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[mod] drop SearXNG's checker (#5767)

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To date, there is no analysis for the checker that could be evaluated in any
meaningful way.

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/3407
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/3312

The checker would need to be completely redesigned, but even then, its
usefulness and the maintenance required for it would be disproportionate.

TBH: In its current form, it is useless and only consumes resources and
causes the engines to be blocked, because these tests (query terms) come
from *hundreds* of instances and could be interpreted as bot attacks.

Related issues: [search.checker](https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues?q=label%3A%22search.checker%22)

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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Markus Heiser
2026-02-22 14:44:21 +01:00
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@@ -291,38 +291,6 @@ Pylint_ is known as one of the best source-code, bug and quality checker for the
Python programming language. The pylint profile used in the SearXNG project is
found in project's root folder :origin:`.pylintrc`.
.. _make search.checker:
``make search.checker.{engine name}``
=====================================
To check all engines::
make search.checker
To check a engine with whitespace in the name like *google news* replace space
by underline::
make search.checker.google_news
To see HTTP requests and more use SEARXNG_DEBUG::
make SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 search.checker.google_news
.. _3xx: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_redirection
To filter out HTTP redirects (3xx_)::
make SEARXNG_DEBUG=1 search.checker.google_news | grep -A1 "HTTP/1.1\" 3[0-9][0-9]"
...
Engine google news Checking
https://news.google.com:443 "GET /search?q=life&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US%3Aen&gl=US HTTP/1.1" 302 0
https://news.google.com:443 "GET /search?q=life&hl=en-US&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US:en&gl=US HTTP/1.1" 200 None
--
https://news.google.com:443 "GET /search?q=computer&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US%3Aen&gl=US HTTP/1.1" 302 0
https://news.google.com:443 "GET /search?q=computer&hl=en-US&lr=lang_en&ie=utf8&oe=utf8&ceid=US:en&gl=US HTTP/1.1" 200 None
--
.. _make themes:
``make themes.*``