_network({})
+    NETWORKS['ipv4'] = new_network({'local_addresses': '0.0.0.0'})
+    NETWORKS['ipv6'] = new_network({'local_addresses': '::'})
+
+    # define networks from outgoing.networks
+    for network_name, network in settings_outgoing.get('networks', {}).items():
+        NETWORKS[network_name] = new_network(network)
+
+    # define networks from engines.[i].network (except references)
+    for engine_name, engine, network in iter_networks():
+        if network is None:
+            network = {}
+            for attribute_name, attribute_value in default_params.items():
+                if hasattr(engine, attribute_name):
+                    network[attribute_name] = getattr(engine, attribute_name)
+                else:
+                    network[attribute_name] = attribute_value
+            NETWORKS[engine_name] = new_network(network)
+        elif isinstance(network, dict):
+            NETWORKS[engine_name] = new_network(network)
+
+    # define networks from engines.[i].network (references)
+    for engine_name, engine, network in iter_networks():
+        if isinstance(network, str):
+            NETWORKS[engine_name] = NETWORKS[network]
+
+
+@atexit.register
+def done():
+    """Close all HTTP client
+
+    Avoid a warning at exit
+    see https://github.com/encode/httpx/blob/1a6e254f72d9fd5694a1c10a28927e193ab4f76b/httpx/_client.py#L1785
+
+    Note: since Network.aclose has to be async, it is not possible to call this method on Network.__del__
+    So Network.aclose is called here using atexit.register
+    """
+    try:
+        if LOOP:
+            future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(Network.aclose_all(), LOOP)
+            # wait 3 seconds to close the HTTP clients
+            future.result(3)
+    finally:
+        NETWORKS.clear()
+
+
+NETWORKS[DEFAULT_NAME] = Network()

