Add "Auto-detected" as a language.

When the user choose "Auto-detected", the choice remains on the following queries.
The detected language is displayed.

For example "Auto-detected (en)":
* the next query language is going to be auto detected
* for the current query, the detected language is English.

This replace the autodetect_search_language plugin.

docs/src/searx.plugins.autodetect_search_language.rst

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.. _autodetect search language:
-
-======================
-Search language plugin
-======================
-
-.. automodule:: searx.plugins.autodetect_search_language
-  :members:

searx/plugins/autodetect_search_language.py

@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-# lint: pylint
-"""Plugin to detect the search language from the search query.
-
-The language detection is done by using the fastText_ library (`python
-fasttext`_). fastText_ distributes the `language identification model`_, for
-reference:
-
-- `FastText.zip: Compressing text classification models`_
-- `Bag of Tricks for Efficient Text Classification`_
-
-The `language identification model`_ support the language codes (ISO-639-3)::
-
-   af als am an ar arz as ast av az azb ba bar bcl be bg bh bn bo bpy br bs bxr
-   ca cbk ce ceb ckb co cs cv cy da de diq dsb dty dv el eml en eo es et eu fa
-   fi fr frr fy ga gd gl gn gom gu gv he hi hif hr hsb ht hu hy ia id ie ilo io
-   is it ja jbo jv ka kk km kn ko krc ku kv kw ky la lb lez li lmo lo lrc lt lv
-   mai mg mhr min mk ml mn mr mrj ms mt mwl my myv mzn nah nap nds ne new nl nn
-   no oc or os pa pam pfl pl pms pnb ps pt qu rm ro ru rue sa sah sc scn sco sd
-   sh si sk sl so sq sr su sv sw ta te tg th tk tl tr tt tyv ug uk ur uz vec vep
-   vi vls vo wa war wuu xal xmf yi yo yue zh
-
-The `language identification model`_ is harmonized with the SearXNG's language
-(locale) model.  General conditions of SearXNG's locale model are:
-
-a. SearXNG's locale of a query is passed to the
-   :py:obj:`searx.locales.get_engine_locale` to get a language and/or region
-   code that is used by an engine.
-
-b. SearXNG and most of the engines do not support all the languages from
-   language model and there might be also a discrepancy in the ISO-639-3 and
-   ISO-639-2 handling (:py:obj:`searx.locales.get_engine_locale`).  Further
-   more, in SearXNG the locales like ``zh-TH`` (``zh-CN``) are mapped to
-   ``zh_Hant`` (``zh_Hans``).
-
-Conclusion: This plugin does only auto-detect the languages a user can select in
-the language menu (:py:obj:`supported_langs`).
-
-SearXNG's locale of a query comes from (*highest wins*):
-
-1. The ``Accept-Language`` header from user's HTTP client.
-2. The user select a locale in the preferences.
-3. The user select a locale from the menu in the query form (e.g. ``:zh-TW``)
-4. This plugin is activated in the preferences and the locale (only the language
-   code / none region code) comes from the fastText's language detection.
-
-Conclusion: There is a conflict between the language selected by the user and
-the language from language detection of this plugin.  For example, the user
-explicitly selects the German locale via the search syntax to search for a term
-that is identified as an English term (try ``:de-DE thermomix``, for example).
-
-.. hint::
-
-   To SearXNG maintainers; please take into account: under some circumstances
-   the auto-detection of the language of this plugin could be detrimental to
-   users expectations.  Its not recommended to activate this plugin by
-   default. It should always be the user's decision whether to activate this
-   plugin or not.
-
-.. _fastText: https://fasttext.cc/
-.. _python fasttext: https://pypi.org/project/fasttext/
-.. _language identification model: https://fasttext.cc/docs/en/language-identification.html
-.. _Bag of Tricks for Efficient Text Classification: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01759
-.. _`FastText.zip: Compressing text classification models`: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.03651
-
-"""
-
-from flask_babel import gettext
-import babel
-
-from searx.utils import detect_language
-from searx.languages import language_codes
-
-name = gettext('Autodetect search language')
-description = gettext('Automatically detect the query search language and switch to it.')
-preference_section = 'general'
-default_on = False
-
-supported_langs = set()
-"""Languages supported by most searxng engines (:py:obj:`searx.languages.language_codes`)."""
-
-
-def pre_search(request, search):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    lang = detect_language(search.search_query.query, min_probability=0)
-    if lang in supported_langs:
-        search.search_query.lang = lang
-        try:
-            search.search_query.locale = babel.Locale.parse(lang)
-        except babel.core.UnknownLocaleError:
-            pass
-    return True
-
-
-def init(app, settings):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    for searxng_locale in language_codes:
-        supported_langs.add(searxng_locale[0].split('-')[0])
-    return True

