Update app.py

app.py

@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ SEARXNG_INSTANCES = [
     # Add more instances here
 ]
 
+import logging
+
+# Configure logging
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
 def search_news(query, num_results=10):
-    # Shuffle the list of instances to distribute load
     random.shuffle(SEARXNG_INSTANCES)
     
     for searxng_url in SEARXNG_INSTANCES:
@@ -22,24 +26,26 @@ def search_news(query, num_results=10):
             "q": query,
             "categories": "news",
             "format": "json",
-            "lang": "en",
-            "pageno": 1,
-            "time_range": "None",
+            "language": "en",
+            "page": 1,
             "engines": "google_news,bing_news,yahoo_news",
-            "results": num_results
+            "count": num_results
         }
         try:
             response = requests.get(f"{searxng_url}/search", params=params, timeout=10)
             response.raise_for_status()
             results = response.json()
-            news_items = results.get("results", [])
+            news_items = results.get("news", [])
             if news_items:
+                logging.info(f"Success from instance: {searxng_url}")
                 return news_items, None
         except requests.RequestException as e:
-            continue  # Try the next instance
+            logging.warning(f"Instance {searxng_url} failed: {e}")
+            continue
     
     return [], "Unable to fetch results from any SearXNG instance. Please try again later."
 
+
 def format_news(news_items, error=None):
     if error:
         return f"Error: {error}"
@@ -49,25 +55,35 @@ def format_news(news_items, error=None):
     
     formatted_results = ""
     for i, item in enumerate(news_items, 1):
-        formatted_results += f"{i}. {item['title']}\n"
-        formatted_results += f"   URL: {item['url']}\n"
-        formatted_results += f"   Published: {item.get('publishedDate', 'N/A')}\n"
-        formatted_results += f"   Content: {item.get('content', 'N/A')[:150]}...\n\n"
+        title = item.get('title', 'No Title')
+        url = item.get('url', 'No URL')
+        published_date = item.get('published', 'N/A')  # Adjusted field name
+        content = item.get('content', 'N/A')
+        
+        formatted_results += f"{i}. {title}\n"
+        formatted_results += f"   URL: {url}\n"
+        formatted_results += f"   Published: {published_date}\n"
+        formatted_results += f"   Content: {content[:150]}...\n\n"
     return formatted_results
 
+
 def gradio_search_news(query, num_results):
     news_items, error = search_news(query, int(num_results))
-    return format_news(news_items, error)
+    if news_items:
+        # Optionally include instance information in the response
+        return format_news(news_items, error)
+    else:
+        return format_news(news_items, error)
 
 iface = gr.Interface(
     fn=gradio_search_news,
     inputs=[
-        gr.Textbox(label="Enter a news topic to search for"),
+        gr.Textbox(label="Enter a news topic to search for", placeholder="e.g., Artificial Intelligence"),
         gr.Slider(minimum=1, maximum=20, value=10, step=1, label="Number of results")
     ],
     outputs=gr.Textbox(label="Search Results", lines=20),
     title="SearXNG News Search",
-    description="Search for news articles using SearXNG metasearch engine. If one instance fails, it will try others."
+    description="Search for news articles using the SearXNG metasearch engine. If one instance fails, it will try others."
 )
 
 iface.launch()