searx/poolrequests.py

@@ -1,235 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-from time import time
-from itertools import cycle
-from threading import local
-
-import requests
-
-from searx import settings
-from searx import logger
-from searx.raise_for_httperror import raise_for_httperror
-
-
-logger = logger.getChild('poolrequests')
-
-
-try:
-    import ssl
-    if ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO[0:3] < (1, 0, 2):
-        # https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi#1024-bit-root-certificates
-        logger.critical('You are using an old openssl version({0}), please upgrade above 1.0.2!'
-                        .format(ssl.OPENSSL_VERSION))
-        sys.exit(1)
-except ImportError:
-    ssl = None
-if not getattr(ssl, "HAS_SNI", False):
-    try:
-        import OpenSSL  # pylint: disable=unused-import
-    except ImportError:
-        logger.critical("ssl doesn't support SNI and the pyopenssl module is not installed.\n"
-                        "Some HTTPS connections will fail")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-class HTTPAdapterWithConnParams(requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter):
-
-    def __init__(self, pool_connections=requests.adapters.DEFAULT_POOLSIZE,
-                 pool_maxsize=requests.adapters.DEFAULT_POOLSIZE,
-                 max_retries=requests.adapters.DEFAULT_RETRIES,
-                 pool_block=requests.adapters.DEFAULT_POOLBLOCK,
-                 **conn_params):
-        if max_retries == requests.adapters.DEFAULT_RETRIES:
-            self.max_retries = requests.adapters.Retry(0, read=False)
-        else:
-            self.max_retries = requests.adapters.Retry.from_int(max_retries)
-        self.config = {}
-        self.proxy_manager = {}
-
-        super().__init__()
-
-        self._pool_connections = pool_connections
-        self._pool_maxsize = pool_maxsize
-        self._pool_block = pool_block
-        self._conn_params = conn_params
-
-        self.init_poolmanager(pool_connections, pool_maxsize, block=pool_block, **conn_params)
-
-    def __setstate__(self, state):
-        # Can't handle by adding 'proxy_manager' to self.__attrs__ because
-        # because self.poolmanager uses a lambda function, which isn't pickleable.
-        self.proxy_manager = {}
-        self.config = {}
-
-        for attr, value in state.items():
-            setattr(self, attr, value)
-
-        self.init_poolmanager(self._pool_connections, self._pool_maxsize,
-                              block=self._pool_block, **self._conn_params)
-
-
-threadLocal = local()
-connect = settings['outgoing'].get('pool_connections', 100)  # Magic number kept from previous code
-maxsize = settings['outgoing'].get('pool_maxsize', requests.adapters.DEFAULT_POOLSIZE)  # Picked from constructor
-if settings['outgoing'].get('source_ips'):
-    http_adapters = cycle(HTTPAdapterWithConnParams(pool_connections=connect, pool_maxsize=maxsize,
-                                                    source_address=(source_ip, 0))
-                          for source_ip in settings['outgoing']['source_ips'])
-    https_adapters = cycle(HTTPAdapterWithConnParams(pool_connections=connect, pool_maxsize=maxsize,
-                                                     source_address=(source_ip, 0))
-                           for source_ip in settings['outgoing']['source_ips'])
-else:
-    http_adapters = cycle((HTTPAdapterWithConnParams(pool_connections=connect, pool_maxsize=maxsize), ))
-    https_adapters = cycle((HTTPAdapterWithConnParams(pool_connections=connect, pool_maxsize=maxsize), ))
-
-
-class SessionSinglePool(requests.Session):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__()
-
-        # reuse the same adapters
-        self.adapters.clear()
-
-        https_adapter = threadLocal.__dict__.setdefault('https_adapter', next(https_adapters))
-        self.mount('https://', https_adapter)
-        if get_enable_http_protocol():
-            http_adapter = threadLocal.__dict__.setdefault('http_adapter', next(http_adapters))
-            self.mount('http://', http_adapter)
-
-    def close(self):
-        """Call super, but clear adapters since there are managed globaly"""
-        self.adapters.clear()
-        super().close()
-
-
-def set_timeout_for_thread(timeout, start_time=None):
-    threadLocal.timeout = timeout
-    threadLocal.start_time = start_time
-
-
-def set_enable_http_protocol(enable_http):
-    threadLocal.enable_http = enable_http
-
-
-def get_enable_http_protocol():
-    try:
-        return threadLocal.enable_http
-    except AttributeError:
-        return False
-
-
-def reset_time_for_thread():
-    threadLocal.total_time = 0
-
-
-def get_time_for_thread():
-    return threadLocal.total_time
-
-
-def get_proxy_cycles(proxy_settings):
-    if not proxy_settings:
-        return None
-    # Backwards compatibility for single proxy in settings.yml
-    for protocol, proxy in proxy_settings.items():
-        if isinstance(proxy, str):
-            proxy_settings[protocol] = [proxy]
-
-    for protocol in proxy_settings:
-        proxy_settings[protocol] = cycle(proxy_settings[protocol])
-    return proxy_settings
-
-
-GLOBAL_PROXY_CYCLES = get_proxy_cycles(settings['outgoing'].get('proxies'))
-
-
-def get_proxies(proxy_cycles):
-    if proxy_cycles:
-        return {protocol: next(proxy_cycle) for protocol, proxy_cycle in proxy_cycles.items()}
-    return None
-
-
-def get_global_proxies():
-    return get_proxies(GLOBAL_PROXY_CYCLES)
-
-
-def request(method, url, **kwargs):
-    """same as requests/requests/api.py request(...)"""
-    time_before_request = time()
-
-    # session start
-    session = SessionSinglePool()
-
-    # proxies
-    if not kwargs.get('proxies'):
-        kwargs['proxies'] = get_global_proxies()
-
-    # timeout
-    if 'timeout' in kwargs:
-        timeout = kwargs['timeout']
-    else:
-        timeout = getattr(threadLocal, 'timeout', None)
-        if timeout is not None:
-            kwargs['timeout'] = timeout
-
-    # raise_for_error
-    check_for_httperror = True
-    if 'raise_for_httperror' in kwargs:
-        check_for_httperror = kwargs['raise_for_httperror']
-        del kwargs['raise_for_httperror']
-
-    # do request
-    response = session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
-
-    time_after_request = time()
-
-    # is there a timeout for this engine ?
-    if timeout is not None:
-        timeout_overhead = 0.2  # seconds
-        # start_time = when the user request started
-        start_time = getattr(threadLocal, 'start_time', time_before_request)
-        search_duration = time_after_request - start_time
-        if search_duration > timeout + timeout_overhead:
-            raise requests.exceptions.Timeout(response=response)
-
-    # session end
-    session.close()
-
-    if hasattr(threadLocal, 'total_time'):
-        threadLocal.total_time += time_after_request - time_before_request
-
-    # raise an exception
-    if check_for_httperror:
-        raise_for_httperror(response)
-
-    return response
-
-
-def get(url, **kwargs):
-    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
-    return request('get', url, **kwargs)
-
-
-def options(url, **kwargs):
-    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
-    return request('options', url, **kwargs)
-
-
-def head(url, **kwargs):
-    kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', False)
-    return request('head', url, **kwargs)
-
-
-def post(url, data=None, **kwargs):
-    return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs)
-
-
-def put(url, data=None, **kwargs):
-    return request('put', url, data=data, **kwargs)
-
-
-def patch(url, data=None, **kwargs):
-    return request('patch', url, data=data, **kwargs)
-
-
-def delete(url, **kwargs):
-    return request('delete', url, **kwargs)

