[feat] plugins: add new time/timezone search plugin

searx/data/__init__.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ ENGINE_DESCRIPTIONS: dict[str, typing.Any]
 ENGINE_TRAITS: dict[str, typing.Any]
 LOCALES: dict[str, typing.Any]
 TRACKER_PATTERNS: TrackerPatternsDB
+TIMEZONES: dict[str, typing.Any]
 
 lazy_globals = {
     "CURRENCIES": CurrenciesDB(),
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ lazy_globals = {
     "ENGINE_TRAITS": None,
     "LOCALES": None,
     "TRACKER_PATTERNS": TrackerPatternsDB(),
+    "TIMEZONES": None,
 }
 
 data_json_files = {
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ data_json_files = {
     "ENGINE_DESCRIPTIONS": "engine_descriptions.json",
     "ENGINE_TRAITS": "engine_traits.json",
     "LOCALES": "locales.json",
+    "TIMEZONES": "timezones.json",
 }
 
 

searx/plugins/time_zone.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring, missing-class-docstring
+import zoneinfo
+import datetime
+
+from flask_babel import gettext
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
+from searx.data import TIMEZONES
+
+from . import Plugin, PluginInfo
+
+
+datetime_format = "%H:%M - %A, %d/%m/%y"
+
+
+class SXNGPlugin(Plugin):
+
+    id = "time_zone"
+    keywords = ["time", "timezone", "now", "clock", "timezones"]
+
+    def __init__(self, plg_cfg: "PluginCfg"):
+        super().__init__(plg_cfg)
+
+        self.info = PluginInfo(
+            id=self.id,
+            name=gettext("Timezones plugin"),
+            description=gettext("Display the current time on different time zones."),
+            preference_section="query",
+            examples=["time Berlin", "clock Los Angeles"],
+        )
+
+    def post_search(self, request: "SXNG_Request", search: "SearchWithPlugins") -> EngineResults:
+        results = EngineResults()
+
+        # remove keywords from the query
+        query = search.search_query.query
+        query_parts = filter(lambda part: part.lower() not in self.keywords, query.split(" "))
+        location = "_".join(query_parts)
+
+        if not location:
+            results.add(results.types.Answer(answer=f"{datetime.datetime.now().strftime(datetime_format)}"))
+            return results
+
+        # location is too short for proper matching
+        if len(location) <= 3:
+            return results
+
+        zones = TIMEZONES["cities"].copy()
+        zones.update(TIMEZONES["countries"])
+        for key, tz_name in zones.items():
+            if location in key.lower():
+                zone = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(tz_name)
+                now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=zone)
+
+                results.add(
+                    results.types.Answer(
+                        answer=f"{now.strftime(datetime_format)} at {tz_name.replace('_', ' ')} ({now.strftime('%Z')})"
+                    )
+                )
+
+        return results

searx/settings.yml

@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ plugins:
   searx.plugins.hostnames.SXNGPlugin:
     active: true
 
+  searx.plugins.time_zone.SXNGPlugin:
+    active: true
+
   searx.plugins.oa_doi_rewrite.SXNGPlugin:
     active: false
 

searxng_extra/update/update_timezones.py

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Fetch user query --> timezone mapping"""
+
+import json
+import collections
+import zoneinfo
+
+from searx.locales import LOCALE_NAMES, locales_initialize
+from searx.network import set_timeout_for_thread
+from searx.engines import wikidata, set_loggers
+from searx.data import data_dir
+
+DATA_FILE = data_dir / 'timezones.json'
+
+set_loggers(wikidata, 'wikidata')
+locales_initialize()
+
+
+SPARQL_TAGS_REQUEST = """
+SELECT
+  ?label                                  # country name
+  ?capitalLabel                           # one (arbitrary “first”) capital
+WHERE {
+  ?item wdt:P36  ?capital ;               # capital(s)
+        wdt:P31  wd:Q3624078 ;            # sovereign state
+        rdfs:label ?label .
+  ?capital rdfs:label ?capitalLabel .
+  FILTER ( LANG(?capitalLabel) = "en" ).
+  FILTER (  LANG(?label) IN (%LANGUAGES_SPARQL%)).
+   
+  MINUS {                                 # exclude defunct states
+    ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q3024240 .
+  }
+}
+GROUP BY ?label ?capitalLabel
+ORDER BY ?item ?label
+"""
+
+
+LANGUAGES = LOCALE_NAMES.keys()
+LANGUAGES_SPARQL = ', '.join(set(map(lambda l: repr(l.split('_')[0]), LANGUAGES)))
+
+
+def wikidata_request_result_iterator(request):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+    res = wikidata.send_wikidata_query(request.replace('%LANGUAGES_SPARQL%', LANGUAGES_SPARQL), timeout=30)
+    if res is not None:
+        yield from res['results']['bindings']
+
+
+def get_countries(cities: dict[str, str]):
+    results = collections.OrderedDict()
+    for tag in wikidata_request_result_iterator(SPARQL_TAGS_REQUEST):
+        countryLabel = tag['label']['value'].lower()
+        capitalLabel = tag['capitalLabel']['value'].lower()
+        if capitalLabel not in cities.keys():
+            print("ignore", capitalLabel)
+            continue
+        capitalTZ = cities[capitalLabel]
+        if countryLabel not in results:
+            # keep only the first mapping
+            results[countryLabel] = capitalTZ
+    return results
+
+
+def get_zoneinfo_cities():
+    return {
+        e.split("/")[1].replace("_", " ").lower(): e
+        for e in zoneinfo.available_timezones()
+        if "/" in e and not e.startswith("Etc/")
+    }
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    set_timeout_for_thread(60)
+    tz_cities = get_zoneinfo_cities()
+    result = {
+        'countries': get_countries(tz_cities),
+        'cities': tz_cities,
+    }
+    with DATA_FILE.open('w', encoding="utf8") as f:
+        json.dump(result, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=False)