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[doc] hostname plugin: improve online documentation

The data types (list & map) should be made clearer, as these sometimes lead to
misunderstandings.

[1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3558#issuecomment-2175058128

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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Markus Heiser 2024-06-18 11:10:41 +02:00 committed by Markus Heiser
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@ -13,21 +13,54 @@ other features.
**To maintainers of SearXNG instances, please modify your old plugin config
to the new.**
- ``hostnames.replace``: A mapping of regular expressions to hostnames to be
- ``hostnames.replace``: A **mapping** of regular expressions to hostnames to be
replaced by other hostnames.
- ``hostnames.remove``: A list of regular expressions of the hostnames whose
.. code:: yaml
hostnames:
replace:
'(.*\\.)?youtube\\.com$': 'invidious.example.com'
'(.*\\.)?youtu\\.be$': 'invidious.example.com'
...
- ``hostnames.remove``: A **list** of regular expressions of the hostnames whose
results should be taken from the results list.
- ``hostnames.high_priority``: A list of regular expressions for hostnames whose
result should be given higher priority. The results from these hosts are
.. code:: yaml
hostnames:
remove:
- '(.*\\.)?facebook.com$'
- ...
- ``hostnames.high_priority``: A **list** of regular expressions for hostnames
whose result should be given higher priority. The results from these hosts are
arranged higher in the results list.
- ``hostnames.lower_priority``: A list of regular expressions for hostnames
.. code:: yaml
hostnames:
high_priority:
- '(.*\\.)?wikipedia.org$'
- ...
- ``hostnames.lower_priority``: A **list** of regular expressions for hostnames
whose result should be given lower priority. The results from these hosts are
arranged lower in the results list.
Alternatively, a file name can also be specified for the mappings or lists:
.. code:: yaml
hostnames:
low_priority:
- '(.*\\.)?google(\\..*)?$'
- ...
If the URL matches the pattern of ``high_priority`` AND ``low_priority``, the
higher priority wins over the lower priority.
Alternatively, you can also specify a file name for the **mappings** or
**lists** to load these from an external file:
.. code:: yaml
@ -35,13 +68,13 @@ Alternatively, a file name can also be specified for the mappings or lists:
replace: 'rewrite-hosts.yml'
remove:
- '(.*\\.)?facebook.com$'
...
- ...
low_priority:
- '(.*\\.)?google(\\..*)?$'
...
- ...
high_priority:
- '(.*\\.)?wikipedia.org$'
...
- ...
The ``rewrite-hosts.yml`` from the example above must be in the folder in which
the ``settings.yml`` file is already located (``/etc/searxng``). The file then