From ad5bb994b1cff56c4f021f88bfa62f38055f1416 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Tauber <asciimoo@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 22:30:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] add py3 compatibility

---
 searx/engines/scanr_structures.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/engines/scanr_structures.py b/searx/engines/scanr_structures.py
index 72fd2b3c9..7208dcb70 100644
--- a/searx/engines/scanr_structures.py
+++ b/searx/engines/scanr_structures.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def request(query, params):
     params['url'] = search_url
     params['method'] = 'POST'
     params['headers']['Content-type'] = "application/json"
-    params['data'] = dumps({"query": query,
+    params['data'] = dumps({"query": query.decode('utf-8'),
                             "searchField": "ALL",
                             "sortDirection": "ASC",
                             "sortOrder": "RELEVANCY",