From 727c287856629cf7c11b87cecbf1b32bb0ca1831 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: marc <a01200356@itesm.mx>
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:54:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] backwards compatibility with old language cookies

---
 searx/preferences.py | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/preferences.py b/searx/preferences.py
index 4436b8fe8..b27cfb7f4 100644
--- a/searx/preferences.py
+++ b/searx/preferences.py
@@ -59,7 +59,18 @@ class EnumStringSetting(Setting):
         self._validate_selection(self.value)
 
     def parse(self, data):
-        self._validate_selection(data)
+        if data not in self.choices and data != self.value:
+            # hack to give some backwards compatibility with old language cookies
+            data = str(data).replace('_', '-')
+            lang = data[:2]
+            if data in self.choices:
+                pass
+            elif lang in self.choices:
+                data = lang
+            elif data == 'ar-XA':
+                data = 'ar-SA'
+            else:
+                data = 'all'
         self.value = data