[feat] new engine: wikispecies

searx/engines/mediawiki.py

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
  General mediawiki-engine (Web)
 """
 
-from json import loads
 from string import Formatter
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote
 
+from searx.utils import html_to_text
+
 # about
 about = {
     "website": None,
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 def response(resp):
     results = []
 
-    search_results = loads(resp.text)
+    search_results = resp.json()
 
     # return empty array if there are no results
     if not search_results.get('query', {}).get('search'):
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ def response(resp):
         )
 
         # append result
-        results.append({'url': url, 'title': result['title'], 'content': ''})
+        results.append({'url': url, 'title': result['title'], 'content': html_to_text(result.get('snippet', ''))})
 
     # return results
     return results

searx/settings.yml

@@ -1579,6 +1579,18 @@ engines:
       website: https://www.wikisource.org/
       wikidata_id: Q263
 
+  - name: wikipecies
+    engine: mediawiki
+    shortcut: wsp
+    categories: [general, science]
+    base_url: "https://species.wikimedia.org/"
+    number_of_results: 5
+    search_type: text
+    disabled: true
+    about:
+      website: https://species.wikimedia.org/
+      wikidata_id: Q13679
+
   - name: wiktionary
     engine: mediawiki
     shortcut: wt