webscout 2025.10.11__py3-none-any.whl → 2025.10.13__py3-none-any.whl

webscout/webscout_search.py

@@ -1,1183 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-# import logging
-import json
-import os
-import warnings
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from decimal import Decimal
-from functools import cached_property
-from itertools import cycle, islice
-from random import choice, shuffle
-from threading import Event
-from time import sleep, time
-from types import TracebackType
-from typing import Any, Literal
-from urllib.parse import quote
-
-from webscout.litagent import LitAgent
-
-# Import trio before curl_cffi to prevent eventlet socket monkey-patching conflicts
-# See: https://github.com/python-trio/trio/issues/3015
-try:
-    import trio  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    pass  # trio is optional, ignore if not available
-import curl_cffi.requests  # type: ignore
-
-try:
-    from lxml.etree import _Element
-    from lxml.html import HTMLParser as LHTMLParser
-    from lxml.html import document_fromstring
-
-    LXML_AVAILABLE = True
-except ImportError:
-    LXML_AVAILABLE = False
-
-from .exceptions import RatelimitE, TimeoutE, WebscoutE
-from .utils import (
-    _calculate_distance,
-    _expand_proxy_tb_alias,
-    _extract_vqd,
-    _normalize,
-    _normalize_url,
-    _text_extract_json,
-    json_loads,
-)
-
-# logger = logging.getLogger("webscout.WEBS")
-
-
-class WEBS:
-    """webscout class to get search results from duckduckgo.com."""
-
-    _executor: ThreadPoolExecutor = ThreadPoolExecutor()
-    # curl_cffi supports different browser versions than primp
-    _impersonates = (
-        "chrome99", "chrome100", "chrome101", "chrome104", "chrome107", "chrome110",
-        "chrome116", "chrome119", "chrome120", "chrome123", "chrome124", "chrome131", "chrome133a",
-        "chrome99_android", "chrome131_android",
-        "safari15_3", "safari15_5", "safari17_0", "safari17_2_ios", "safari18_0", "safari18_0_ios",
-        "edge99", "edge101",
-        "firefox133", "firefox135",
-    )  # fmt: skip
-    _impersonates_os = ("android", "ios", "linux", "macos", "windows")
-
-
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
-        proxy: str | None = None,
-        proxies: dict[str, str] | str | None = None,  # deprecated
-        timeout: int | None = 10,
-        verify: bool = True,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Initialize the WEBS object.
-
-        Args:
-            headers (dict, optional): Dictionary of headers for the HTTP client. Defaults to None.
-            proxy (str, optional): proxy for the HTTP client, supports http/https/socks5 protocols.
-                example: "http://user:pass@example.com:3128". Defaults to None.
-            timeout (int, optional): Timeout value for the HTTP client. Defaults to 10.
-            verify (bool): SSL verification when making the request. Defaults to True.
-        """
-        ddgs_proxy: str | None = os.environ.get("DDGS_PROXY")
-        self.proxy: str | None = ddgs_proxy if ddgs_proxy else _expand_proxy_tb_alias(proxy)
-        assert self.proxy is None or isinstance(self.proxy, str), "proxy must be a str"
-        if not proxy and proxies:
-            warnings.warn("'proxies' is deprecated, use 'proxy' instead.", stacklevel=1)
-            self.proxy = proxies.get("http") or proxies.get("https") if isinstance(proxies, dict) else proxies
-
-        default_headers = {
-            **LitAgent().generate_fingerprint(),
-            "Origin": "https://duckduckgo.com",
-            "Referer": "https://yep.com/",
-        }
-
-        self.headers = headers if headers else {}
-        self.headers.update(default_headers)
-
-        # curl_cffi has different parameters than primp
-        impersonate_browser = choice(self._impersonates)
-        self.client = curl_cffi.requests.Session(
-            headers=self.headers,
-            proxies={'http': self.proxy, 'https': self.proxy} if self.proxy else None,
-            timeout=timeout,
-            # curl_cffi doesn't accept cookies=True, it needs a dict or None
-            impersonate=impersonate_browser,
-            verify=verify,
-        )
-        self.timeout = timeout
-        self.sleep_timestamp = 0.0
-
-        self._exception_event = Event()
-
-    def __enter__(self) -> WEBS:
-        return self
-
-    def __exit__(
-        self,
-        exc_type: type[BaseException] | None = None,
-        exc_val: BaseException | None = None,
-        exc_tb: TracebackType | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        pass
-
-    @cached_property
-    def parser(self) -> LHTMLParser:
-        """Get HTML parser."""
