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diff --git a/searx/engines/piped.py b/searx/engines/piped.py
index 3a721f9db..c34ab198f 100644
--- a/searx/engines/piped.py
+++ b/searx/engines/piped.py
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# lint: pylint
-"""Piped (Videos)
+"""An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by
+design. `Piped’s architecture`_ consists of 3 components:
+
+- :py:obj:`backend <backend_url>`
+- :py:obj:`frontend <frontend_url>`
+- proxy
+
+.. _Piped’s architecture: https://docs.piped.video/docs/architecture/
+
"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
import time
import random
from urllib.parse import urlencode
@@ -23,24 +33,38 @@ categories = ["videos", "music"]
paging = False
# search-url
-backend_url = "https://pipedapi.kavin.rocks"
-frontend_url = "https://piped.video"
+backend_url: list|str = "https://pipedapi.kavin.rocks"
+"""Piped-Backend_: The core component behind Piped. The value is an URL or a
+list of URLs. In the latter case instance will be selected randomly. For a
+complete list of offical instances see Piped-Instances (`JSON
+<https://piped-instances.kavin.rocks/>`__)
+
+.. _Piped-Instances: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/wiki/Instances
+.. _Piped-Backend: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped-Backend
+
+"""
+
+frontend_url: str = "https://piped.video"
+"""Piped-Frontend_: URL to use as link and for embeds.
+
+.. _Piped-Frontend: https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped
+"""
+content_filter = 'videos'
+"""Content filter ``music_albums`` or ``videos``"""
-# do search-request
def request(query, params):
if isinstance(backend_url, list):
base_url = random.choice(backend_url)
else:
base_url = backend_url
- search_url = base_url + "/search?{query}&filter=videos"
- params["url"] = search_url.format(query=urlencode({'q': query}))
+ query = urlencode({'q': query})
+ params["url"] = base_url + f"/search?{query}&filter={content_filter}"
return params
-# get response from search-request
def response(resp):
results = []