spacex / src /server /routes /search.rs
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//! This module handles the search route of the search engine website.
use crate::{
cache::cacher::SharedCache,
config::parser::Config,
handler::{file_path, FileType},
models::{
aggregation_models::SearchResults,
engine_models::EngineHandler,
server_models::{self, SearchParams},
},
results::aggregator::aggregate,
};
use actix_web::{get, http::header::ContentType, web, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
use regex::Regex;
use std::borrow::Cow;
use tokio::{
fs::File,
io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader},
join,
};
/// Handles the route of search page of the `websurfx` meta search engine website and it takes
/// two search url parameters `q` and `page` where `page` parameter is optional.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```bash
/// curl "http://127.0.0.1:8080/search?q=sweden&page=1"
/// ```
///
/// Or
///
/// ```bash
/// curl "http://127.0.0.1:8080/search?q=sweden"
/// ```
#[get("/search")]
pub async fn search(
req: HttpRequest,
config: web::Data<&'static Config>,
cache: web::Data<&'static SharedCache>,
) -> Result<HttpResponse, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
use std::sync::Arc;
let params = web::Query::<SearchParams>::from_query(req.query_string())?;
match &params.q {
Some(query) => {
if query.trim().is_empty() {
return Ok(HttpResponse::TemporaryRedirect()
.insert_header(("location", "/"))
.finish());
}
let cookie = req.cookie("appCookie");
// Get search settings using the user's cookie or from the server's config
let mut search_settings: server_models::Cookie<'_> = cookie
.and_then(|cookie_value| serde_json::from_str(cookie_value.value()).ok())
.unwrap_or_else(|| {
server_models::Cookie::build(
&config.style,
config
.upstream_search_engines
.iter()
.filter_map(|(engine, enabled)| {
enabled.then_some(Cow::Borrowed(engine.as_str()))
})
.collect(),
config.safe_search,
)
});
search_settings.safe_search_level = get_safesearch_level(
params.safesearch,
search_settings.safe_search_level,
config.safe_search,
);
// Closure wrapping the results function capturing local references
let get_results = |page| results(&config, &cache, query, page, &search_settings);
// .max(1) makes sure that the page >= 0.
let page = params.page.unwrap_or(1).max(1) - 1;
let previous_page = page.saturating_sub(1);
let next_page = page + 1;
let mut results = Arc::new((SearchResults::default(), String::default()));
if page != previous_page {
let (previous_results, current_results, next_results) = join!(
get_results(previous_page),
get_results(page),
get_results(next_page)
);
let (parsed_previous_results, parsed_next_results) =
(previous_results?, next_results?);
let (cache_keys, results_list) = (
[
parsed_previous_results.1,
results.1.clone(),
parsed_next_results.1,
],
[
parsed_previous_results.0,
results.0.clone(),
parsed_next_results.0,
],
);
results = Arc::new(current_results?);
tokio::spawn(async move { cache.cache_results(&results_list, &cache_keys).await });
} else {
let (current_results, next_results) =
join!(get_results(page), get_results(page + 1));
let parsed_next_results = next_results?;
results = Arc::new(current_results?);
let (cache_keys, results_list) = (
[results.1.clone(), parsed_next_results.1.clone()],
[results.0.clone(), parsed_next_results.0],
);
tokio::spawn(async move { cache.cache_results(&results_list, &cache_keys).await });
}
Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().content_type(ContentType::html()).body(
crate::templates::views::search::search(
&config.style.colorscheme,
&config.style.theme,
&config.style.animation,
query,
&results.0,
)
.0,
))
}
None => Ok(HttpResponse::TemporaryRedirect()
.insert_header(("location", "/"))
.finish()),
}
}
/// Fetches the results for a query and page. It First checks the redis cache, if that
/// fails it gets proper results by requesting from the upstream search engines.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `url` - It takes the url of the current page that requested the search results for a
/// particular search query.
/// * `config` - It takes a parsed config struct.
/// * `query` - It takes the page number as u32 value.
/// * `req` - It takes the `HttpRequest` struct as a value.
///
/// # Error
///
/// It returns the `SearchResults` struct if the search results could be successfully fetched from
/// the cache or from the upstream search engines otherwise it returns an appropriate error.
async fn results(
config: &'static Config,
cache: &'static SharedCache,
query: &str,
page: u32,
search_settings: &server_models::Cookie<'_>,
) -> Result<(SearchResults, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
// eagerly parse cookie value to evaluate safe search level
let safe_search_level = search_settings.safe_search_level;
let cache_key = format!(
"http://{}:{}/search?q={}&page={}&safesearch={}&engines={}",
config.binding_ip,
config.port,
query,
page,
safe_search_level,
search_settings.engines.join(",")
);
// fetch the cached results json.
let cached_results = cache.cached_results(&cache_key).await;
// check if fetched cache results was indeed fetched or it was an error and if so
// handle the data accordingly.
match cached_results {
Ok(results) => Ok((results, cache_key)),
Err(_) => {
if safe_search_level == 4 {
let mut results: SearchResults = SearchResults::default();
let flag: bool =
!is_match_from_filter_list(file_path(FileType::BlockList)?, query).await?;
// Return early when query contains disallowed words,
if flag {
results.set_disallowed();
cache
.cache_results(&[results.clone()], &[cache_key.clone()])
.await?;
results.set_safe_search_level(safe_search_level);
return Ok((results, cache_key));
}
}
// check if the cookie value is empty or not if it is empty then use the
// default selected upstream search engines from the config file otherwise
// parse the non-empty cookie and grab the user selected engines from the
// UI and use that.
let mut results: SearchResults = match search_settings.engines.is_empty() {
false => {
aggregate(
query,
page,
config,
&search_settings
.engines
.iter()
.filter_map(|engine| EngineHandler::new(engine).ok())
.collect::<Vec<EngineHandler>>(),
safe_search_level,
)
.await?
