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<section id="locales">
<span id="searx-locales"></span><h1>Locales<a class="headerlink" href="#locales" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<nav class="contents local" id="contents">
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searxngs-locale-data" id="id1">SearXNG’s locale data</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#module-searx.sxng_locales" id="id2">SearXNG’s locale codes</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#searxngs-locale-implementations" id="id3">SearXNG’s locale implementations</a></p></li>
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<section id="searxngs-locale-data">
<span id="module-searx.locales"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" role="doc-backlink">SearXNG’s locale data</a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxngs-locale-data" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The variables <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.RTL_LOCALES" title="searx.locales.RTL_LOCALES"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RTL_LOCALES</span></code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.LOCALE_NAMES" title="searx.locales.LOCALE_NAMES"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LOCALE_NAMES</span></code></a> are loaded from
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/data/locales.json">git://searx/data/locales.json</a> / see <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.locales_initialize" title="searx.locales.locales_initialize"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locales_initialize</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="../dev/searxng_extra/update.html#update-locales-py"><span class="std std-ref">update_locales.py</span></a>.</p>
<div class="admonition hint">
<p class="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p>Whenever the value of <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS" title="searx.locales.ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS</span></code></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.LOCALE_BEST_MATCH" title="searx.locales.LOCALE_BEST_MATCH"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LOCALE_BEST_MATCH</span></code></a> is modified, the
<a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/data/locales.json">git://searx/data/locales.json</a> needs to be rebuild:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">./</span><span class="n">manage</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">locales</span>
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<section id="module-searx.sxng_locales">
<span id="searxng-s-locale-codes"></span><h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">SearXNG’s locale codes</a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-searx.sxng_locales" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>List of SearXNG’s locale codes.</p>
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<p>Don’t modify this file, this file is generated by:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">./</span><span class="n">manage</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">traits</span>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.sxng_locales.sxng_locales">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.sxng_locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">sxng_locales</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.sxng_locales.sxng_locales" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>A list of five-digit tuples:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="0">
<li><p>SearXNG’s internal locale tag (a language or region tag)</p></li>
<li><p>Name of the language (<a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale.get_language_name" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.core.Locale.get_language_name</span></code></a>)</p></li>
<li><p>For region tags the name of the region (<a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale.get_territory_name" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.core.Locale.get_territory_name</span></code></a>).
Empty string for language tags.</p></li>
<li><p>English language name (from <a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale.english_name" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.core.Locale.english_name</span></code></a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Unicode flag (emoji) that fits to SearXNG’s internal region tag. Languages
are represented by a globe (🌐)</p></li>
</ol>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'en'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'English'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'English'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'🌐'</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'en-CA'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'English'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Canada'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'English'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'🇨🇦'</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'en-US'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'English'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'United States'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'English'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'🇺🇸'</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="o">..</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'fr'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Français'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">''</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'French'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'🌐'</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'fr-BE'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Français'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Belgique'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'French'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'🇧🇪'</span><span class="p">),</span>
<span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'fr-CA'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Français'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'Canada'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'French'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'🇨🇦'</span><span class="p">),</span>
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<section id="searxngs-locale-implementations">
<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">SearXNG’s locale implementations</a><a class="headerlink" href="#searxngs-locale-implementations" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.build_engine_locales">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">build_engine_locales</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">tag_list</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#build_engine_locales"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.build_engine_locales" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>From a list of locale tags a dictionary is build that can be passed by
argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">engine_locales</span></code> to <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_engine_locale" title="searx.locales.get_engine_locale"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_engine_locale</span></code></a>. This function
is mainly used by <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.match_locale" title="searx.locales.match_locale"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">match_locale</span></code></a> and is similar to what the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">fetch_traits(..)</span></code> function of engines do.</p>
<p>If there are territory codes in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">tag_list</span></code> that have a <em>script code</em>
additional keys are added to the returned dictionary.</p>
<div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">locales</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">engine_locales</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">locales</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">build_engine_locales</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="s1">'en'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'en-US'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'zh'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'zh-CN'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'zh-TW'</span><span class="p">])</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">engine_locales</span>
<span class="go">{</span>
<span class="go"> 'en': 'en', 'en-US': 'en-US',</span>
<span class="go"> 'zh': 'zh', 'zh-CN': 'zh-CN', 'zh_Hans': 'zh-CN',</span>
<span class="go"> 'zh-TW': 'zh-TW', 'zh_Hant': 'zh-TW'</span>
<span class="go">}</span>
<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">get_engine_locale</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'zh-Hans'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">engine_locales</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">'zh-CN'</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>This function is a good example to understand the language/region model
