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-rw-r--r--docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst9
-rw-r--r--searx/plugins/limiter.py129
-rw-r--r--searx/settings.yml1
-rw-r--r--searx/settings_defaults.py1
4 files changed, 140 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst b/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst
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+++ b/docs/src/searx.plugins.limiter.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+.. _limiter plugin:
+
+==============
+Limiter Plugin
+==============
+
+.. automodule:: searx.plugins.limiter
+ :members:
+
diff --git a/searx/plugins/limiter.py b/searx/plugins/limiter.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# lint: pylint
+# pyright: basic
+"""Some bot protection / rate limitation
+
+Enable the plugin in ``settings.yml``:
+
+- ``server.limiter: true``
+- ``redis.url: ...`` check the value, see :ref:`settings redis`
+"""
+
+import hmac
+import re
+from flask import request
+
+from searx.shared import redisdb
+
+name = "Request limiter"
+description = "Limit the number of request"
+default_on = False
+preference_section = 'service'
+
+
+re_bot = re.compile(
+ r'('
+ + r'[Cc][Uu][Rr][Ll]|[wW]get|Scrapy|splash|JavaFX|FeedFetcher|python-requests|Go-http-client|Java|Jakarta|okhttp'
+ + r'|HttpClient|Jersey|Python|libwww-perl|Ruby|SynHttpClient|UniversalFeedParser|Googlebot|GoogleImageProxy'
+ + r'|bingbot|Baiduspider|yacybot|YandexMobileBot|YandexBot|Yahoo! Slurp|MJ12bot|AhrefsBot|archive.org_bot|msnbot'
+ + r'|MJ12bot|SeznamBot|linkdexbot|Netvibes|SMTBot|zgrab|James BOT|Sogou|Abonti|Pixray|Spinn3r|SemrushBot|Exabot'
+ + r'|ZmEu|BLEXBot|bitlybot'
+ + r')'
+)
+
+
+def is_accepted_request(inc_get_counter) -> bool:
+ # pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements
+ user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
+ x_forwarded_for = request.headers.get('X-Forwarded-For', '')
+
+ if request.path == '/image_proxy':
+ if re_bot.match(user_agent):
+ return False
+ return True
+
+ c = inc_get_counter(interval=25, keys=[b'IP limit, all paths', x_forwarded_for])
+ if c > 30:
+ return False
+
+ c = inc_get_counter(interval=60, keys=[b'useragent limit, all paths', x_forwarded_for, user_agent])
+ if c > 30:
+ return False
+
+ if request.path in ('/', '/search') and ('q' in request.args or 'q' in request.form):
+ if re_bot.match(user_agent):
+ return False
+
+ if 'Accept-Language' not in request.headers:
+ return False
+
+ if request.headers.get('Connection') == 'close':
+ return False
+
+ accept_encoding_list = [l.strip() for l in request.headers.get('Accept-Encoding', '').split(',')]
+ if 'gzip' not in accept_encoding_list or 'deflate' not in accept_encoding_list:
+ return False
+
+ if 'text/html' not in request.accept_mimetypes:
+ return False
+
+ if request.args.get('format', 'html') != 'html':
+ c = inc_get_counter(interval=3600, keys=[b'API limit', x_forwarded_for])
+ if c > 4:
+ return False
+ return True
+
+
+def create_inc_get_counter(redis_client, secret_key_bytes):
+ lua_script = """
+ local slidingWindow = KEYS[1]
+ local key = KEYS[2]
+ local now = tonumber(redis.call('TIME')[1])
+ local id = redis.call('INCR', 'counter')
+ if (id > 2^46)
+ then
+ redis.call('SET', 'count', 0)
+ end
+ redis.call('ZREMRANGEBYSCORE', key, 0, now - slidingWindow)
+ redis.call('ZADD', key, now, id)
+ local result = redis.call('ZCOUNT', key, 0, now+1)
+ redis.call('EXPIRE', key, slidingWindow)
+ return result
+ """
+ script_sha = redis_client.script_load(lua_script)
+
+ def inc_get_counter(interval, keys):
+ m = hmac.new(secret_key_bytes, digestmod='sha256')
+ for k in keys:
+ m.update(bytes(str(k), encoding='utf-8') or b'')
+ m.update(b"\0")
+ key = m.digest()
+ return redis_client.evalsha(script_sha, 2, interval, key)
+
+ return inc_get_counter
+
+
+def create_pre_request(get_aggregation_count):
+ def pre_request():
+ if not is_accepted_request(get_aggregation_count):
+ return '', 429
+ return None
+
+ return pre_request
+
+
+def init(app, settings):
+
+ if not settings['server']['limiter']:
+ return False
+
+ logger.debug("init limiter DB") # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
+ if not redisdb.init():
+ logger.error("init limiter DB failed!!!") # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
+ return False
+
+ redis_client = redisdb.client()
+ secret_key_bytes = bytes(settings['server']['secret_key'], encoding='utf-8')
+ inc_get_counter = create_inc_get_counter(redis_client, secret_key_bytes)
+ app.before_request(create_pre_request(inc_get_counter))
+ return True
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index be068a10e..9d91e5329 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ server:
port: 8888
bind_address: "127.0.0.1"
base_url: false # Possible values: false or "https://example.org/location".
+ limiter: false # rate limit the number of request on the instance, block some bots
# If your instance owns a /etc/searxng/settings.yml file, then set the following
# values there.
diff --git a/searx/settings_defaults.py b/searx/settings_defaults.py
index ff556e3bb..15b4524c6 100644
--- a/searx/settings_defaults.py
+++ b/searx/settings_defaults.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ SCHEMA = {
'server': {
'port': SettingsValue((int, str), 8888, 'SEARXNG_PORT'),
'bind_address': SettingsValue(str, '127.0.0.1', 'SEARXNG_BIND_ADDRESS'),
+ 'limiter': SettingsValue(bool, False),
'secret_key': SettingsValue(str, environ_name='SEARXNG_SECRET'),
'base_url': SettingsValue((False, str), False),
'image_proxy': SettingsValue(bool, False),