-        return LHTMLParser(remove_blank_text=True, remove_comments=True, remove_pis=True, collect_ids=False)
-
-    def _sleep(self, sleeptime: float = 0.75) -> None:
-        """Sleep between API requests."""
-        delay = 0.0 if not self.sleep_timestamp else 0.0 if time() - self.sleep_timestamp >= 20 else sleeptime
-        self.sleep_timestamp = time()
-        sleep(delay)
-
-    def _get_url(
-        self,
-        method: Literal["GET", "HEAD", "OPTIONS", "DELETE", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH"],
-        url: str,
-        params: dict[str, str] | None = None,
-        content: bytes | None = None,
-        data: dict[str, str] | None = None,
-        headers: dict[str, str] | None = None,
-        cookies: dict[str, str] | None = None,
-        json: Any = None,
-        timeout: float | None = None,
-    ) -> Any:
-        self._sleep()
-        try:
-            # curl_cffi doesn't accept cookies=True in request methods
-            request_kwargs = {
-                "params": params,
-                "headers": headers,
-                "json": json,
-                "timeout": timeout or self.timeout,
-            }
-
-            # Add cookies if they're a dict, not a bool
-            if isinstance(cookies, dict):
-                request_kwargs["cookies"] = cookies
-
-            if method == "GET":
-                # curl_cffi uses data instead of content
-                if content:
-                    request_kwargs["data"] = content
-                resp = self.client.get(url, **request_kwargs)
-            elif method == "POST":
-                # handle both data and content
-                if data or content:
-                    request_kwargs["data"] = data or content
-                resp = self.client.post(url, **request_kwargs)
-            else:
-                # handle both data and content
-                if data or content:
-                    request_kwargs["data"] = data or content
-                resp = self.client.request(method, url, **request_kwargs)
-        except Exception as ex:
-            if "time" in str(ex).lower():
-                raise TimeoutE(f"{url} {type(ex).__name__}: {ex}") from ex
-            raise WebscoutE(f"{url} {type(ex).__name__}: {ex}") from ex
-        if resp.status_code == 200:
-            return resp
-        elif resp.status_code in (202, 301, 403, 400, 429, 418):
-            raise RatelimitE(f"{resp.url} {resp.status_code} Ratelimit")
-        raise WebscoutE(f"{resp.url} return None. {params=} {content=} {data=}")
-
-    def _get_vqd(self, keywords: str) -> str:
-        """Get vqd value for a search query."""
-        resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://duckduckgo.com", params={"q": keywords}).content
-        return _extract_vqd(resp_content, keywords)
-
-
-
-    def text(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        safesearch: str = "moderate",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        backend: str = "auto",
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout text search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
-            timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
-            backend: auto, html, lite. Defaults to auto.