of SearXNG:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>SearXNG only distinguishes between <strong>search languages</strong> and <strong>search
regions</strong>, by adding the <em>script-tags</em>, languages with <em>script-tags</em> can
be assigned to the <strong>regions</strong> that SearXNG supports.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.get_engine_locale">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_engine_locale</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">searxng_locale</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">engine_locales</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">default</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#get_engine_locale"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.get_engine_locale" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return engine’s language (aka locale) string that best fits to argument
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">searxng_locale</span></code>.</p>
<p>Argument <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">engine_locales</span></code> is a python dict that maps <em>SearXNG locales</em> to
corresponding <em>engine locales</em>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o"><</span><span class="n">engine</span><span class="o">></span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="c1"># SearXNG string : engine-string</span>
<span class="s1">'ca-ES'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'ca_ES'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'fr-BE'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'fr_BE'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'fr-CA'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'fr_CA'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'fr-CH'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'fr_CH'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'fr'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'fr_FR'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
<span class="s1">'pl-PL'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'pl_PL'</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">'pt-PT'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'pt_PT'</span>
<span class="o">..</span>
<span class="s1">'zh'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'zh'</span>
<span class="s1">'zh_Hans'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'zh'</span>
<span class="s1">'zh_Hant'</span> <span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">'zh_TW'</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition hint">
<p class="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p>The <em>SearXNG locale</em> string has to be known by babel!</p>
</div>
<p>If there is no direct 1:1 mapping, this functions tries to narrow down
engine’s language (locale). If no value can be determined by these
approximation attempts the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">default</span></code> value is returned.</p>
<p>Assumptions:</p>
<ol class="upperalpha simple">
<li><p>When user select a language the results should be optimized according to
the selected language.</p></li>
<li><p>When user select a language and a territory the results should be
optimized with first priority on territory and second on language.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>First approximation rule (<em>by territory</em>):</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>When the user selects a locale with territory (and a language), the
territory has priority over the language. If any of the official languages
in the territory is supported by the engine (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">engine_locales</span></code>) it will
be used.</p>
</div></blockquote>
<p>Second approximation rule (<em>by language</em>):</p>
<blockquote>
<div><p>If “First approximation rule” brings no result or the user selects only a
language without a territory. Check in which territories the language
has an official status and if one of these territories is supported by the
engine.</p>
</div></blockquote>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.get_locale">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_locale</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locale_tag</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><span class="pre">Locale</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#get_locale"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.get_locale" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.Locale</span></code> object parsed from argument
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locale_tag</span></code></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.get_official_locales">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_official_locales</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">territory</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">languages</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">regional</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">de_facto</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">bool</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#set" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">set</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><span class="pre">Locale</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#get_official_locales"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.get_official_locales" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns a list of <code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.Locale</span></code> with languages from
<a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/languages.html#babel.languages.get_official_languages" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.languages.get_official_languages</span></code></a>.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>territory</strong> – The territory (country or region) code.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>languages</strong> – A list of language codes the languages from
<a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/languages.html#babel.languages.get_official_languages" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">babel.languages.get_official_languages</span></code></a> should be in
(intersection). If this argument is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>, all official languages in
this territory are used.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>regional</strong> – If the regional flag is set, then languages which are
regionally official are also returned.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>de_facto</strong> – If the de_facto flag is set to <cite>False</cite>, then languages
which are “de facto” official are not returned.</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.get_translation_locales">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_translation_locales</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#get_translation_locales"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.get_translation_locales" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the list of translation locales (<em>underscore</em>). The list is
generated from the translation folders in <a class="extlink-origin reference external" href="https://github.com/searxng/searxng/blob/master/searx/translations">git://searx/translations</a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.get_translations">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get_translations</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#get_translations"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.get_translations" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Monkey patch of <a class="reference external" href="https://python-babel.github.io/flask-babel/index.html#flask_babel.get_translations" title="(in Flask-Babel)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">flask_babel.get_translations</span></code></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.language_tag">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">language_tag</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locale</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><span class="pre">Locale</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#language_tag"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.language_tag" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns SearXNG’s language tag from the locale and if exits, the tag
includes the script name (e.g. en, zh_Hant).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.locales_initialize">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">locales_initialize</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#locales_initialize"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.locales_initialize" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Initialize locales environment of the SearXNG session.</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>monkey patch <a class="reference external" href="https://python-babel.github.io/flask-babel/index.html#flask_babel.get_translations" title="(in Flask-Babel)"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">flask_babel.get_translations</span></code></a> by <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_translations" title="searx.locales.get_translations"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_translations</span></code></a></p></li>