searx/search/checker/impl.py

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ from urllib.parse import urlparse
 import re
 from langdetect import detect_langs
 from langdetect.lang_detect_exception import LangDetectException
-import requests.exceptions
+import httpx
 
-from searx import poolrequests, logger
+from searx import network, logger
 from searx.results import ResultContainer
 from searx.search.models import SearchQuery, EngineRef
 from searx.search.processors import EngineProcessor
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ def _is_url_image(image_url):
     while retry > 0:
         a = time()
         try:
-            poolrequests.set_timeout_for_thread(10.0, time())
+            network.set_timeout_for_thread(10.0, time())
-            r = poolrequests.get(image_url, timeout=10.0, allow_redirects=True, headers={
+            r = network.get(image_url, timeout=10.0, allow_redirects=True, headers={
                 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:84.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/84.0',
                 'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8',
                 'Accept-Language': 'en-US;q=0.5,en;q=0.3',
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ def _is_url_image(image_url):
             if r.headers["content-type"].startswith('image/'):
                 return True
             return False
-        except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+        except httpx.TimeoutException:
             logger.error('Timeout for %s: %i', image_url, int(time() - a))
             retry -= 1
-        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
+        except httpx.HTTPError:
             logger.exception('Exception for %s', image_url)
             return False
 

searx/search/processors/online.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from time import time
 import threading
+import asyncio
 
-import requests.exceptions
+import httpx
 
-import searx.poolrequests as poolrequests
+import searx.network
 from searx.engines import settings
 from searx import logger
 from searx.utils import gen_useragent
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
             auth=params['auth']
         )
 
-        # setting engine based proxies
-        if hasattr(self.engine, 'proxies'):
-            request_args['proxies'] = poolrequests.get_proxies(self.engine.proxies)
-
         # max_redirects
         max_redirects = params.get('max_redirects')
         if max_redirects:
@@ -85,9 +81,9 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
 
         # specific type of request (GET or POST)
         if params['method'] == 'GET':
-            req = poolrequests.get
+            req = searx.network.get
         else:
-            req = poolrequests.post
+            req = searx.network.post
 
         request_args['data'] = params['data']
 
@@ -99,8 +95,8 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
             # unexpected redirect : record an error
             # but the engine might still return valid results.
             status_code = str(response.status_code or '')
-            reason = response.reason or ''
+            reason = response.reason_phrase or ''
-            hostname = str(urlparse(response.url or '').netloc)
+            hostname = response.url.host
             record_error(self.engine_name,
                          '{} redirects, maximum: {}'.format(len(response.history), soft_max_redirects),
                          (status_code, reason, hostname))
@@ -128,14 +124,14 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
 
     def search(self, query, params, result_container, start_time, timeout_limit):
         # set timeout for all HTTP requests
-        poolrequests.set_timeout_for_thread(timeout_limit, start_time=start_time)
+        searx.network.set_timeout_for_thread(timeout_limit, start_time=start_time)
         # reset the HTTP total time
-        poolrequests.reset_time_for_thread()
+        searx.network.reset_time_for_thread()
-        # enable HTTP only if explicitly enabled
+        # set the network
-        poolrequests.set_enable_http_protocol(self.engine.enable_http)
+        searx.network.set_context_network_name(self.engine_name)
 
         # suppose everything will be alright
-        requests_exception = False
+        http_exception = False
         suspended_time = None
 
         try:
@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
 
                 # update engine time when there is no exception
                 engine_time = time() - start_time
-                page_load_time = poolrequests.get_time_for_thread()
+                page_load_time = searx.network.get_time_for_thread()
                 result_container.add_timing(self.engine_name, engine_time, page_load_time)
                 with threading.RLock():
                     self.engine.stats['engine_time'] += engine_time
@@ -162,27 +158,27 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
 
             # Timing
             engine_time = time() - start_time
-            page_load_time = poolrequests.get_time_for_thread()
+            page_load_time = searx.network.get_time_for_thread()
             result_container.add_timing(self.engine_name, engine_time, page_load_time)
 