-                auto - try all backends in random order,
-                html - collect data from https://html.duckduckgo.com,
-                lite - collect data from https://lite.duckduckgo.com.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        if backend in ("api", "ecosia"):
-            warnings.warn(f"{backend=} is deprecated, using backend='auto'", stacklevel=2)
-            backend = "auto"
-        backends = ["html", "lite"] if backend == "auto" else [backend]
-        shuffle(backends)
-
-        results, err = [], None
-        for b in backends:
-            try:
-                if b == "html":
-                    results = self._text_html(keywords, region, timelimit, max_results)
-                elif b == "lite":
-                    results = self._text_lite(keywords, region, timelimit, max_results)
-                return results
-            except Exception as ex:
-                err = ex
-
-        raise WebscoutE(err)
-
-    def _text_api(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        safesearch: str = "moderate",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout text search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
-            timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        vqd = self._get_vqd(keywords)
-
-        payload = {
-            "q": keywords,
-            "kl": region,
-            "l": region,
-            "p": "",
-            "s": "0",
-            "df": "",
-            "vqd": vqd,
-            "bing_market": f"{region[3:]}-{region[:2].upper()}",
-            "ex": "",
-        }
-        safesearch = safesearch.lower()
-        if safesearch == "moderate":
-            payload["ex"] = "-1"
-        elif safesearch == "off":
-            payload["ex"] = "-2"
-        elif safesearch == "on":  # strict
-            payload["p"] = "1"
-        if timelimit:
-            payload["df"] = timelimit
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _text_api_page(s: int) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-            payload["s"] = f"{s}"
-            resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://links.duckduckgo.com/d.js", params=payload).content
-            page_data = _text_extract_json(resp_content, keywords)
-            page_results = []
-            for row in page_data:
-                href = row.get("u", None)
-                if href and href not in cache and href != f"http://www.google.com/search?q={keywords}":
-                    cache.add(href)
-                    body = _normalize(row["a"])
-                    if body:
-                        result = {
-                            "title": _normalize(row["t"]),
-                            "href": _normalize_url(href),
-                            "body": body,
-                        }
-                        page_results.append(result)
-            return page_results
-
-        slist = [0]
-        if max_results:
-            max_results = min(max_results, 2023)
-            slist.extend(range(23, max_results, 50))
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_text_api_page, slist):
-                results.extend(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def _text_html(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout text search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        payload = {
-            "q": keywords,
-            "s": "0",
-            "o": "json",
-            "api": "d.js",
-            "vqd": "",
-            "kl": region,
-            "bing_market": region,
-        }
-        if timelimit:
-            payload["df"] = timelimit
-        if max_results and max_results > 20:
-            vqd = self._get_vqd(keywords)
-            payload["vqd"] = vqd
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _text_html_page(s: int) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-            payload["s"] = f"{s}"
-            resp_content = self._get_url("POST", "https://html.duckduckgo.com/html", data=payload).content
-            if b"No  results." in resp_content:
-                return []
-
-            page_results = []
-            # curl_cffi returns bytes, not a file-like object
-            tree = document_fromstring(resp_content)
-            elements = tree.xpath("//div[h2]")
-            if not isinstance(elements, list):
-                return []
-            for e in elements:
-                if isinstance(e, _Element):
-                    hrefxpath = e.xpath("./a/@href")
-                    href = str(hrefxpath[0]) if hrefxpath and isinstance(hrefxpath, list) else None
-                    if (
-                        href
-                        and href not in cache
-                        and not href.startswith(
-                            ("http://www.google.com/search?q=", "https://duckduckgo.com/y.js?ad_domain")
-                        )
-                    ):
-                        cache.add(href)
-                        titlexpath = e.xpath("./h2/a/text()")
-                        title = str(titlexpath[0]) if titlexpath and isinstance(titlexpath, list) else ""
-                        bodyxpath = e.xpath("./a//text()")
-                        body = "".join(str(x) for x in bodyxpath) if bodyxpath and isinstance(bodyxpath, list) else ""
-                        result = {
-                            "title": _normalize(title),
-                            "href": _normalize_url(href),
-                            "body": _normalize(body),
-                        }
-                        page_results.append(result)
-            return page_results
-
-        slist = [0]
-        if max_results:
-            max_results = min(max_results, 2023)
-            slist.extend(range(23, max_results, 50))
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_text_html_page, slist):
-                results.extend(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def _text_lite(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout text search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            timelimit: d, w, m, y. Defaults to None.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        payload = {
-            "q": keywords,
-            "s": "0",
-            "o": "json",
-            "api": "d.js",
-            "vqd": "",
-            "kl": region,
-            "bing_market": region,
-        }
-        if timelimit:
-            payload["df"] = timelimit
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _text_lite_page(s: int) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-            payload["s"] = f"{s}"