searx/preferences.py

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class SearchLanguageSetting(EnumStringSetting):
     """Available choices may change, so user's value may not be in choices anymore"""
 
     def _validate_selection(self, selection):
-        if selection != '' and not VALID_LANGUAGE_CODE.match(selection):
+        if selection != '' and selection != 'auto' and not VALID_LANGUAGE_CODE.match(selection):
             raise ValidationException('Invalid language code: "{0}"'.format(selection))
 
     def parse(self, data: str):

searx/query.py

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class LanguageParser(QueryPartParser):
                     break
 
         # user may set a valid, yet not selectable language
-        if VALID_LANGUAGE_CODE.match(value):
+        if VALID_LANGUAGE_CODE.match(value) or value == 'auto':
             lang_parts = value.split('-')
             if len(lang_parts) > 1:
                 value = lang_parts[0].lower() + '-' + lang_parts[1].upper()

searx/search/__init__.py

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 # pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring, too-few-public-methods
 
 import threading
+from copy import copy
 from timeit import default_timer
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import flask
+import babel
 
 from searx import settings
 from searx.answerers import ask
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ from searx.network import initialize as initialize_network, check_network_config
 from searx.metrics import initialize as initialize_metrics, counter_inc, histogram_observe_time
 from searx.search.processors import PROCESSORS, initialize as initialize_processors
 from searx.search.checker import initialize as initialize_checker
+from searx.utils import detect_language
 
 
 logger = logger.getChild('search')
@@ -37,18 +40,57 @@ def initialize(settings_engines=None, enable_checker=False, check_network=False,
         initialize_checker()
 
 
+def replace_auto_language(search_query: SearchQuery):
+    """
+    Do nothing except if `search_query.lang` is "auto".
+    In this case:
+    * the value "auto" is replaced by the detected language of the query.
+      The default value is "all" when no language is detected.
+    * `search_query.locale` is updated accordingly
+
+    Use :py:obj:`searx.utils.detect_language` with `only_search_languages=True` to keep
+    only languages supported by the engines.
+    """
+    if search_query.lang != 'auto':
+        return
+
+    detected_lang = detect_language(search_query.query, threshold=0.0, only_search_languages=True)
+    if detected_lang is None:
+        # fallback to 'all' if no language has been detected
+        search_query.lang = 'all'
+        search_query.locale = None
+        return
+    search_query.lang = detected_lang
+    try:
+        search_query.locale = babel.Locale.parse(search_query.lang)
+    except babel.core.UnknownLocaleError:
+        search_query.locale = None
+
+
 class Search:
     """Search information container"""
 
     __slots__ = "search_query", "result_container", "start_time", "actual_timeout"
 
     def __init__(self, search_query: SearchQuery):
+        """Initialize the Search
+
+        search_query is copied
+        """
         # init vars
         super().__init__()
-        self.search_query = search_query
         self.result_container = ResultContainer()
         self.start_time = None
         self.actual_timeout = None
+        self.search_query = copy(search_query)
+        self.update_search_query(self.search_query)
+
+    def update_search_query(self, search_query: SearchQuery):
+        """Update search_query.
+
+        call replace_auto_language to replace the "auto" language
+        """
+        replace_auto_language(search_query)
 
     def search_external_bang(self):
         """

searx/search/models.py

@@ -109,3 +109,16 @@ class SearchQuery:
                 self.external_bang,
             )
         )
+
+    def __copy__(self):
+        return SearchQuery(
+            self.query,
+            self.engineref_list,
+            self.lang,
+            self.safesearch,
+            self.pageno,
+            self.time_range,
+            self.timeout_limit,
+            self.external_bang,
+            self.engine_data,
+        )

