From a339f73fe0e7f3e4bfe062f665ba9d57b4b75dd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: asciimoo Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:47:43 +0100 Subject: [mod] README format change - pypi compatiblity --- README.rst | 159 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 159 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.rst (limited to 'README.rst') diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b5558804 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +searx +===== + +A privacy-respecting, hackable `metasearch +engine `__. + +List of `running +instances `__. + +|Flattr searx| + +Features +~~~~~~~~ + +- Tracking free +- Modular (see + `examples `__) +- Parallel queries +- Supports multiple output formats +- json ``curl https://searx.0x2a.tk/?format=json&q=[query]`` +- csv ``curl https://searx.0x2a.tk/?format=csv&q=[query]`` +- opensearch/rss ``curl https://searx.0x2a.tk/?format=rss&q=[query]`` +- Opensearch support (you can set as default search engine) +- Configurable search engines/categories + +Installation +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- clone source: + ``git clone git@github.com:asciimoo/searx.git && cd searx`` +- install dependencies: ``pip install -r requirements.txt`` +- edit your + `settings.yml `__ + (set your ``secret_key``!) +- run ``python searx/webapp.py`` to start the application + +For all the details, follow this `step by step +installation `__ + +Alternative (Recommended) Installation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- clone source: + ``git clone git@github.com:asciimoo/searx.git && cd searx`` +- build in current folder: ``make minimal`` +- run ``bin/searx-run`` to start the application + +Development +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Just run ``make``. Versions of dependencies are pinned down inside +``versions.cfg`` to produce most stable build. Also remember, NO make +command should be run as root, not even ``make production`` + +Deployment +~~~~~~~~~~ + +- clone source: + ``git clone git@github.com:asciimoo/searx.git && cd searx`` +- build in current folder: ``make production`` +- run ``bin/supervisord`` to start the application + +Upgrading +~~~~~~~~~ + +- inside previously cloned searx directory run: ``git stash`` to + temporarily save any changes you have made +- pull source: ``git pull origin master`` +- re-build in current folder: ``make production`` +- run ``bin/supervisorctl stop searx`` to stop searx, if it does not, + then run ``fuser -k 8888/tcp`` +- run ``bin/supervisorctl reload`` to re-read supervisor config and + start searx + +Command make +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +``make`` +'''''''' + +Builds development environment with testing support. + +``make tests`` +'''''''''''''' + +Runs tests. You can write tests +`here `__ and +remember 'untested code is broken code'. + +``make robot`` +'''''''''''''' + +Runs robot (Selenium) tests, you must have ``firefox`` installed because +this functional tests actually run the browser and perform operations on +it. Also searx is executed with +`settings\_robot `__. + +``make flake8`` +''''''''''''''' + +'pep8 is a tool to check your Python code against some of the style +conventions in `PEP 8 `__.' + +``make coverage`` +''''''''''''''''' + +Checks coverage of tests, after running this, execute this: +``firefox ./coverage/index.html`` + +``make production`` +''''''''''''''''''' + +Used to make co-called production environment - without tests (you +should ran tests before deploying searx on the server). This installs +supervisord, so if searx crashes, it will try to pick itself up again. +And crontab entry is added to start supervisord at server boot. + +``make minimal`` +'''''''''''''''' + +Minimal build - without test frameworks, the quickest build option. + +``make clean`` +'''''''''''''' + +Deletes several folders and files (see ``Makefile`` for more), so that +next time you run any other ``make`` command it will rebuild everithing. + +TODO +~~~~ + +- Moar engines +- Better ui +- Language support +- Documentation +- Pagination +- Fix ``flake8`` errors, ``make flake8`` will be merged into + ``make tests`` when it does not fail anymore +- Tests +- When we have more tests, we can integrate Travis-CI + +Bugs +~~~~ + +Bugs or suggestions? Visit the `issue +tracker `__. + +`License `__ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +More about searx +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- `ohloh `__ +- `twitter `__ +- IRC: #searx @ freenode + +.. |Flattr searx| image:: http://api.flattr.com/button/flattr-badge-large.png + :target: https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=asciimoo&url=https://github.com/asciimoo/searx&title=searx&language=&tags=github&category=software -- cgit v1.2.3