-            resp_content = self._get_url("POST", "https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/", data=payload).content
-            if b"No more results." in resp_content:
-                return []
-
-            page_results = []
-            # curl_cffi returns bytes, not a file-like object
-            tree = document_fromstring(resp_content)
-            elements = tree.xpath("//table[last()]//tr")
-            if not isinstance(elements, list):
-                return []
-
-            data = zip(cycle(range(1, 5)), elements)
-            for i, e in data:
-                if isinstance(e, _Element):
-                    if i == 1:
-                        hrefxpath = e.xpath(".//a//@href")
-                        href = str(hrefxpath[0]) if hrefxpath and isinstance(hrefxpath, list) else None
-                        if (
-                            href is None
-                            or href in cache
-                            or href.startswith(
-                                ("http://www.google.com/search?q=", "https://duckduckgo.com/y.js?ad_domain")
-                            )
-                        ):
-                            [next(data, None) for _ in range(3)]  # skip block(i=1,2,3,4)
-                        else:
-                            cache.add(href)
-                            titlexpath = e.xpath(".//a//text()")
-                            title = str(titlexpath[0]) if titlexpath and isinstance(titlexpath, list) else ""
-                    elif i == 2:
-                        bodyxpath = e.xpath(".//td[@class='result-snippet']//text()")
-                        body = (
-                            "".join(str(x) for x in bodyxpath).strip()
-                            if bodyxpath and isinstance(bodyxpath, list)
-                            else ""
-                        )
-                        if href:
-                            result = {
-                                "title": _normalize(title),
-                                "href": _normalize_url(href),
-                                "body": _normalize(body),
-                            }
-                            page_results.append(result)
-            return page_results
-
-        slist = [0]
-        if max_results:
-            max_results = min(max_results, 2023)
-            slist.extend(range(23, max_results, 50))
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_text_lite_page, slist):
-                results.extend(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def images(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        safesearch: str = "moderate",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        size: str | None = None,
-        color: str | None = None,
-        type_image: str | None = None,
-        layout: str | None = None,
-        license_image: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout images search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
-            timelimit: Day, Week, Month, Year. Defaults to None.
-            size: Small, Medium, Large, Wallpaper. Defaults to None.
-            color: color, Monochrome, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue,
-                Purple, Pink, Brown, Black, Gray, Teal, White. Defaults to None.
-            type_image: photo, clipart, gif, transparent, line.
-                Defaults to None.
-            layout: Square, Tall, Wide. Defaults to None.
-            license_image: any (All Creative Commons), Public (PublicDomain),
-                Share (Free to Share and Use), ShareCommercially (Free to Share and Use Commercially),
-                Modify (Free to Modify, Share, and Use), ModifyCommercially (Free to Modify, Share, and
-                Use Commercially). Defaults to None.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with images search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        vqd = self._get_vqd(keywords)
-
-        safesearch_base = {"on": "1", "moderate": "1", "off": "-1"}
-        timelimit = f"time:{timelimit}" if timelimit else ""
-        size = f"size:{size}" if size else ""
-        color = f"color:{color}" if color else ""
-        type_image = f"type:{type_image}" if type_image else ""
-        layout = f"layout:{layout}" if layout else ""
-        license_image = f"license:{license_image}" if license_image else ""
-        payload = {
-            "l": region,
-            "o": "json",
-            "q": keywords,
-            "vqd": vqd,
-            "f": f"{timelimit},{size},{color},{type_image},{layout},{license_image}",
-            "p": safesearch_base[safesearch.lower()],
-        }
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _images_page(s: int) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-            payload["s"] = f"{s}"
-            resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://duckduckgo.com/i.js", params=payload).content
-            resp_json = json_loads(resp_content)
-
-            page_data = resp_json.get("results", [])
-            page_results = []
-            for row in page_data:
-                image_url = row.get("image")
-                if image_url and image_url not in cache:
-                    cache.add(image_url)
-                    result = {
-                        "title": row["title"],
-                        "image": _normalize_url(image_url),
-                        "thumbnail": _normalize_url(row["thumbnail"]),
-                        "url": _normalize_url(row["url"]),
-                        "height": row["height"],
-                        "width": row["width"],
-                        "source": row["source"],
-                    }
-                    page_results.append(result)
-            return page_results
-
-        slist = [0]
-        if max_results:
-            max_results = min(max_results, 500)
-            slist.extend(range(100, max_results, 100))
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_images_page, slist):
-                results.extend(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def videos(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        safesearch: str = "moderate",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        resolution: str | None = None,
-        duration: str | None = None,
-        license_videos: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout videos search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
-            timelimit: d, w, m. Defaults to None.
-            resolution: high, standart. Defaults to None.
