diff --git a/searx/locales.py b/searx/locales.py
index 42d5854c2..b791f35f3 100644
--- a/searx/locales.py
+++ b/searx/locales.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# lint: pylint
-"""Initialize :py:obj:`LOCALE_NAMES`, :py:obj:`UI_LOCALE_CODES` and
-:py:obj:`RTL_LOCALES`."""
+"""Initialize :py:obj:`LOCALE_NAMES`, :py:obj:`RTL_LOCALES`.
+"""
-from typing import List, Set
+from typing import Set
import os
import pathlib
@@ -12,17 +12,14 @@ from babel import Locale
LOCALE_NAMES = {
"oc": "Occitan",
- "nl_BE": "Vlaams (Dutch, Belgium)",
+ "nl-BE": "Vlaams (Dutch, Belgium)",
}
-"""Mapping of locales and their description. Locales e.g. 'fr' or 'pt_BR'
-(delimiter is *underline* '_')"""
-
-UI_LOCALE_CODES: List[str] = []
-"""List of locales e.g. 'fr' or 'pt-BR' (delimiter is '-')"""
+"""Mapping of locales and their description. Locales e.g. 'fr' or 'pt-BR'
+(delimiter is *underline* '-')"""
RTL_LOCALES: Set[str] = set()
-"""List of *Right-To-Left* locales e.g. 'he' or 'fa_IR' (delimiter is
-*underline* '_')"""
+"""List of *Right-To-Left* locales e.g. 'he' or 'fa-IR' (delimiter is
+*underline* '-')"""
def _get_name(locale, language_code):
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ def _get_locale_name(locale, locale_name):
"""Get locale name e.g. 'Français - fr' or 'Português (Brasil) - pt-BR'
:param locale: instance of :py:class:`Locale`
- :param locale_name: name e.g. 'fr' or 'pt_BR'
+ :param locale_name: name e.g. 'fr' or 'pt_BR' (delimiter is *underscore*)
"""
native_language, native_territory = _get_name(locale, locale_name)
english_language, english_territory = _get_name(locale, 'en')
@@ -54,22 +51,19 @@ def _get_locale_name(locale, locale_name):
def initialize_locales(directory):
- """Initialize global names :py:obj:`LOCALE_NAMES`, :py:obj:`UI_LOCALE_CODES` and
- :py:obj:`RTL_LOCALES`.
+ """Initialize global names :py:obj:`LOCALE_NAMES`, :py:obj:`RTL_LOCALES`.
"""
- global UI_LOCALE_CODES # pylint: disable=global-statement
for dirname in sorted(os.listdir(directory)):
# Based on https://flask-babel.tkte.ch/_modules/flask_babel.html#Babel.list_translations
if not os.path.isdir( os.path.join(directory, dirname, 'LC_MESSAGES') ):
continue
- info = LOCALE_NAMES.get(dirname)
+ locale_name = dirname.replace('_', '-')
+ info = LOCALE_NAMES.get(locale_name)
if not info:
locale = Locale.parse(dirname)
- LOCALE_NAMES[dirname] = _get_locale_name(locale, dirname)
+ LOCALE_NAMES[locale_name] = _get_locale_name(locale, dirname)
if locale.text_direction == 'rtl':
- RTL_LOCALES.add(dirname)
-
- UI_LOCALE_CODES = [l.replace('_', '-') for l in LOCALE_NAMES]
+ RTL_LOCALES.add(locale_name)
initialize_locales(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / 'translations')
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 85eb003a7..d7009b33e 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ from searx.flaskfix import patch_application
from searx.autocomplete import search_autocomplete, backends as autocomplete_backends
from searx.languages import language_codes as languages
-from searx.locales import LOCALE_NAMES, UI_LOCALE_CODES, RTL_LOCALES
+from searx.locales import LOCALE_NAMES, RTL_LOCALES
from searx.search import SearchWithPlugins, initialize as search_initialize
from searx.network import stream as http_stream, set_context_network_name
from searx.search.checker import get_result as checker_get_result
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ def get_locale():
if locale == 'oc':
request.form['use-translation'] = 'oc'
locale = 'fr_FR'
+ if locale == '':
+ # if there is an error loading the preferences
+ # the locale is going to be ''
+ locale = 'en'
+ # babel uses underscore instead of hyphen.
+ locale = locale.replace('-', '_')
logger.debug("%s uses locale `%s`", urllib.parse.quote(request.url), locale)
return locale
@@ -240,6 +246,16 @@ def _get_browser_language(req, lang_list):
return 'en'
+def _get_locale_rfc5646(locale):
+ """Get locale name for
+ Chrom* browsers don't detect the language when there is a subtag (ie a territory).
+ For example "zh-TW" is detected but not "zh-Hant-TW".
+ This function returns a locale without the subtag.
+ """
+ parts = locale.split('-')
+ return parts[0].lower() + '-' + parts[-1].upper()
+
+
# code-highlighter
@app.template_filter('code_highlighter')
def code_highlighter(codelines, language=None):
@@ -398,11 +414,6 @@ def _get_enable_categories(all_categories):
return [x for x in all_categories if x in enabled_categories]
-def get_locale_rfc5646(locale):
- parts = locale.split('_')
- return parts[0].lower() + '-' + parts[-1].upper()
-
-
def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
# values from the HTTP requests
kwargs['endpoint'] = 'results' if 'q' in kwargs else request.endpoint
@@ -425,7 +436,7 @@ def render(template_name, override_theme=None, **kwargs):
kwargs['translations'] = json.dumps(get_translations(), separators=(',', ':'))
locale = request.preferences.get_value('locale')
- kwargs['locale_rfc5646'] = get_locale_rfc5646(locale)
+ kwargs['locale_rfc5646'] = _get_locale_rfc5646(locale)
if locale in RTL_LOCALES and 'rtl' not in kwargs:
kwargs['rtl'] = True
@@ -519,8 +530,7 @@ def pre_request():
# locale is defined neither in settings nor in preferences
# use browser headers
if not preferences.get_value("locale"):
- locale = _get_browser_language(request, UI_LOCALE_CODES)
- locale = locale.replace('-', '_')
+ locale = _get_browser_language(request, LOCALE_NAMES.keys())
preferences.parse_dict({"locale": locale})
# request.user_plugins
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_webapp.py b/tests/unit/test_webapp.py
index 30b2839a8..ff58aa1e9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_webapp.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_webapp.py
@@ -211,12 +211,12 @@ class ViewsTestCase(SearxTestCase):
result = self.app.get('/preferences', headers={'Accept-Language': 'zh-tw;q=0.8'})
self.assertEqual(result.status_code, 200)
self.assertIn(
- b'