             # Record the errors
             with threading.RLock():
                 self.engine.stats['errors'] += 1
 
-            if (issubclass(e.__class__, requests.exceptions.Timeout)):
+            if (issubclass(e.__class__, (httpx.TimeoutException, asyncio.TimeoutError))):
                 result_container.add_unresponsive_engine(self.engine_name, 'HTTP timeout')
                 # requests timeout (connect or read)
                 logger.error("engine {0} : HTTP requests timeout"
                              "(search duration : {1} s, timeout: {2} s) : {3}"
                              .format(self.engine_name, engine_time, timeout_limit, e.__class__.__name__))
-                requests_exception = True
+                http_exception = True
-            elif (issubclass(e.__class__, requests.exceptions.RequestException)):
+            elif (issubclass(e.__class__, (httpx.HTTPError, httpx.StreamError))):
                 result_container.add_unresponsive_engine(self.engine_name, 'HTTP error')
                 # other requests exception
                 logger.exception("engine {0} : requests exception"
                                  "(search duration : {1} s, timeout: {2} s) : {3}"
                                  .format(self.engine_name, engine_time, timeout_limit, e))
-                requests_exception = True
+                http_exception = True
             elif (issubclass(e.__class__, SearxEngineCaptchaException)):
                 result_container.add_unresponsive_engine(self.engine_name, 'CAPTCHA required')
                 logger.exception('engine {0} : CAPTCHA'.format(self.engine_name))
@@ -206,7 +202,7 @@ class OnlineProcessor(EngineProcessor):
         # suspend the engine if there is an HTTP error
         # or suspended_time is defined
         with threading.RLock():
-            if requests_exception or suspended_time:
+            if http_exception or suspended_time:
                 # update continuous_errors / suspend_end_time
                 self.engine.continuous_errors += 1
                 if suspended_time is None:

searx/settings.yml

@@ -67,19 +67,17 @@ ui:
 #    key : !!binary "your_morty_proxy_key"
 
 outgoing: # communication with search engines
-    request_timeout : 2.0 # default timeout in seconds, can be override by engine
+    request_timeout : 3.0 # default timeout in seconds, can be override by engine
     # max_request_timeout: 10.0 # the maximum timeout in seconds
     useragent_suffix : "" # suffix of searx_useragent, could contain informations like an email address to the administrator
-    pool_connections : 100 # Number of different hosts
+    pool_connections : 100 # The maximum number of concurrent connections that may be established.
-    pool_maxsize : 10 # Number of simultaneous requests by host
+    pool_maxsize : 20 # Allow the connection pool to maintain keep-alive connections below this point.
+    enable_http2: True  # See https://www.python-httpx.org/http2/
 # uncomment below section if you want to use a proxy
 # see https://2.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#proxies
 # SOCKS proxies are also supported: see https://2.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/advanced/#socks
 #    proxies:
-#        http:
+#        all://:
-#            - http://proxy1:8080
-#            - http://proxy2:8080
-#        https:
 #            - http://proxy1:8080
 #            - http://proxy2:8080
 #    using_tor_proxy : True
@@ -89,6 +87,7 @@ outgoing: # communication with search engines
 #    source_ips:
 #        - 1.1.1.1
 #        - 1.1.1.2
+#        - fe80::/126
 
 # External plugin configuration
 # See http://searx.github.io/searx/dev/plugins.html for more details
@@ -853,11 +852,13 @@ engines:
     engine : qwant
     shortcut : qwi
     categories : images
+    network: qwant
 
   - name : qwant news
     engine : qwant
     shortcut : qwn
     categories : news
+    network: qwant
 
 #  - name: library
 #    engine: recoll

searx/testing.py

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import traceback
 
 from os.path import dirname, join, abspath, realpath
 
-from unittest import TestCase
 from splinter import Browser
+import aiounittest
 
 
 class SearxTestLayer:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def run_robot_tests(tests):
             test(browser)
 
 
-class SearxTestCase(TestCase):
+class SearxTestCase(aiounittest.AsyncTestCase):
     """Base test case for non-robot tests."""
 
     layer = SearxTestLayer

searx/utils.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def searx_useragent():
     """Return the searx User Agent"""
     return 'searx/{searx_version} {suffix}'.format(
            searx_version=VERSION_STRING,
-           suffix=settings['outgoing'].get('useragent_suffix', ''))
+           suffix=settings['outgoing'].get('useragent_suffix', '')).strip()
 
 
 def gen_useragent(os=None):

searx/webapp.py

@@ -26,12 +26,26 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     from os.path import realpath, dirname
     sys.path.append(realpath(dirname(realpath(__file__)) + '/../'))
 
