Add time constraint to search options (#888)

Introduces the ability to refine searches by time period:
- Past hour
- Past 24 hours
- Past week
- Past month
- Past year

Co-authored-by: Ben Busby <contact@benbusby.com>

app.json

@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@
         "value": "",
         "required": false
     },
+    "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_TIME_PERIOD" : {
+        "description": "[CONFIG] The time period to use for restricting search results",
+        "value": "",
+        "required": false
+    },
     "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_LANGUAGE": {
         "description": "[CONFIG] The language to use for the interface (use values from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/develop/app/static/settings/languages.json)",
         "value": "",

app/__init__.py

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ app.config['LANGUAGES'] = json.load(open(
 app.config['COUNTRIES'] = json.load(open(
     os.path.join(app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'], 'settings/countries.json'),
     encoding='utf-8'))
+app.config['TIME_PERIODS'] = json.load(open(
+    os.path.join(app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'], 'settings/time_periods.json'),
+    encoding='utf-8'))
 app.config['TRANSLATIONS'] = json.load(open(
     os.path.join(app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'], 'settings/translations.json'),
     encoding='utf-8'))

app/models/config.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class Config:
         self.block_title = os.getenv('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_BLOCK_TITLE', '')
         self.block_url = os.getenv('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_BLOCK_URL', '')
         self.country = os.getenv('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY', '')
+        self.tbs = os.getenv('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_TIME_PERIOD', '')
         self.theme = os.getenv('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME', 'system')
         self.safe = read_config_bool('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SAFE')
         self.dark = read_config_bool('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_DARK')  # deprecated
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ class Config:
             'safe',
             'nojs',
             'anon_view',
-            'preferences_encrypted'
+            'preferences_encrypted',
+            'tbs'
         ]
 
         # Skip setting custom config if there isn't one

app/request.py

@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ def gen_query(query, args, config) -> str:
     if ':past' in query and 'tbs' not in args:
         time_range = str.strip(query.split(':past', 1)[-1])
         param_dict['tbs'] = '&tbs=' + ('qdr:' + str.lower(time_range[0]))
-    elif 'tbs' in args:
+    elif 'tbs' in args or 'tbs' in config:
-        result_tbs = args.get('tbs')
+        result_tbs = args.get('tbs') if 'tbs' in args else config['tbs']
         param_dict['tbs'] = '&tbs=' + result_tbs
 
         # Occasionally the 'tbs' param provided by google also contains a

app/routes.py

@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ def index():
                            has_update=app.config['HAS_UPDATE'],
                            languages=app.config['LANGUAGES'],
                            countries=app.config['COUNTRIES'],
+                           time_periods=app.config['TIME_PERIODS'],
                            themes=app.config['THEMES'],
                            autocomplete_enabled=autocomplete_enabled,
                            translation=app.config['TRANSLATIONS'][
@@ -318,6 +319,12 @@ def search():
     translation = app.config['TRANSLATIONS'][localization_lang]
     translate_to = localization_lang.replace('lang_', '')
 
+    # removing st-card to only use whoogle time selector
+    soup = bsoup(response, "html.parser");
+    for x in soup.find_all(attrs={"id": "st-card"}):
+        x.replace_with("")
+    response = str(soup)
+
     # Return 503 if temporarily blocked by captcha
     if has_captcha(str(response)):
         return render_template(
@@ -380,6 +387,7 @@ def search():
             translation=translation,
             languages=app.config['LANGUAGES'],
             countries=app.config['COUNTRIES'],
+            time_periods=app.config['TIME_PERIODS'],
             logo=render_template('logo.html', dark=g.user_config.dark),
             query=urlparse.unquote(query),
             search_type=search_util.search_type,

app/static/js/header.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
     const advSearchDiv = document.getElementById("adv-search-div");
     const searchBar = document.getElementById("search-bar");
     const countrySelect = document.getElementById("result-country");
+    const timePeriodSelect = document.getElementById("result-time-period");
     const arrowKeys = [37, 38, 39, 40];
     let searchValue = searchBar.value;
 
@@ -10,12 +11,32 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
         let str = window.location.href;
         n = str.lastIndexOf("/search");
         if (n > 0) {
-            str = str.substring(0, n) +
+            str = str.substring(0, n) + `/search?q=${searchBar.value}`;
-                `/search?q=${searchBar.value}&country=${countrySelect.value}`;
+            str = tackOnParams(str);
             window.location.href = str;
         }
     }
 