-            duration: short, medium, long. Defaults to None.
-            license_videos: creativeCommon, youtube. Defaults to None.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with videos search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        vqd = self._get_vqd(keywords)
-
-        safesearch_base = {"on": "1", "moderate": "-1", "off": "-2"}
-        timelimit = f"publishedAfter:{timelimit}" if timelimit else ""
-        resolution = f"videoDefinition:{resolution}" if resolution else ""
-        duration = f"videoDuration:{duration}" if duration else ""
-        license_videos = f"videoLicense:{license_videos}" if license_videos else ""
-        payload = {
-            "l": region,
-            "o": "json",
-            "q": keywords,
-            "vqd": vqd,
-            "f": f"{timelimit},{resolution},{duration},{license_videos}",
-            "p": safesearch_base[safesearch.lower()],
-        }
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _videos_page(s: int) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-            payload["s"] = f"{s}"
-            resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://duckduckgo.com/v.js", params=payload).content
-            resp_json = json_loads(resp_content)
-
-            page_data = resp_json.get("results", [])
-            page_results = []
-            for row in page_data:
-                if row["content"] not in cache:
-                    cache.add(row["content"])
-                    page_results.append(row)
-            return page_results
-
-        slist = [0]
-        if max_results:
-            max_results = min(max_results, 400)
-            slist.extend(range(60, max_results, 60))
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_videos_page, slist):
-                results.extend(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def news(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        region: str = "wt-wt",
-        safesearch: str = "moderate",
-        timelimit: str | None = None,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout news search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-            safesearch: on, moderate, off. Defaults to "moderate".
-            timelimit: d, w, m. Defaults to None.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with news search results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        vqd = self._get_vqd(keywords)
-
-        safesearch_base = {"on": "1", "moderate": "-1", "off": "-2"}
-        payload = {
-            "l": region,
-            "o": "json",
-            "noamp": "1",
-            "q": keywords,
-            "vqd": vqd,
-            "p": safesearch_base[safesearch.lower()],
-        }
-        if timelimit:
-            payload["df"] = timelimit
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _news_page(s: int) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-            payload["s"] = f"{s}"
-            resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://duckduckgo.com/news.js", params=payload).content
-            resp_json = json_loads(resp_content)
-            page_data = resp_json.get("results", [])
-            page_results = []
-            for row in page_data:
-                if row["url"] not in cache:
-                    cache.add(row["url"])
-                    image_url = row.get("image", None)
-                    result = {
-                        "date": datetime.fromtimestamp(row["date"], timezone.utc).isoformat(),
-                        "title": row["title"],
-                        "body": _normalize(row["excerpt"]),
-                        "url": _normalize_url(row["url"]),
-                        "image": _normalize_url(image_url),
-                        "source": row["source"],
-                    }
-                    page_results.append(result)
-            return page_results
-
-        slist = [0]
-        if max_results:
-            max_results = min(max_results, 120)
-            slist.extend(range(30, max_results, 30))
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_news_page, slist):
-                results.extend(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def answers(self, keywords: str) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout instant answers. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query,
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with instant answers results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        payload = {
-            "q": f"what is {keywords}",
-            "format": "json",
-        }
-        resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://api.duckduckgo.com/", params=payload).content
-        page_data = json_loads(resp_content)
-
-        results = []
-        answer = page_data.get("AbstractText")
-        url = page_data.get("AbstractURL")
-        if answer:
-            results.append(
-                {
-                    "icon": None,
-                    "text": answer,
-                    "topic": None,
-                    "url": url,
-                }
-            )
-
-        # related
-        payload = {
-            "q": f"{keywords}",
-            "format": "json",
-        }
-        resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://api.duckduckgo.com/", params=payload).content
-        resp_json = json_loads(resp_content)
-        page_data = resp_json.get("RelatedTopics", [])
-
-        for row in page_data:
-            topic = row.get("Name")
-            if not topic:
-                icon = row["Icon"].get("URL")
-                results.append(
-                    {
-                        "icon": f"https://duckduckgo.com{icon}" if icon else "",
-                        "text": row["Text"],
-                        "topic": None,
-                        "url": row["FirstURL"],
-                    }
-                )
-            else:
-                for subrow in row["Topics"]:
-                    icon = subrow["Icon"].get("URL")
-                    results.append(
-                        {
-                            "icon": f"https://duckduckgo.com{icon}" if icon else "",
-                            "text": subrow["Text"],
-                            "topic": topic,
-                            "url": subrow["FirstURL"],
-                        }
-                    )
-
-        return results
-
-    def suggestions(self, keywords: str, region: str = "wt-wt") -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout suggestions. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query.