+# set Unix thread name
+try:
+    import setproctitle
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    import threading
+    old_thread_init = threading.Thread.__init__
+
+    def new_thread_init(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        old_thread_init(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        setproctitle.setthreadtitle(self._name)
+    threading.Thread.__init__ = new_thread_init
+
 import hashlib
 import hmac
 import json
 import os
 
-import requests
+import httpx
 
 from searx import logger
 logger = logger.getChild('webapp')
@@ -79,7 +93,7 @@ from searx.plugins import plugins
 from searx.plugins.oa_doi_rewrite import get_doi_resolver
 from searx.preferences import Preferences, ValidationException, LANGUAGE_CODES
 from searx.answerers import answerers
-from searx.poolrequests import get_global_proxies
+from searx.network import stream as http_stream
 from searx.answerers import ask
 from searx.metrology.error_recorder import errors_per_engines
 
@@ -890,51 +904,63 @@ def _is_selected_language_supported(engine, preferences):
 
 @app.route('/image_proxy', methods=['GET'])
 def image_proxy():
-    url = request.args.get('url').encode()
+    url = request.args.get('url')
 
     if not url:
         return '', 400
 
-    h = new_hmac(settings['server']['secret_key'], url)
+    h = new_hmac(settings['server']['secret_key'], url.encode())
 
     if h != request.args.get('h'):
         return '', 400
 
-    headers = dict_subset(request.headers, {'If-Modified-Since', 'If-None-Match'})
+    maximum_size = 5 * 1024 * 1024
-    headers['User-Agent'] = gen_useragent()
 
-    resp = requests.get(url,
+    try:
-                        stream=True,
+        headers = dict_subset(request.headers, {'If-Modified-Since', 'If-None-Match'})
-                        timeout=settings['outgoing']['request_timeout'],
+        headers['User-Agent'] = gen_useragent()
-                        headers=headers,
+        stream = http_stream(
-                        proxies=get_global_proxies())
+            method='GET',
+            url=url,
+            headers=headers,
+            timeout=settings['outgoing']['request_timeout'],
+            allow_redirects=True,
+            max_redirects=20)
 
-    if resp.status_code == 304:
+        resp = next(stream)
-        return '', resp.status_code
+        content_length = resp.headers.get('Content-Length')
+        if content_length and content_length.isdigit() and int(content_length) > maximum_size:
+            return 'Max size', 400
 
-    if resp.status_code != 200:
+        if resp.status_code == 304:
-        logger.debug('image-proxy: wrong response code: {0}'.format(resp.status_code))
-        if resp.status_code >= 400:
             return '', resp.status_code
+
+        if resp.status_code != 200:
+            logger.debug('image-proxy: wrong response code: {0}'.format(resp.status_code))
+            if resp.status_code >= 400:
+                return '', resp.status_code
+            return '', 400
+
+        if not resp.headers.get('content-type', '').startswith('image/'):
+            logger.debug('image-proxy: wrong content-type: {0}'.format(resp.headers.get('content-type')))
+            return '', 400
+
+        headers = dict_subset(resp.headers, {'Content-Length', 'Length', 'Date', 'Last-Modified', 'Expires', 'Etag'})
+
+        total_length = 0
+
+        def forward_chunk():
+            nonlocal total_length
+            for chunk in stream:
+                total_length += len(chunk)
+                if total_length > maximum_size:
+                    break
+                yield chunk
+
+        return Response(forward_chunk(), mimetype=resp.headers['Content-Type'], headers=headers)
+    except httpx.HTTPError:
         return '', 400
 
-    if not resp.headers.get('content-type', '').startswith('image/'):
-        logger.debug('image-proxy: wrong content-type: {0}'.format(resp.headers.get('content-type')))
-        return '', 400
-
-    img = b''
-    chunk_counter = 0
-
-    for chunk in resp.iter_content(1024 * 1024):
-        chunk_counter += 1
-        if chunk_counter > 5:
-            return '', 502  # Bad gateway - file is too big (>5M)
-        img += chunk
-
-    headers = dict_subset(resp.headers, {'Content-Length', 'Length', 'Date', 'Last-Modified', 'Expires', 'Etag'})
-
-    return Response(img, mimetype=resp.headers['content-type'], headers=headers)
-
 