+    timePeriodSelect.onchange = () => {
+        let str = window.location.href;
+        n = str.lastIndexOf("/search");
+        if (n > 0) {
+            str = str.substring(0, n) + `/search?q=${searchBar.value}`;
+            str = tackOnParams(str);
+            window.location.href = str;
+        }
+    }
+
+    function tackOnParams(str) {
+        if (timePeriodSelect.value != "") {
+            str = str + `&tbs=${timePeriodSelect.value}`;
+        }
+        if (countrySelect.value != "") {
+            str = str + `&country=${countrySelect.value}`;
+        }
+        return str;
+    }
+
     const toggleAdvancedSearch = on => {
         if (on) {
             advSearchDiv.style.maxHeight = "70px";

app/static/settings/time_periods.json

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[
+  {"name": "Any time", "value": ""},
+  {"name": "Past hour", "value": "qdr:h"},
+  {"name": "Past 24 hours", "value": "qdr:d"},
+  {"name": "Past week", "value": "qdr:w"},
+  {"name": "Past month", "value": "qdr:m"},
+  {"name": "Past year", "value": "qdr:y"}
+]

app/static/settings/translations.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "lang_en": {
+        "": "--",
         "search": "Search",
         "config": "Configuration",
         "config-country": "Country",
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
         "config-pref-encryption": "Encrypt Preferences",
         "config-pref-help": "Requires WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, otherwise this will be ignored.",
         "config-css": "Custom CSS",
+        "config-time-period": "Time Period",
         "load": "Load",
         "apply": "Apply",
         "save-as": "Save As...",
@@ -46,7 +48,12 @@
         "videos": "Videos",
         "news": "News",
         "books": "Books",
-        "anon-view": "Anonymous View"
+        "anon-view": "Anonymous View",
+        "qdr:h": "Past hour",
+        "qdr:d": "Past 24 hours",
+        "qdr:w": "Past week",
+        "qdr:m": "Past month",
+        "qdr:y": "Past year"
     },
     "lang_nl": {
         "search": "Zoeken",
@@ -95,7 +102,14 @@
         "videos": "Videos",
         "news": "Nieuws",
         "books": "Boeken",
-        "anon-view": "Anonieme Weergave"
+        "anon-view": "Anonieme Weergave",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Afgelopen uur",
+        "qdr:d": "Afgelopen 24 uur",
+        "qdr:w": "Vorige week",
+        "qdr:m": "Afgelopen maand",
+        "qdr:y": "Afgelopen jaar",
+        "config-time-period": "Tijdsperiode"
     },
     "lang_de": {
         "search": "Suchen",
@@ -144,7 +158,14 @@
         "videos": "Videos",
         "news": "Nachrichten",
         "books": "Bücher",
-        "anon-view": "Anonyme Ansicht"
+        "anon-view": "Anonyme Ansicht",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Letzte Stunde",
+        "qdr:d": "Vergangene 24 Stunden",
+        "qdr:w": "Letzte Woche",
+        "qdr:m": "Letzten Monat",
+        "qdr:y": "Vergangenes Jahr",
+        "config-time-period": "Zeitraum"
     },
     "lang_es": {
         "search": "Buscar",
@@ -193,7 +214,14 @@
         "videos": "Vídeos",
         "news": "Noticias",
         "books": "Libros",
-        "anon-view": "Vista Anónima"
+        "anon-view": "Vista Anónima",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Hora pasada",
+        "qdr:d": "últimas 24 horas",
+        "qdr:w": "Semana pasada",
+        "qdr:m": "El mes pasado",
+        "qdr:y": "Año pasado",
+        "config-time-period": "Periodo de tiempo"
     },
     "lang_it": {
         "search": "Cerca",
@@ -242,7 +270,14 @@
         "videos": "Video",
         "news": "Notizie",
         "books": "Libri",
-        "anon-view": "Vista Anonima"
+        "anon-view": "Vista Anonima",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Ultima ora",
+        "qdr:d": "Ultime 24 ore",
+        "qdr:w": "Settimana scorsa",
+        "qdr:m": "Mese scorso",
+        "qdr:y": "L'anno scorso",
+        "config-time-period": "Periodo di tempo"
     },
     "lang_pt": {
         "search": "Pesquisar",
@@ -291,7 +326,14 @@
         "videos": "Vídeos",
         "news": "Notícias",
         "books": "Livros",
-        "anon-view": "Visualização Anônima"
+        "anon-view": "Visualização Anônima",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Hora passada",
+        "qdr:d": "últimas 24 horas",
+        "qdr:w": "Semana passada",
+        "qdr:m": "Mês passado",
+        "qdr:y": "Ano passado",
+        "config-time-period": "Período de tempo"
     },
     "lang_ru": {
         "search": "Поиск",
@@ -340,7 +382,14 @@
         "videos": "Видео",
         "news": "Новости",
         "books": "Книги",
-        "anon-view": "Анонимный просмотр"
+        "anon-view": "Анонимный просмотр",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Прошедший час",
+        "qdr:d": "Последние 24 часа",
+        "qdr:w": "На прошлой неделе",
+        "qdr:m": "Прошлый месяц",
+        "qdr:y": "Прошлый год",
+        "config-time-period": "Временной период"
     },
     "lang_zh-CN": {
         "search": "搜索",
@@ -389,7 +438,14 @@
         "videos": "视频",
         "news": "新闻",
         "books": "书籍",
-        "anon-view": "匿名视图"
+        "anon-view": "匿名视图",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "过去一小时",
+        "qdr:d": "过去 24 小时",
+        "qdr:w": "上周",
+        "qdr:m": "过去一个月",
+        "qdr:y": "过去一年",
+        "config-time-period": "时间段"
     },
     "lang_si": {
         "search": "සොයන්න",
@@ -438,7 +494,14 @@
         "videos": "වීඩියෝ",