}
true => {
let mut search_results = SearchResults::default();
search_results.set_no_engines_selected();
search_results
}
};
let (engine_errors_info, results_empty_check, no_engines_selected) = (
results.engine_errors_info().is_empty(),
results.results().is_empty(),
results.no_engines_selected(),
);
results.set_filtered(engine_errors_info & results_empty_check & !no_engines_selected);
cache
.cache_results(&[results.clone()], &[cache_key.clone()])
.await?;
results.set_safe_search_level(safe_search_level);
Ok((results, cache_key))
}
}
}
/// A helper function which checks whether the search query contains any keywords which should be
/// disallowed/allowed based on the regex based rules present in the blocklist and allowlist files.
///
/// # Arguments
///
/// * `file_path` - It takes the file path of the list as the argument.
/// * `query` - It takes the search query to be checked against the list as an argument.
///
/// # Error
///
/// Returns a bool indicating whether the results were found in the list or not on success
/// otherwise returns a standard error type on a failure.
async fn is_match_from_filter_list(
file_path: &str,
query: &str,
) -> Result<bool, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let reader = BufReader::new(File::open(file_path).await?);
let mut lines = reader.lines();
while let Some(line) = lines.next_line().await? {
let re = Regex::new(&line)?;
if re.is_match(query) {
return Ok(true);
}
}
Ok(false)
}
/// A helper function to choose the safe search level value based on the URL parameters,
/// cookie value and config value.
///
/// # Argurments
///
/// * `safe_search_level_from_url` - Safe search level from the URL parameters.
/// * `cookie_safe_search_level` - Safe search level value from the cookie.
/// * `config_safe_search_level` - Safe search level value from the config file.
///
/// # Returns
///
/// Returns an appropriate safe search level value based on the safe search level values
/// from the URL parameters, cookie and the config file.
fn get_safesearch_level(
safe_search_level_from_url: Option<u8>,
cookie_safe_search_level: u8,
config_safe_search_level: u8,
) -> u8 {
(u8::from(safe_search_level_from_url.is_some())
* ((u8::from(config_safe_search_level >= 3) * config_safe_search_level)
+ (u8::from(config_safe_search_level < 3) * safe_search_level_from_url.unwrap_or(0))))
+ (u8::from(safe_search_level_from_url.is_none())
* ((u8::from(config_safe_search_level >= 3) * config_safe_search_level)
+ (u8::from(config_safe_search_level < 3) * cookie_safe_search_level)))
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
/// A helper function which creates a random mock safe search level value.
///
/// # Returns
///
/// Returns an optional u8 value.
fn mock_safe_search_level_value() -> Option<u8> {
let nanos = SystemTime::now()
.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
.unwrap_or_default()
.subsec_nanos() as f32;
let delay = ((nanos / 1_0000_0000 as f32).floor() as i8) - 1;
match delay {
-1 => None,
some_num => Some(if some_num > 4 { some_num - 4 } else { some_num } as u8),
}
}
#[test]
/// A test function to test whether the output of the branchless and branched code
/// for the code to choose the appropriate safe search level is same or not.
fn get_safesearch_level_branched_branchless_code_test() {
// Get mock values for the safe search level values for URL parameters, cookie
// and config.
let safe_search_level_from_url = mock_safe_search_level_value();
let cookie_safe_search_level = mock_safe_search_level_value().unwrap_or(0);
let config_safe_search_level = mock_safe_search_level_value().unwrap_or(0);
// Branched code
let safe_search_level_value_from_branched_code = match safe_search_level_from_url {
Some(safe_search_level_from_url_parsed) => {
if config_safe_search_level >= 3 {
config_safe_search_level
} else {
safe_search_level_from_url_parsed
}
}
None => {
if config_safe_search_level >= 3 {
config_safe_search_level
} else {
cookie_safe_search_level
}
}
};
// branchless code
let safe_search_level_value_from_branchless_code =
(u8::from(safe_search_level_from_url.is_some())
* ((u8::from(config_safe_search_level >= 3) * config_safe_search_level)
+ (u8::from(config_safe_search_level < 3)
* safe_search_level_from_url.unwrap_or(0))))
+ (u8::from(safe_search_level_from_url.is_none())
* ((u8::from(config_safe_search_level >= 3) * config_safe_search_level)
+ (u8::from(config_safe_search_level < 3) * cookie_safe_search_level)));
assert_eq!(
safe_search_level_value_from_branched_code,
safe_search_level_value_from_branchless_code
);
}
}