 @app.route('/stats', methods=['GET'])
 def stats():

searx_extra/update/update_engine_descriptions.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from searx.engines.wikidata import send_wikidata_query
 from searx.utils import extract_text
 import searx
 import searx.search
-import searx.poolrequests
+import searx.network
 
 SPARQL_WIKIPEDIA_ARTICLE = """
 SELECT DISTINCT ?item ?name
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_wikipedia_summary(language, pageid):
     search_url = 'https://{language}.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/{title}'
     url = search_url.format(title=quote(pageid), language=language)
     try:
-        response = searx.poolrequests.get(url)
+        response = searx.network.get(url)
         response.raise_for_status()
         api_result = json.loads(response.text)
         return api_result.get('extract')
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def get_website_description(url, lang1, lang2=None):
             lang_list.append(lang2)
         headers['Accept-Language'] = f'{",".join(lang_list)};q=0.8'
     try:
-        response = searx.poolrequests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
+        response = searx.network.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
         response.raise_for_status()
     except Exception:
         return (None, None)

searx_extra/update/update_external_bangs.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import json
 import re
 from os.path import join
 
-import requests
+import httpx
 
 from searx import searx_dir  # pylint: disable=E0401 C0413
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ HTTP_COLON = 'http:'
 
 
 def get_bang_url():
-    response = requests.get(URL_BV1)
+    response = httpx.get(URL_BV1)
     response.raise_for_status()
 
     r = RE_BANG_VERSION.findall(response.text)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def get_bang_url():
 
 
 def fetch_ddg_bangs(url):
-    response = requests.get(url)
+    response = httpx.get(url)
     response.raise_for_status()
     return json.loads(response.content.decode())
 