         "news": "අනුරූප",
         "books": "පොත්",
-        "anon-view": "නිර්නාමික දසුන"
+        "anon-view": "නිර්නාමික දසුන",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "පසුගිය පැය",
+        "qdr:d": "පසුගිය පැය 24",
+        "qdr:w": "පසුගිය සතිය",
+        "qdr:m": "පසුගිය මාසය",
+        "qdr:y": "පසුගිය වසර",
+        "config-time-period": "කාල සීමාව"
     },
     "lang_fr": {
         "search": "Chercher",
@@ -487,7 +550,14 @@
         "videos": "Vidéos",
         "news": "Actualités",
         "books": "Livres",
-        "anon-view": "Vue anonyme"
+        "anon-view": "Vue anonyme",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Heure passée",
+        "qdr:d": "Dernières 24 heures",
+        "qdr:w": "La semaine dernière",
+        "qdr:m": "Mois passé",
+        "qdr:y": "L'année passée",
+        "config-time-period": "Période de temps"
     },
     "lang_fa": {
         "search": "جستجو",
@@ -536,7 +606,14 @@
         "videos": "ویدئوها",
         "news": "اخبار",
         "books": "کتاب‌ها",
-        "anon-view": "نمای ناشناس"
+        "anon-view": "نمای ناشناس",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "ساعت گذشته",
+        "qdr:d": "24 ساعت گذشته",
+        "qdr:w": "هفته گذشته",
+        "qdr:m": "ماه گذشته",
+        "qdr:y": "سال گذشته",
+        "config-time-period": "بازه زمانی"
     },
     "lang_cs": {
         "search": "Hledat",
@@ -585,7 +662,14 @@
         "videos": "Videa",
         "news": "Zprávy",
         "books": "Knihy",
-        "anon-view": "Anonymní pohled"
+        "anon-view": "Anonymní pohled",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Poslední hodina",
+        "qdr:d": "Posledních 24 hodin",
+        "qdr:w": "Minulý týden",
+        "qdr:m": "Minulý měsíc",
+        "qdr:y": "Minulý rok",
+        "config-time-period": "Časový úsek"
     },
     "lang_zh-TW": {
         "search": "搜尋",
@@ -634,7 +718,14 @@
         "videos": "影片",
         "news": "新聞",
         "books": "書籍",
-        "anon-view": "匿名檢視"
+        "anon-view": "匿名檢視",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "过去一小时",
+        "qdr:d": "过去 24 小时",
+        "qdr:w": "上周",
+        "qdr:m": "过去一个月",
+        "qdr:y": "过去一年",
+        "config-time-period": "时间段"
     },
     "lang_bg": {
         "search": "Търсене",
@@ -683,7 +774,14 @@
         "videos": "Новини",
         "news": "Карти",
         "books": "Книги",
-        "anon-view": "Анонимен изглед"
+        "anon-view": "Анонимен изглед",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Последния час",
+        "qdr:d": "Последните 24 часа",
+        "qdr:w": "Миналата седмица",
+        "qdr:m": "Миналия месец",
+        "qdr:y": "Изминалата година",
+        "config-time-period": "Времеви период"
     },
     "lang_hi": {
         "search": "खोज",
@@ -732,7 +830,14 @@
         "videos": "मैप",
         "news": "समाचार",
         "books": "किताबें",
-        "anon-view": "अनाम दृश्य"
+        "anon-view": "अनाम दृश्य",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "पिछले घंटे",
+        "qdr:d": "पिछले 24 घंटे",
+        "qdr:w": "पिछले सप्ताह",
+        "qdr:m": "पिछले महीने",
+        "qdr:y": "पिछला वर्ष",
+        "config-time-period": "समय सीमा"
     },
     "lang_ja": {
         "search": "検索",
@@ -781,7 +886,14 @@
         "videos": "動画",
         "news": "ニュース",
         "books": "書籍",
-        "anon-view": "匿名ビュー"
+        "anon-view": "匿名ビュー",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "過去 1 時間",
+        "qdr:d": "過去 24 時間",
+        "qdr:w": "この1週間",
+        "qdr:m": "先月",
+        "qdr:y": "過年度",
+        "config-time-period": "期間"
     },
     "lang_ko": {
         "search": "검색",
@@ -830,7 +942,14 @@
         "videos": "동영상",
         "news": "뉴스",
         "books": "도서",
-        "anon-view": "익명 보기"
+        "anon-view": "익명 보기",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "지난 시간",
+        "qdr:d": "지난 24시간",
+        "qdr:w": "지난 주",
+        "qdr:m": "지난달",
+        "qdr:y": "지난 해",
+        "config-time-period": "기간"
     },
     "lang_ku": {
         "search": "Bigere",
@@ -879,7 +998,14 @@
         "videos": "Vîdyo",
         "news": "Nûçe",
         "books": "Pirtûk",
-        "anon-view": "Dîtina Nenas"
+        "anon-view": "Dîtina Nenas",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Saet berê",
+        "qdr:d": "24 saetên borî",
+        "qdr:w": "Hefteya borî",
+        "qdr:m": "Meha borî",
+        "qdr:y": "Sala borî",
+        "config-time-period": "Dem Period"
     },
     "lang_th": {
         "search": "ค้นหา",
@@ -928,7 +1054,14 @@
         "videos": "วิดีโอ",
         "news": "ข่าว",
         "books": "หนังสือ",
-        "anon-view": "มุมมองที่ไม่ระบุตัวตน"
+        "anon-view": "มุมมองที่ไม่ระบุตัวตน",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา",
+        "qdr:d": "24 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา",
+        "qdr:w": "สัปดาห์ที่ผ่านมา",
+        "qdr:m": "เดือนที่ผ่านมา",
+        "qdr:y": "ปีที่ผ่านมา",
+        "config-time-period": "ระยะเวลา"
     },
     "lang_cy": {
         "search": "Chwiliwch",
@@ -977,6 +1110,13 @@
         "videos": "Fideos",
         "news": "Newyddion",
         "books": "Llyfrau",
-        "anon-view": "Golwg Anhysbys"
+        "anon-view": "Golwg Anhysbys",
+        "": "--",
+        "qdr:h": "Yr awr ddiwethaf",
+        "qdr:d": "24 awr diwethaf",
+        "qdr:w": "Yr wythnos ddiwethaf",
+        "qdr:m": "Mis diwethaf",
+        "qdr:y": "Y flwyddyn ddiwethaf",
+        "config-time-period": "Cyfnod Amser"
     }
 }

