Drop Python 2 (1/n): remove unicode string and url_utils

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/searx/autocomplete.py b/searx/autocomplete.py
index 00a9f9553..9bc6a98f2 100644
--- a/searx/autocomplete.py
+++ b/searx/autocomplete.py
@@ -16,19 +16,16 @@ along with searx. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ >.
 '''
 
 
-import sys
 from lxml import etree
 from json import loads
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+
 from searx import settings
 from searx.languages import language_codes
 from searx.engines import (
     categories, engines, engine_shortcuts
 )
 from searx.poolrequests import get as http_get
-from searx.url_utils import urlencode
-
-if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
-    unicode = str
 
 
 def get(*args, **kwargs):
@@ -85,22 +82,22 @@ def searx_bang(full_query):
             engine_query = full_query.getSearchQuery()[1:]
 
             for lc in language_codes:
-                lang_id, lang_name, country, english_name = map(unicode.lower, lc)
+                lang_id, lang_name, country, english_name = map(str.lower, lc)
 
                 # check if query starts with language-id
                 if lang_id.startswith(engine_query):
                     if len(engine_query) <= 2:
-                        results.append(u':{lang_id}'.format(lang_id=lang_id.split('-')[0]))
+                        results.append(':{lang_id}'.format(lang_id=lang_id.split('-')[0]))
                     else:
-                        results.append(u':{lang_id}'.format(lang_id=lang_id))
+                        results.append(':{lang_id}'.format(lang_id=lang_id))
 
                 # check if query starts with language name
                 if lang_name.startswith(engine_query) or english_name.startswith(engine_query):
-                    results.append(u':{lang_name}'.format(lang_name=lang_name))
+                    results.append(':{lang_name}'.format(lang_name=lang_name))
 
                 # check if query starts with country
                 if country.startswith(engine_query.replace('_', ' ')):
-                    results.append(u':{country}'.format(country=country.replace(' ', '_')))
+                    results.append(':{country}'.format(country=country.replace(' ', '_')))
 
     # remove duplicates
     result_set = set(results)