tests/unit/network/test_network.py

@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+from mock import patch
+
+import httpx
+
+from searx.network.network import Network, NETWORKS
+from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
+
+
+class TestNetwork(SearxTestCase):
+
+    def test_simple(self):
+        network = Network()
+
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), None)
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._proxies_cycle), ())
+
+    def test_ipaddress_cycle(self):
+        network = NETWORKS['ipv6']
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '::')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '::')
+
+        network = NETWORKS['ipv4']
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '0.0.0.0')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '0.0.0.0')
+
+        network = Network(local_addresses=['192.168.0.1', '192.168.0.2'])
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.1')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.2')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.1')
+
+        network = Network(local_addresses=['192.168.0.0/30'])
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.1')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.2')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.1')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), '192.168.0.2')
+
+        network = Network(local_addresses=['fe80::/10'])
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), 'fe80::1')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), 'fe80::2')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._local_addresses_cycle), 'fe80::3')
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            Network(local_addresses=['not_an_ip_address'])
+
+    def test_proxy_cycles(self):
+        network = Network(proxies='http://localhost:1337')
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._proxies_cycle), (('all://', 'http://localhost:1337'),))
+
+        network = Network(proxies={
+            'https': 'http://localhost:1337',
+            'http': 'http://localhost:1338'
+        })
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._proxies_cycle),
+                         (('https://', 'http://localhost:1337'), ('http://', 'http://localhost:1338')))
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._proxies_cycle),
+                         (('https://', 'http://localhost:1337'), ('http://', 'http://localhost:1338')))
+
+        network = Network(proxies={
+            'https': ['http://localhost:1337', 'http://localhost:1339'],
+            'http': 'http://localhost:1338'
+        })
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._proxies_cycle),
+                         (('https://', 'http://localhost:1337'), ('http://', 'http://localhost:1338')))
+        self.assertEqual(next(network._proxies_cycle),
+                         (('https://', 'http://localhost:1339'), ('http://', 'http://localhost:1338')))
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            Network(proxies=1)
+
+    def test_get_kwargs_clients(self):
+        kwargs = {
+            'verify': True,
+            'max_redirects': 5,
+            'timeout': 2,
+        }
+        kwargs_client = Network.get_kwargs_clients(kwargs)
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(kwargs_client), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(kwargs), 1)
+
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs['timeout'], 2)
+
+        self.assertTrue(kwargs_client['verify'])
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs_client['max_redirects'], 5)
+
+    async def test_get_client(self):
+        network = Network(verify=True)
+        client1 = network.get_client()
+        client2 = network.get_client(verify=True)
+        client3 = network.get_client(max_redirects=10)
+        client4 = network.get_client(verify=True)
+        client5 = network.get_client(verify=False)
+        client6 = network.get_client(max_redirects=10)
+
+        self.assertEqual(client1, client2)
+        self.assertEqual(client1, client4)
+        self.assertNotEqual(client1, client3)
+        self.assertNotEqual(client1, client5)
+        self.assertEqual(client3, client6)
+
+        await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_aclose(self):
+        network = Network(verify=True)
+        network.get_client()
+        await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_request(self):
+        a_text = 'Lorem Ipsum'
+        response = httpx.Response(status_code=200, text=a_text)
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', return_value=response):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True)
+            response = await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.text, a_text)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+
+class TestNetworkRequestRetries(SearxTestCase):
+
+    TEXT = 'Lorem Ipsum'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_response_404_then_200(cls):
+        first = True
+
+        async def get_response(*args, **kwargs):
+            nonlocal first
+            if first:
+                first = False
+                return httpx.Response(status_code=403, text=TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+            return httpx.Response(status_code=200, text=TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+        return get_response
+
+    async def test_retries_ok(self):
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', new=TestNetworkRequestRetries.get_response_404_then_200()):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=1, retry_on_http_error=403)
+            response = await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.text, TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_fail_int(self):
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', new=TestNetworkRequestRetries.get_response_404_then_200()):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=0, retry_on_http_error=403)
+            response = await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_fail_list(self):
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', new=TestNetworkRequestRetries.get_response_404_then_200()):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=0, retry_on_http_error=[403, 429])
+            response = await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_fail_bool(self):
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', new=TestNetworkRequestRetries.get_response_404_then_200()):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=0, retry_on_http_error=True)
+            response = await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_exception_then_200(self):
+        request_count = 0
+
+        async def get_response(*args, **kwargs):
+            nonlocal request_count
+            request_count += 1
+            if request_count < 3:
+                raise httpx.RequestError('fake exception', request=None)
+            return httpx.Response(status_code=200, text=TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', new=get_response):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=2)
+            response = await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+            self.assertEqual(response.text, TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_exception(self):
+        async def get_response(*args, **kwargs):
+            raise httpx.RequestError('fake exception', request=None)
+
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'request', new=get_response):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=0)
+            with self.assertRaises(httpx.RequestError):
+                await network.request('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            await network.aclose()
+
+
+class TestNetworkStreamRetries(SearxTestCase):
+
+    TEXT = 'Lorem Ipsum'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_response_exception_then_200(cls):
+        first = True
+
+        def stream(*args, **kwargs):
+            nonlocal first
+            if first:
+                first = False
+                raise httpx.RequestError('fake exception', request=None)
+            return httpx.Response(status_code=200, text=TestNetworkStreamRetries.TEXT)
+        return stream
+
+    async def test_retries_ok(self):
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'stream', new=TestNetworkStreamRetries.get_response_exception_then_200()):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=1, retry_on_http_error=403)
+            response = network.stream('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.text, TestNetworkStreamRetries.TEXT)
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_fail(self):
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'stream', new=TestNetworkStreamRetries.get_response_exception_then_200()):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=0, retry_on_http_error=403)
+            with self.assertRaises(httpx.RequestError):
+                network.stream('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            await network.aclose()
+
+    async def test_retries_exception(self):
+        first = True
+
+        def stream(*args, **kwargs):
+            nonlocal first
+            if first:
+                first = False
+                return httpx.Response(status_code=403, text=TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+            return httpx.Response(status_code=200, text=TestNetworkRequestRetries.TEXT)
+
+        with patch.object(httpx.AsyncClient, 'stream', new=stream):
+            network = Network(enable_http=True, retries=0, retry_on_http_error=403)
+            response = network.stream('GET', 'https://example.com/')
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 403)
+            await network.aclose()

tests/unit/test_engines_init.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class TestEnginesInit(SearxTestCase):
         engine_list = [{'engine': 'dummy', 'name': 'engine1', 'shortcut': 'e1'},
                        {'engine': 'dummy', 'name': 'engine2', 'shortcut': 'e2'}]
 