app/templates/header.html

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
                                 dir="auto">
                         <input name="tbm" value="{{ search_type }}" style="display: none">
                         <input name="country" value="{{ config.country }}" style="display: none;">
+                        <input name="tbs" value="{{ config.tbs }}" style="display: none;">
                         <input type="submit" style="display: none;">
                         <div class="sc"></div>
                     </div>
@@ -135,6 +136,21 @@
                 </option>
             {% endfor %}
         </select>
+        <label for="config-time-period">{{ translation['config-time-period'] }}: </label>
+        <select name="tbs" id="result-time-period">
+            {% for time_period in time_periods %}
+                <option value="{{ time_period.value }}"
+                        {% if (
+                            config.tbs != '' and config.tbs in time_period.value
+                        ) or (
+                            config.tbs == '' and time_period.value == '')
+                        %}
+                        selected
+                        {% endif %}>
+                {{ translation[time_period.value] }}
+                </option>
+            {% endfor %}
+        </select>
     </div>
 </div>
 

app/templates/index.html

@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@
                                 {% endfor %}
                             </select>
                         </div>
+                        <div class="config-div">
+                            <label for="config-time-period">{{ translation['config-time-period'] }}</label>
+                            <select name="tbs" id="config-time-period">
+                                {% for time_period in time_periods %}
+                                    <option value="{{ time_period.value }}"
+                                            {% if (
+                                                config.tbs != '' and config.tbs in time_period.value
+                                            ) or (
+                                                config.tbs == '' and time_period.value == '')
+                                            %}
+                                            selected
+                                            {% endif %}>
+                                    {{ translation[time_period.value] }}
+                                    </option>
+                                {% endfor %}
+                            </select>
+                        </div>
                         <div class="config-div config-div-lang">
                             <label for="config-lang-interface">{{ translation['config-lang'] }}: </label>
                             <select name="lang_interface" id="config-lang-interface">