searx/settings_defaults.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ searx_dir = abspath(dirname(__file__))
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('searx')
 OUTPUT_FORMATS = ['html', 'csv', 'json', 'rss']
-LANGUAGE_CODES = ['all'] + list(l[0] for l in languages)
+LANGUAGE_CODES = ['all', 'auto'] + list(l[0] for l in languages)
 SIMPLE_STYLE = ('auto', 'light', 'dark')
 CATEGORIES_AS_TABS = {
     'general': {},

searx/templates/simple/filters/languages.html

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 <select class="language" id="language" name="language" aria-label="{{ _('Search language') }}">{{- '' -}}
 	<option value="all" {% if current_language == 'all' %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Default language') }}</option>
+	<option value="auto" {% if current_language == 'auto' %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>
+		{{- _('Auto-detect') -}}
+		{%- if current_language == 'auto' %} ({{ search_language }}){%- endif -%}
+	</option>
 	{%- for lang_id,lang_name,country_name,english_name,flag in language_codes | sort(attribute=1) -%}
 	<option value="{{ lang_id }}" {% if lang_id == current_language %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>
 		{% if flag %}{{ flag }} {% endif%} {{- lang_name }} {% if country_name %}({{ country_name }}) {% endif %}

searx/templates/simple/preferences.html

@@ -116,12 +116,15 @@
       <p class="value">{{- '' -}}
         <select name='language' aria-labelledby="pref_language" aria-describedby="desc_language">{{- '' -}}
           <option value="all" {% if current_language == 'all' %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Default language') }}</option>
+          <option value="auto" {% if current_language == 'auto' %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Auto-detect') }}</option>
           {%- for lang_id,lang_name,country_name,english_name,flag in language_codes | sort(attribute=1) -%}
           <option value="{{ lang_id }}" {% if lang_id == current_language %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{% if flag %}{{ flag }} {% endif%} {{- lang_name }} {% if country_name %}({{ country_name }}) {% endif %}</option>
           {%- endfor -%}
         </select>{{- '' -}}
       </p>
-      <div class="description" id="desc_language">{{ _('What language do you prefer for search?') }}</div>
+      <div class="description" id="desc_language">
+        {{- _('What language do you prefer for search?') }} {{ _('Choose Auto-detect to let SearXNG detect the language of your query.') -}}
+      </div>
     </fieldset>
     {% endif %}
     {% if 'autocomplete' not in locked_preferences %}

searx/utils.py

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ _LANG_TO_LC_CACHE: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] = {}
 _FASTTEXT_MODEL: Optional["fasttext.FastText._FastText"] = None
 """fasttext model to predict laguage of a search term"""
 
+SEARCH_LANGUAGE_CODES = frozenset([searxng_locale[0].split('-')[0] for searxng_locale in language_codes])
+"""Languages supported by most searxng engines (:py:obj:`searx.languages.language_codes`)."""
+
 
 class _NotSetClass:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     """Internal class for this module, do not create instance of this class.
@@ -637,11 +640,53 @@ def _get_fasttext_model() -> "fasttext.FastText._FastText":
     return _FASTTEXT_MODEL
 