-            region: wt-wt, us-en, uk-en, ru-ru, etc. Defaults to "wt-wt".
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with suggestions results.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        payload = {
-            "q": keywords,
-            "kl": region,
-        }
-        resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://duckduckgo.com/ac/", params=payload).content
-        page_data = json_loads(resp_content)
-        return [r for r in page_data]
-
-    def maps(
-        self,
-        keywords: str,
-        place: str | None = None,
-        street: str | None = None,
-        city: str | None = None,
-        county: str | None = None,
-        state: str | None = None,
-        country: str | None = None,
-        postalcode: str | None = None,
-        latitude: str | None = None,
-        longitude: str | None = None,
-        radius: int = 0,
-        max_results: int | None = None,
-    ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout maps search. Query params: https://duckduckgo.com/params.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: keywords for query
-            place: if set, the other parameters are not used. Defaults to None.
-            street: house number/street. Defaults to None.
-            city: city of search. Defaults to None.
-            county: county of search. Defaults to None.
-            state: state of search. Defaults to None.
-            country: country of search. Defaults to None.
-            postalcode: postalcode of search. Defaults to None.
-            latitude: geographic coordinate (north-south position). Defaults to None.
-            longitude: geographic coordinate (east-west position); if latitude and
-                longitude are set, the other parameters are not used. Defaults to None.
-            radius: expand the search square by the distance in kilometers. Defaults to 0.
-            max_results: max number of results. If None, returns results only from the first response. Defaults to None.
-
-        Returns:
-            List of dictionaries with maps search results, or None if there was an error.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        vqd = self._get_vqd(keywords)
-
-        # if longitude and latitude are specified, skip the request about bbox to the nominatim api
-        if latitude and longitude:
-            lat_t = Decimal(latitude.replace(",", "."))
-            lat_b = Decimal(latitude.replace(",", "."))
-            lon_l = Decimal(longitude.replace(",", "."))
-            lon_r = Decimal(longitude.replace(",", "."))
-            if radius == 0:
-                radius = 1
-        # otherwise request about bbox to nominatim api
-        else:
-            if place:
-                params = {
-                    "q": place,
-                    "polygon_geojson": "0",
-                    "format": "jsonv2",
-                }
-            else:
-                params = {
-                    "polygon_geojson": "0",
-                    "format": "jsonv2",
-                }
-                if street:
-                    params["street"] = street
-                if city:
-                    params["city"] = city
-                if county:
-                    params["county"] = county
-                if state:
-                    params["state"] = state
-                if country:
-                    params["country"] = country
-                if postalcode:
-                    params["postalcode"] = postalcode
-            # request nominatim api to get coordinates box
-            resp_content = self._get_url(
-                "GET",
-                "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php",
-                params=params,
-            ).content
-            if resp_content == b"[]":
-                raise WebscoutE("maps() Coordinates are not found, check function parameters.")
