Update app.py

app.py

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import gradio as gr
 import requests
 import json
 import random
+import logging
+
+# Configure logging
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
 # List of SearXNG instances to try
 SEARXNG_INSTANCES = [
@@ -13,14 +17,14 @@ 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)
     
+    headers = {
+        "User-Agent": "SearXNG-NewsSearch/1.0"
+    }
+    
     for searxng_url in SEARXNG_INSTANCES:
         params = {
             "q": query,
@@ -30,9 +34,10 @@ def search_news(query, num_results=10):
             "page": 1,
             "engines": "google_news,bing_news,yahoo_news",
             "count": num_results
+            # Omitted 'time_range'
         }
         try:
-            response = requests.get(f"{searxng_url}/search", params=params, timeout=10)
+            response = requests.get(f"{searxng_url}/search", params=params, headers=headers, timeout=10)
             response.raise_for_status()
             results = response.json()
             news_items = results.get("news", [])
@@ -41,39 +46,32 @@ def search_news(query, num_results=10):
                 return news_items, None
         except requests.RequestException as e:
             logging.warning(f"Instance {searxng_url} failed: {e}")
-            continue
+            continue  # Try the next instance
     
     return [], "Unable to fetch results from any SearXNG instance. Please try again later."
 
-
-def format_news(news_items, error=None):
+def format_news_markdown(news_items, error=None):
     if error:
-        return f"Error: {error}"
+        return f"**Error:** {error}"
     
     if not news_items:
-        return "No news items found."
+        return "**No news items found.**"
     
     formatted_results = ""
     for i, item in enumerate(news_items, 1):
         title = item.get('title', 'No Title')
-        url = item.get('url', 'No URL')
-        published_date = item.get('published', 'N/A')  # Adjusted field name
+        url = item.get('url', '#')
+        published_date = item.get('published', 'N/A')
         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"
+        formatted_results += f"### {i}. [{title}]({url})\n"
+        formatted_results += f"**Published:** {published_date}\n\n"
+        formatted_results += f"{content[:150]}...\n\n"
     return formatted_results
 
-
 def gradio_search_news(query, num_results):
     news_items, error = search_news(query, int(num_results))
-    if news_items:
-        # Optionally include instance information in the response
-        return format_news(news_items, error)
-    else:
-        return format_news(news_items, error)
+    return format_news_markdown(news_items, error)
 
 iface = gr.Interface(
     fn=gradio_search_news,
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ iface = gr.Interface(
         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),
+    outputs=gr.Markdown(label="Search Results"),
     title="SearXNG News Search",
     description="Search for news articles using the SearXNG metasearch engine. If one instance fails, it will try others."
 )