 
-def detect_language(text: str, threshold: float = 0.3, min_probability: float = 0.5) -> Optional[str]:
+def detect_language(text: str, threshold: float = 0.3, only_search_languages: bool = False) -> Optional[str]:
-    """https://fasttext.cc/docs/en/language-identification.html"""
+    """Detect the language of the text parameter
+
+    Args:
+        * text (str): the string whose language is to be detected.
+        * threshold (float): threshold filters the returned labels by a threshold on probability.
+          A choice of 0.3 will return labels with at least 0.3 probability.
+        * only_search_languages (bool): if True, returns only supported SearXNG search languages.
+          see :py:obj:`searx.languages`
+
+
+    Raises:
+        * ValueError: if text is not a string
+
+    Returns:
+        * result (str, None): the detected language code or None. See below.
+
+    The language detection is done by using `a fork`_ of the fastText_ library (`python
+    fasttext`_). fastText_ distributes the `language identification model`_, for
+    reference:
+
+    - `FastText.zip: Compressing text classification models`_
+    - `Bag of Tricks for Efficient Text Classification`_
+
+    The `language identification model`_ support the language codes (ISO-639-3)::
+    af als am an ar arz as ast av az azb ba bar bcl be bg bh bn bo bpy br bs bxr
+    ca cbk ce ceb ckb co cs cv cy da de diq dsb dty dv el eml en eo es et eu fa
+    fi fr frr fy ga gd gl gn gom gu gv he hi hif hr hsb ht hu hy ia id ie ilo io
+    is it ja jbo jv ka kk km kn ko krc ku kv kw ky la lb lez li lmo lo lrc lt lv
+    mai mg mhr min mk ml mn mr mrj ms mt mwl my myv mzn nah nap nds ne new nl nn
+    no oc or os pa pam pfl pl pms pnb ps pt qu rm ro ru rue sa sah sc scn sco sd
+    sh si sk sl so sq sr su sv sw ta te tg th tk tl tr tt tyv ug uk ur uz vec vep
+    vi vls vo wa war wuu xal xmf yi yo yue zh
+
+    .. _a fork: https://github.com/searxng/fasttext-predict
+    .. _fastText: https://fasttext.cc/
+    .. _python fasttext: https://pypi.org/project/fasttext/
+    .. _language identification model: https://fasttext.cc/docs/en/language-identification.html
+    .. _Bag of Tricks for Efficient Text Classification: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01759
+    .. _`FastText.zip: Compressing text classification models`: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.03651
+    """
     if not isinstance(text, str):
         raise ValueError('text must a str')
     r = _get_fasttext_model().predict(text.replace('\n', ' '), k=1, threshold=threshold)
-    if isinstance(r, tuple) and len(r) == 2 and len(r[0]) > 0 and len(r[1]) > 0 and r[1][0] > min_probability:
+    if isinstance(r, tuple) and len(r) == 2 and len(r[0]) > 0 and len(r[1]) > 0:
-        return r[0][0].split('__label__')[1]
+        language = r[0][0].split('__label__')[1]
+        if only_search_languages and language not in SEARCH_LANGUAGE_CODES:
+            return None
+        return language
     return None

searx/webadapter.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def parse_lang(preferences: Preferences, form: Dict[str, str], raw_text_query: R
         query_lang = preferences.get_value('language')
 
     # check language
-    if not VALID_LANGUAGE_CODE.match(query_lang):
+    if not VALID_LANGUAGE_CODE.match(query_lang) and query_lang != 'auto':
         raise SearxParameterException('language', query_lang)
 
     return query_lang

searx/webapp.py

@@ -810,6 +810,9 @@ def search():
         )
     )
 
+    # search_query.lang contains the user choice (all, auto, en, ...)
+    # when the user choice is "auto", search.search_query.lang contains the detected language
+    # otherwise it is equals to search_query.lang
     return render(
         # fmt: off
         'results.html',
@@ -834,6 +837,11 @@ def search():
             settings['search']['languages'],
             fallback=request.preferences.get_value("language")
         ),
+        search_language = match_language(
+            search.search_query.lang,
+            settings['search']['languages'],
+            fallback=request.preferences.get_value("language")
+        ),
         timeout_limit = request.form.get('timeout_limit', None)
         # fmt: on
     )

tests/unit/test_query.py

@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ class TestLanguageParser(SearxTestCase):
         self.assertIn('all', query.languages)
         self.assertFalse(query.specific)
 
+    def test_auto_language_code(self):
+        language = 'auto'
+        query_text = 'una consulta'
+        full_query = ':' + language + ' ' + query_text
+        query = RawTextQuery(full_query, [])
+
+        self.assertEqual(query.getFullQuery(), full_query)
+        self.assertEqual(len(query.query_parts), 1)
+        self.assertIn('auto', query.languages)
+        self.assertFalse(query.specific)
+
     def test_invalid_language_code(self):
         language = 'not_a_language'
         query_text = 'the query'

tests/unit/test_search.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+from copy import copy
+
 import searx.search
 from searx.search import SearchQuery, EngineRef
 from searx import settings
@@ -34,6 +36,11 @@ class SearchQueryTestCase(SearxTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(s, s)
         self.assertNotEqual(s, t)
 
+    def test_copy(self):
+        s = SearchQuery('test', [EngineRef('bing', 'general')], 'all', 0, 1, None, None, None)
+        t = copy(s)
+        self.assertEqual(s, t)
+
 
 class SearchTestCase(SearxTestCase):
     @classmethod