-        engines.initialize_engines(engine_list)
+        engines.load_engines(engine_list)
         self.assertEqual(len(engines.engines), 2)
         self.assertIn('engine1', engines.engines)
         self.assertIn('engine2', engines.engines)

tests/unit/test_poolrequests.py

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-from unittest.mock import patch
-from requests.models import Response
-
-from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
-
-import searx.poolrequests
-from searx.poolrequests import get_proxy_cycles, get_proxies
-
-
-CONFIG = {'http': ['http://localhost:9090', 'http://localhost:9092'],
-          'https': ['http://localhost:9091', 'http://localhost:9093']}
-
-
-class TestProxy(SearxTestCase):
-
-    def test_noconfig(self):
-        cycles = get_proxy_cycles(None)
-        self.assertIsNone(cycles)
-
-        cycles = get_proxy_cycles(False)
-        self.assertIsNone(cycles)
-
-    def test_oldconfig(self):
-        config = {
-            'http': 'http://localhost:9090',
-            'https': 'http://localhost:9091',
-        }
-        cycles = get_proxy_cycles(config)
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9090')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9090')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9091')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9091')
-
-    def test_one_proxy(self):
-        config = {
-            'http': ['http://localhost:9090'],
-            'https': ['http://localhost:9091'],
-        }
-        cycles = get_proxy_cycles(config)
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9090')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9090')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9091')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9091')
-
-    def test_multiple_proxies(self):
-        cycles = get_proxy_cycles(CONFIG)
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9090')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9092')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['http']), 'http://localhost:9090')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9091')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9093')
-        self.assertEqual(next(cycles['https']), 'http://localhost:9091')
-
-    def test_getproxies_none(self):
-        self.assertIsNone(get_proxies(None))
-
-    def test_getproxies_config(self):
-        cycles = get_proxy_cycles(CONFIG)
-        self.assertEqual(get_proxies(cycles), {
-            'http': 'http://localhost:9090',
-            'https': 'http://localhost:9091'
-        })
-        self.assertEqual(get_proxies(cycles), {
-            'http': 'http://localhost:9092',
-            'https': 'http://localhost:9093'
-        })
-
-    @patch('searx.poolrequests.get_global_proxies')
-    def test_request(self, mock_get_global_proxies):
-        method = 'GET'
-        url = 'http://localhost'
-        custom_proxies = {
-            'https': 'http://localhost:1080'
-        }
-        global_proxies = {
-            'http': 'http://localhost:9092',
-            'https': 'http://localhost:9093'
-        }
-        mock_get_global_proxies.return_value = global_proxies
-
-        # check the global proxies usage
-        with patch.object(searx.poolrequests.SessionSinglePool, 'request', return_value=Response()) as mock_method:
-            searx.poolrequests.request(method, url)
-        mock_method.assert_called_once_with(method=method, url=url, proxies=global_proxies)
-
-        # check if the proxies parameter overrides the global proxies
-        with patch.object(searx.poolrequests.SessionSinglePool, 'request', return_value=Response()) as mock_method:
-            searx.poolrequests.request(method, url, proxies=custom_proxies)
-        mock_method.assert_called_once_with(method=method, url=url, proxies=custom_proxies)

tests/unit/test_query.py

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+from mock import patch
+
 from searx.search import initialize
 from searx.query import RawTextQuery
 from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
 
+import searx.engines
+
 
 TEST_ENGINES = [
     {
@@ -277,9 +281,10 @@ class TestBang(SearxTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(query.getQuery(), '!dum the query')
 
     def test_bang_autocomplete_empty(self):
-        initialize()
+        with patch.object(searx.engines, 'initialize_engines', searx.engines.load_engines):
-        query = RawTextQuery('the query !', [])
+            initialize()
-        self.assertEqual(query.autocomplete_list, ['!images', '!wikipedia', '!osm'])
+            query = RawTextQuery('the query !', [])
+            self.assertEqual(query.autocomplete_list, ['!images', '!wikipedia', '!osm'])
 
-        query = RawTextQuery('the query ?', ['osm'])
+            query = RawTextQuery('the query ?', ['osm'])
-        self.assertEqual(query.autocomplete_list, ['?images', '?wikipedia'])
+            self.assertEqual(query.autocomplete_list, ['?images', '?wikipedia'])

tests/unit/test_webapp.py

@@ -3,14 +3,19 @@
 import json
 from urllib.parse import ParseResult
 from mock import Mock
-from searx import webapp
 from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
 from searx.search import Search
+import searx.engines
 
 
 class ViewsTestCase(SearxTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
+        # skip init function (no external HTTP request)
+        self.setattr4test(searx.engines, 'initialize_engines', searx.engines.load_engines)
+
+        from searx import webapp  # pylint disable=import-outside-toplevel
+
         webapp.app.config['TESTING'] = True  # to get better error messages
         self.app = webapp.app.test_client()