From ae69a58089cc195d211cd195c79cd60bb49a474f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Noemi Vanyi Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 15:32:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [doc] grammar & format fixes in engine overview --- docs/dev/engine_overview.rst | 175 +++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/dev/engine_overview.rst b/docs/dev/engine_overview.rst index 7f170e9d6..05a54b641 100644 --- a/docs/dev/engine_overview.rst +++ b/docs/dev/engine_overview.rst @@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ Engine overview searx is a `metasearch-engine `__, -so it is using different search engines to provide better results. +so it uses different search engines to provide better results. -Because there is no general search-api which can be used for every -search-engine, there must be build an adapter between searx and the -external search-engine. This adapters are stored in the folder -`*searx/engines* `__, -and this site is build to make an general documentation about this -engines +Because there is no general search API which could be used for every +search engine, an adapter has to be built between searx and the +external search engines. Adapters are stored under the folder +`searx/engines +`__. .. contents:: @@ -19,17 +18,16 @@ engines general engine configuration ---------------------------- -It is required to tell searx what results can the engine provide. The -arguments can be inserted in the engine file, or in the settings file +It is required to tell searx the type of results the engine provides. The +arguments can be set in the engine file or in the settings file (normally ``settings.yml``). The arguments in the settings file override -the one in the engine file. +the ones in the engine file. -Really, it is for most options no difference if there are contained in -the engine-file or in the settings. But there is a standard where to -place specific arguments by default. +It does not matter if an options is stored in the engine file or in the +settings. However, the standard way is the following: -engine-file +engine file ~~~~~~~~~~~ +---------------------+-----------+-----------------------------------------+ @@ -60,27 +58,27 @@ settings.yml overrides ~~~~~~~~~ -There are some options, with have default values in the engine, but are -often overwritten by the settings. If the option is assigned in the -engine-file with ``None`` it has to be redefined in the settings, -otherwise searx is not starting with that engine. +A few of the options have default values in the engine, but are +often overwritten by the settings. If ``None`` is assigned to an option +in the engine file, it has to be redefined in the settings, +otherwise searx will not start with that engine. -The naming of that overrides can be wathever you want. But we recommend -the using of already used overrides if possible: +The naming of that overrides is arbitrary. But the recommended +overrides are the following: -+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ -| argument | type | information | -+=======================+==========+==============================================================+ -| base\_url | string | base-url, can be overwrite to use same engine on other url | -+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ -| number\_of\_results | int | maximum number of results per request | -+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ -| language | string | ISO code of language and country like en\_US | -+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ -| api\_key | string | api-key if required by engine | -+-----------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ ++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| argument | type | information | ++=======================+==========+================================================================+ +| base\_url | string | base-url, can be overwritten to use same engine on other URL | ++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| number\_of\_results | int | maximum number of results per request | ++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| language | string | ISO code of language and country like en\_US | ++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ +| api\_key | string | api-key if required by engine | ++-----------------------+----------+----------------------------------------------------------------+ -example-code +example code ~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. code:: python @@ -90,21 +88,20 @@ example-code paging = True language_support = True -doing request -------------- +making a request +---------------- -To perform a search you have to specific at least a url on which the -request is performing +To perform a search an URL have to be specified. In addition to +specifying an URL, arguments can be passed to the query. passed arguments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -This arguments can be used to calculate the search-query. Furthermore, -some of that parameters are filled with default values which can be -changed for special purpose. +These arguments can be used to construct the search query. Furthermore, +parameters with default value can be redefined for special purposes. +----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| argument | type | default-value, informations | +| argument | type | default-value, information | +======================+============+========================================================================+ | url | string | ``''`` | +----------------------+------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ @@ -132,27 +129,27 @@ changed for special purpose. parsed arguments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The function ``def request(query, params):`` is always returning the -``params`` variable back. Inside searx, the following paramters can be -used to specific a search-request: +The function ``def request(query, params):`` always returns the +``params`` variable. Inside searx, the following paramters can be +used to specify a search request: -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| argument | type | information | -+============+===========+==========================================================+ -| url | string | requested url | -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| method | string | HTTP request methode | -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| headers | set | HTTP header informations | -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| data | set | HTTP data informations (parsed if ``method != 'GET'``) | -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| cookies | set | HTTP cookies | -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ -| verify | boolean | Performing SSL-Validity check | -+------------+-----------+----------------------------------------------------------+ ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ +| argument | type | information | ++============+===========+=========================================================+ +| url | string | requested url | ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ +| method | string | HTTP request method | ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ +| headers | set | HTTP header information | ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ +| data | set | HTTP data information (parsed if ``method != 'GET'``) | ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ +| cookies | set | HTTP cookies | ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ +| verify | boolean | Performing SSL-Validity check | ++------------+-----------+---------------------------------------------------------+ -example-code +example code ~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. code:: python @@ -171,10 +168,10 @@ example-code return params -returning results ------------------ +returned results +---------------- -Searx has the possiblity to return results in different media-types. +Searx is able to return results of different media-types. Currently the following media-types are supported: - default @@ -183,8 +180,8 @@ Currently the following media-types are supported: - torrent - map -to set another media-type as default, you must set the parameter -``template`` to the required type. +To set another media-type as default, the parameter +``template`` must be set to the desired type. default ~~~~~~~ @@ -246,31 +243,31 @@ videos torrent ~~~~~~~ -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| result-parameter | information | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| template | is set to ```torrent.html``` | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| url | string, which is representing the url of the result | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| title | string, which is representing the title of the result | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| content | string, which is giving a general result-text | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| publishedDate | [datetime.datetime](https://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime-objects), represent when the result is published _(not implemented yet)_ | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| seed | int, number of seeder | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| leech | int, number of leecher | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| filesize | int, size of file in bytes | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| files | int, number of files | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| magnetlink | string, which is the [magnetlink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme) of the result | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -| torrentfile | string, which is the torrentfile of the result | -+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| result-parameter | information | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| template | is set to ```torrent.html``` | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| url | string, which is representing the url of the result | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| title | string, which is representing the title of the result | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| content | string, which is giving a general result-text | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| publishedDate | `datetime.datetime `__, represent when the result is published *(not implemented yet)* | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| seed | int, number of seeder | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| leech | int, number of leecher | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| filesize | int, size of file in bytes | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| files | int, number of files | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| magnetlink | string, which is the `magnetlink `__ of the result | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +| torrentfile | string, which is the torrentfile of the result | ++------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ map