Merge pull request #2389 from searx/update-changelog

0.18.0 2020.12.14

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Core

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- drop Python 2 support ( #2137 #2244 )

- separate index and search routes ( #1681 ). ⚠️ add & remove your searx instance(s) from your browser.

- add external_bang ( #2027 #2043 #2059 )

- add external plugins supports ( #2074 )

- add plugin converting strings into hash digests ( #1246 )

- new category: Onions ( #565 )

- allow searx query parts anywhere in the query ( commit aa3c18dda9329fff875328f6ba97483c417b149a 2aef38c3b9d1fe93e9d665a49b10151d63d92392 )

- preferences: use base_url for prefix of sharing 'currenly saved preferences' (#1249 )

- upgrade to request 2.24.0, pyopenssl is optional ( #2199 )

- force admins to set secret_key if debug mode is disabled ( #2256 )

- standalone searx update ( #1591 )

- architecture clean up ( #2140 #2185 #2195 #2196 #2198 #2189 #2208 #2239 #2241 #2246 #2248 )

- record detail about engine error ( #2332 #2375 #2350 ). Add a new API endpoint: ``/stats/errors``.

- display if an engine does not support HTTPS requests ( #2373 )

New settings.yml

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- ``use_default_settings``: user settings can relied on the default settings ( #2291 #2362 #2349 )

- ``ui.results_on_new_tab: False`` - for opening result links in a new tab ( #2167 )

- ``ui.advanced_search`` - add preference for displaying advanced settings ( #2327 )

- ``server.method: "POST"`` - Make default query submission method configurable ( #2130 )

- ``server.default_http_headers`` - add default http headers ( #2295 )

- ``engines.*.proxies`` - Using proxy only for specific engines ( #1827 #2319 ), see https://searx.github.io/searx/dev/engine_overview.html#settings-yml

- ``enabled_plugins`` - Enabled plugins ( a05c660e3036ad8d02072fc6731af54c2ed6151c ) 

- ``preferences.lock`` - Let admins lock user preferences ( #2270 )

Oscar theme

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- update infobox ( #2131 )

  - Make infoboxes shorter by default.

  - Hide the main image by default as well and set a maximum height even when expanded.

  - Add a toggle at the bottom of the infobox to expand it or to shrink it again. 

  - Fix pointhi style

- query suggestion does not keep the language tag of the original query  ( #1314 )

- fix the clear button ( #2306 ) 

Simple theme

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- Fix autocomplete ( #2205 )

New engines

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- ahmia, not_evil ( #565 )

- codeberg ( #2104 )

- command line engines: git grep, find, etc.  ( #2128 #2250 )

- elasticsearch ( #2292 )

- metager ( #2139 )

- naver ( #1912 )

- opensemanticsearch ( #2271 )

- peertube ( #2109 )

- recoll (#2325)

- sepiasearch ( #2227 )

Updated engines

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- digg ( #2285 )

- dbpedia ( #2352 )

- duckduckgo_definitions ( #2224 #2356 )

- duden ( #2359 )

- invidious ( #2116 )

- libgen ( #2360 )

- photon ( #2336 )

- soundclound ( #2365 )

- wikipedia ( #2178 #2363 #2354 )

- wikidata ( #2151 #2224 #2353 ) - faster response time

- yaCy ( #2255 ) - support HTTP digest authentication.

- youtube_noapi ( #2364 )

Fixed engines

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- 1x ( #2361 )

- answer 'random sha256' ( #2121 )

- bing image ( #1496 )

- duckduckgo ( #2254 )

- genius ( #2371 )

- google ( #2236 )

- google image ( #2115 )

- lobste.rs  ( #2253 )

- piratebay ( #2133 )

- startpage ( #2385 )

- torrentz ( #2101 )

Removed engines

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- filecrop ( #2352 )

- searchcode_doc ( #2372 )

- seedpeer ( #2366 )

- twitter ( #2372 )

- yggtorrent ( #2099 #2375 )

Install scripts & documentation

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- install script & documentation ( #2384 #2380 #2362 #2287 #2283 #2277 #2223 #2211 #2118 #2117 #2063 )

Docker image

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- use Alpine 3.12 ( #1983 )

- uwsgi serves the static files directly. ( #1865 )

- fix k8s support ( #2099 )

- make docker produces clean tag version ( #2182 )

Bug fixes

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- searx.utils.HTMLTextExtractor: invalid HTML don't raise an Exception ( #2190 )

- Fix static URL ( commit da8b227044f45127f705f6ea94a72d368eea73bb )

- Fix autocomplete ( #2127 )

- Fix opensearch.xml ( #2132 #2247 )

- Fix documentation build ( #2237 )

- Some fixes in the fetch languages script ( #2212 )

Special thanks to `NLNet <https://nlnet.nl>`__ for sponsoring multiple features of this release.

0.17.0 2020.07.09

0.17.0 2020.07.09

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# version of searx

# version of searx

VERSION_MAJOR = 0

VERSION_MAJOR = 0

VERSION_MINOR = 17

VERSION_MINOR = 18

VERSION_BUILD = 0

VERSION_BUILD = 0

VERSION_STRING = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(VERSION_MAJOR,

VERSION_STRING = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(VERSION_MAJOR,