<li><p>init global names <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.LOCALE_NAMES" title="searx.locales.LOCALE_NAMES"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LOCALE_NAMES</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.RTL_LOCALES" title="searx.locales.RTL_LOCALES"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RTL_LOCALES</span></code></a></p></li>
</ul>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.match_locale">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">match_locale</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">searxng_locale</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locale_tag_list</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">list</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">fallback</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">|</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">None</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#match_locale"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.match_locale" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return tag from <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locale_tag_list</span></code> that best fits to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">searxng_locale</span></code>.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters<span class="colon">:</span></dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>searxng_locale</strong> (<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><em>str</em></a>) – SearXNG’s internal representation of locale (de,
de-DE, fr-BE, zh, zh-CN, zh-TW ..).</p></li>
<li><p><strong>locale_tag_list</strong> (<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#list" title="(in Python v3.13)"><em>list</em></a>) – The list of locale tags to select from</p></li>
<li><p><strong>fallback</strong> (<a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><em>str</em></a>) – fallback locale tag (if unset –> <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>)</p></li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>The rules to find a match are implemented in <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_engine_locale" title="searx.locales.get_engine_locale"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_engine_locale</span></code></a>,
the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">engine_locales</span></code> is build up by <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.build_engine_locales" title="searx.locales.build_engine_locales"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">build_engine_locales</span></code></a>.</p>
<div class="admonition hint">
<p class="admonition-title">Hint</p>
<p>The <em>SearXNG locale</em> string and the members of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locale_tag_list</span></code> has to
be known by babel! The <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS" title="searx.locales.ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS</span></code></a> are used in the
UI and are not known by babel –> will be ignored.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.region_tag">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">region_tag</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">locale</span></span><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n"><a class="reference external" href="https://babel.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/core.html#babel.core.Locale" title="(in Babel v2.2)"><span class="pre">Locale</span></a></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span> <span class="sig-return"><span class="sig-return-icon">→</span> <span class="sig-return-typehint"><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a></span></span><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/searx/locales.html#region_tag"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.region_tag" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns SearXNG’s region tag from the locale (e.g. zh-TW , en-US).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{'dv':</span> <span class="pre">'ދިވެހި</span> <span class="pre">(Dhivehi)',</span> <span class="pre">'oc':</span> <span class="pre">'Occitan',</span> <span class="pre">'pap':</span> <span class="pre">'Papiamento',</span> <span class="pre">'szl':</span> <span class="pre">'Ślōnski</span> <span class="pre">(Silesian)'}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.ADDITIONAL_TRANSLATIONS" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Additional languages SearXNG has translations for but not supported by
python-babel (see <a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.locales_initialize" title="searx.locales.locales_initialize"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locales_initialize</span></code></a>).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.LOCALE_BEST_MATCH">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">LOCALE_BEST_MATCH</span></span><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{'dv':</span> <span class="pre">'si',</span> <span class="pre">'nl-BE':</span> <span class="pre">'nl',</span> <span class="pre">'oc':</span> <span class="pre">'fr-FR',</span> <span class="pre">'pap':</span> <span class="pre">'pt-BR',</span> <span class="pre">'szl':</span> <span class="pre">'pl',</span> <span class="pre">'zh-HK':</span> <span class="pre">'zh-Hant-TW'}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.LOCALE_BEST_MATCH" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Map a locale we do not have a translations for to a locale we have a
translation for. By example: use Taiwan version of the translation for Hong
Kong.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.LOCALE_NAMES">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">LOCALE_NAMES</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.LOCALE_NAMES" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Mapping of locales and their description. Locales e.g. ‘fr’ or ‘pt-BR’ (see
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.locales_initialize" title="searx.locales.locales_initialize"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locales_initialize</span></code></a>).</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="searx.locales.RTL_LOCALES">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">searx.locales.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">RTL_LOCALES</span></span><em class="property"><span class="p"><span class="pre">:</span></span><span class="w"> </span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#set" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">set</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">[</span></span><a class="reference external" href="https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str" title="(in Python v3.13)"><span class="pre">str</span></a><span class="p"><span class="pre">]</span></span></em><em class="property"><span class="w"> </span><span class="p"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="pre">{'ar',</span> <span class="pre">'fa-IR',</span> <span class="pre">'he'}</span></em><a class="headerlink" href="#searx.locales.RTL_LOCALES" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>List of <em>Right-To-Left</em> locales e.g. ‘he’ or ‘fa-IR’ (see
<a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.locales_initialize" title="searx.locales.locales_initialize"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">locales_initialize</span></code></a>).</p>
</dd></dl>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="searx.infopage.html">Online <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/info</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">Locales</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searxngs-locale-data">SearXNG’s locale data</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#module-searx.sxng_locales">SearXNG’s locale codes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.sxng_locales.sxng_locales"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sxng_locales</span></code></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searxngs-locale-implementations">SearXNG’s locale implementations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.build_engine_locales"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">build_engine_locales()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_engine_locale"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_engine_locale()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_locale"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_locale()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_official_locales"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_official_locales()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_translation_locales"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_translation_locales()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.get_translations"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_translations()</span></code></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="#searx.locales.language_tag"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">language_tag()</span></code></a></li>
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