-            resp_json = json_loads(resp_content)
-            coordinates = resp_json[0]["boundingbox"]
-            lat_t, lon_l = Decimal(coordinates[1]), Decimal(coordinates[2])
-            lat_b, lon_r = Decimal(coordinates[0]), Decimal(coordinates[3])
-
-        # if a radius is specified, expand the search square
-        lat_t += Decimal(radius) * Decimal(0.008983)
-        lat_b -= Decimal(radius) * Decimal(0.008983)
-        lon_l -= Decimal(radius) * Decimal(0.008983)
-        lon_r += Decimal(radius) * Decimal(0.008983)
-        # logger.debug(f"bbox coordinates\n{lat_t} {lon_l}\n{lat_b} {lon_r}")
-
-        cache = set()
-        results: list[dict[str, str]] = []
-
-        def _maps_page(
-            bbox: tuple[Decimal, Decimal, Decimal, Decimal],
-        ) -> list[dict[str, str]] | None:
-            if max_results and len(results) >= max_results:
-                return None
-            lat_t, lon_l, lat_b, lon_r = bbox
-            params = {
-                "q": keywords,
-                "vqd": vqd,
-                "tg": "maps_places",
-                "rt": "D",
-                "mkexp": "b",
-                "wiki_info": "1",
-                "is_requery": "1",
-                "bbox_tl": f"{lat_t},{lon_l}",
-                "bbox_br": f"{lat_b},{lon_r}",
-                "strict_bbox": "1",
-            }
-            resp_content = self._get_url("GET", "https://duckduckgo.com/local.js", params=params).content
-            resp_json = json_loads(resp_content)
-            page_data = resp_json.get("results", [])
-
-            page_results = []
-            for res in page_data:
-                r_name = f'{res["name"]} {res["address"]}'
-                if r_name in cache:
-                    continue
-                else:
-                    cache.add(r_name)
-                    result = {
-                        "title": res["name"],
-                        "address": res["address"],
-                        "country_code": res["country_code"],
-                        "url": _normalize_url(res["website"]),
-                        "phone": res["phone"] or "",
-                        "latitude": res["coordinates"]["latitude"],
-                        "longitude": res["coordinates"]["longitude"],
-                        "source": _normalize_url(res["url"]),
-                        "image": x.get("image", "") if (x := res["embed"]) else "",
-                        "desc": x.get("description", "") if (x := res["embed"]) else "",
-                        "hours": res["hours"] or "",
-                        "category": res["ddg_category"] or "",
-                        "facebook": f"www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={x}" if (x := res["facebook_id"]) else "",
-                        "instagram": f"https://www.instagram.com/{x}" if (x := res["instagram_id"]) else "",
-                        "twitter": f"https://twitter.com/{x}" if (x := res["twitter_id"]) else "",
-                    }
-                    page_results.append(result)
-            return page_results
-
-        # search squares (bboxes)
-        start_bbox = (lat_t, lon_l, lat_b, lon_r)
-        work_bboxes = [start_bbox]
-        while work_bboxes:
-            queue_bboxes = []  # for next iteration, at the end of the iteration work_bboxes = queue_bboxes
-            tasks = []
-            for bbox in work_bboxes:
-                tasks.append(bbox)
-                # if distance between coordinates > 1, divide the square into 4 parts and save them in queue_bboxes
-                if _calculate_distance(lat_t, lon_l, lat_b, lon_r) > 1:
-                    lat_t, lon_l, lat_b, lon_r = bbox
-                    lat_middle = (lat_t + lat_b) / 2
-                    lon_middle = (lon_l + lon_r) / 2
-                    bbox1 = (lat_t, lon_l, lat_middle, lon_middle)
-                    bbox2 = (lat_t, lon_middle, lat_middle, lon_r)
-                    bbox3 = (lat_middle, lon_l, lat_b, lon_middle)
-                    bbox4 = (lat_middle, lon_middle, lat_b, lon_r)
-                    queue_bboxes.extend([bbox1, bbox2, bbox3, bbox4])
-
-            # gather tasks using asyncio.wait_for and timeout
-            work_bboxes_results = []
-            try:
-                for r in self._executor.map(_maps_page, tasks):
-                    if r:
-                        work_bboxes_results.extend(r)
-            except Exception as e:
-                raise e
-
-            for x in work_bboxes_results:
-                if isinstance(x, list):
-                    results.extend(x)
-                elif isinstance(x, dict):
-                    results.append(x)
-
-            work_bboxes = queue_bboxes
-            if not max_results or len(results) >= max_results or len(work_bboxes_results) == 0:
-                break
-
-        return list(islice(results, max_results))
-
-    def translate(self, keywords: list[str] | str, from_: str | None = None, to: str = "en") -> list[dict[str, str]]:
-        """webscout translate.
-
-        Args:
-            keywords: string or list of strings to translate.
-            from_: translate from (defaults automatically). Defaults to None.
-            to: what language to translate. Defaults to "en".
