[mod] add setting: search.autocomplete_min

Minimun characters to type before autocompleter starts.

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>

searx/settings.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ search:
   # "seznam", "startpage", "swisscows", "qwant", "wikipedia" - leave blank to turn it off
   # by default.
   autocomplete: ""
+  # minimun characters to type before autocompleter starts
+  autocomplete_min: 4
   # Default search language - leave blank to detect from browser information or
   # use codes from 'languages.py'
   default_lang: ""

searx/settings_defaults.py

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ SCHEMA = {
     'search': {
         'safe_search': SettingsValue((0, 1, 2), 0),
         'autocomplete': SettingsValue(str, ''),
+        'autocomplete_min': SettingsValue(int, 4),
         'default_lang': SettingsValue(tuple(LANGUAGE_CODES + ['']), ''),
         'languages': SettingSublistValue(LANGUAGE_CODES, LANGUAGE_CODES),
         'ban_time_on_fail': SettingsValue(numbers.Real, 5),

searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/search.js

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
             "Content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
             "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest"
           },
-          MinChars: 4,
+          MinChars: searxng.settings.autocomplete_min,
           Delay: 300,
           _Position: function () {},
           _Open: function () {

searx/webapp.py

@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ def get_client_settings():
     req_pref = request.preferences
     return {
         'autocomplete_provider': req_pref.get_value('autocomplete'),
+        'autocomplete_min' : get_setting('search.autocomplete_min'),
         'http_method':  req_pref.get_value('method'),
         'infinite_scroll': req_pref.get_value('infinite_scroll'),
         'translations': get_translations(),