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rsearch

Multi-source search aggregator API that queries multiple search engines and returns unified results without requiring API keys.

Features

7 search providers with automatic fallback
No API keys required (HTML scraping + public APIs)
Async architecture for performance
Unified JSON response format
Fixed provider ordering by result quality
Comprehensive integration tests

Search Providers

Provider	Type	Description
Brave	Scraping	High quality web results
DuckDuckGo HTML	Scraping	Reliable lightweight version
Bing	Scraping	Microsoft search engine
Mojeek	Scraping	Independent search index
DuckDuckGo	API	Instant answers
Wikipedia	API	Encyclopedia reference
Wikidata	API	Structured knowledge base

Installation

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Install as package (development mode):

pip install -e .

Install with test dependencies:

pip install -e ".[test]"

Or using make:

make dev

Usage

Run as module:

python -m rsearch

Or after installation:

rsearch

Or using make:

make run

Command Line Options

usage: rsearch [-h] [-H HOST] [-p PORT] [-l {DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR}] [-v]

options:
  -h, --help            show help message
  -H, --host HOST       Host to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0)
  -p, --port PORT       Port to listen on (default: 8080)
  -l, --log-level       Log level: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR (default: INFO)
  -v, --version         show version number

Examples:

rsearch --port 9000                    # Run on port 9000
rsearch --host 127.0.0.1 --port 3000   # Bind to localhost:3000
rsearch --log-level DEBUG              # Enable debug logging

Testing

Run integration tests:

make test

Or directly with pytest:

pytest tests/test_providers.py -v

Quick API test (requires running server):

make test-quick

API Endpoints

Search

GET /search?query=<q>&count=<n>

Parameters:

query: Search term (required)
count: Number of results (default: 10, max: 100)

Response:

{
    "query": "python",
    "source": "brave",
    "count": 3,
    "results": [
        {
            "title": "Welcome to Python.org",
            "url": "https://www.python.org/",
            "description": "The official home of the Python Programming Language",
            "source": "brave",
            "extra": {}
        }
    ],
    "timestamp": "2024-01-01T12:00:00.000000Z",
    "success": true,
    "error": null
}

Health Check

GET /health

Response:

{
    "status": "ok",
    "services": ["brave", "duckduckgo_html", "bing", "mojeek", "duckduckgo", "wikipedia", "wikidata"],
    "timestamp": "2024-01-01T12:00:00.000000Z"
}

Project Structure

rsearch/
├── rsearch/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── __main__.py
│   └── app.py
├── tests/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── test_providers.py
├── requirements.txt
├── pyproject.toml
├── Makefile
└── README.md

License

MIT

rsearch
tests
.gitignore
CHANGELOG.md
Makefile
pyproject.toml
README.md
requirements.txt