-
-        Returns:
-            List od dictionaries with translated keywords.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert keywords, "keywords is mandatory"
-
-        vqd = self._get_vqd("translate")
-
-        payload = {
-            "vqd": vqd,
-            "query": "translate",
-            "to": to,
-        }
-        if from_:
-            payload["from"] = from_
-
-        def _translate_keyword(keyword: str) -> dict[str, str]:
-            resp_content = self._get_url(
-                "POST",
-                "https://duckduckgo.com/translation.js",
-                params=payload,
-                content=keyword.encode(),
-            ).content
-            page_data: dict[str, str] = json_loads(resp_content)
-            page_data["original"] = keyword
-            return page_data
-
-        if isinstance(keywords, str):
-            keywords = [keywords]
-
-        results = []
-        try:
-            for r in self._executor.map(_translate_keyword, keywords):
-                results.append(r)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise e
-
-        return results
-
-    def weather(
-        self,
-        location: str,
-        language: str = "en",
-    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Get weather information for a location from DuckDuckGo.
-
-        Args:
-            location: Location to get weather for.
-            language: Language code (e.g. 'en', 'es'). Defaults to "en".
-
-        Returns:
-            Dictionary containing weather data with structure described in docstring.
-
-        Raises:
-            WebscoutE: Base exception for webscout errors.
-            RatelimitE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for exceeding API request rate limits.
-            TimeoutE: Inherits from WebscoutE, raised for API request timeouts.
-        """
-        assert location, "location is mandatory"
-        lang = language.split('-')[0]
-        url = f"https://duckduckgo.com/js/spice/forecast/{quote(location)}/{lang}"
-
-        resp = self._get_url("GET", url).content
-        resp_text = resp.decode('utf-8')
-
-        if "ddg_spice_forecast(" not in resp_text:
-            raise WebscoutE(f"No weather data found for {location}")
-
-        json_text = resp_text[resp_text.find('(') + 1:resp_text.rfind(')')]
-        try:
-            result = json.loads(json_text)
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise WebscoutE(f"Error parsing weather JSON: {e}")
-
-        if not result or 'currentWeather' not in result or 'forecastDaily' not in result:
-            raise WebscoutE(f"Invalid weather data format for {location}")
-
-        formatted_data = {
-            "location": result["currentWeather"]["metadata"].get("ddg-location", "Unknown"),
-            "current": {
-                "condition": result["currentWeather"].get("conditionCode"),
-                "temperature_c": result["currentWeather"].get("temperature"),
-                "feels_like_c": result["currentWeather"].get("temperatureApparent"),
-                "humidity": result["currentWeather"].get("humidity"),
-                "wind_speed_ms": result["currentWeather"].get("windSpeed"),
-                "wind_direction": result["currentWeather"].get("windDirection"),
-                "visibility_m": result["currentWeather"].get("visibility"),
-            },
-            "daily_forecast": [],
-            "hourly_forecast": []
-        }
-
-        for day in result["forecastDaily"]["days"]:
-            formatted_data["daily_forecast"].append({
-                "date": datetime.fromisoformat(day["forecastStart"].replace("Z", "+00:00")).strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
-                "condition": day["daytimeForecast"].get("conditionCode"),
-                "max_temp_c": day["temperatureMax"],
-                "min_temp_c": day["temperatureMin"],
-                "sunrise": datetime.fromisoformat(day["sunrise"].replace("Z", "+00:00")).strftime("%H:%M"),
-                "sunset": datetime.fromisoformat(day["sunset"].replace("Z", "+00:00")).strftime("%H:%M"),
-            })
-
-        if 'forecastHourly' in result and 'hours' in result['forecastHourly']:
-            for hour in result['forecastHourly']['hours']:
-                formatted_data["hourly_forecast"].append({
-                    "time": datetime.fromisoformat(hour["forecastStart"].replace("Z", "+00:00")).strftime("%H:%M"),
-                    "condition": hour.get("conditionCode"),
-                    "temperature_c": hour.get("temperature"),
-                    "feels_like_c": hour.get("temperatureApparent"),
-                    "humidity": hour.get("humidity"),
-                    "wind_speed_ms": hour.get("windSpeed"),
-                    "wind_direction": hour.get("windDirection"),
-                    "visibility_m": hour.get("visibility"),
-                })
-
-        return formatted_data