import json import requests DDG_BANGS = 'https://duckduckgo.com/bang.v255.js' def gen_bangs_json(bangs_file: str) -> None: """Generates a json file from the DDG bangs list Args: bangs_file: The str path to the new DDG bangs json file Returns: None """ try: # Request full list from DDG r = requests.get(DDG_BANGS) r.raise_for_status() except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err: raise SystemExit(err) # Convert to json data = json.loads(r.text) # Set up a json object (with better formatting) for all available bangs bangs_data = {} for row in data: bang_command = '!' + row['t'] bangs_data[bang_command] = { 'url': row['u'].replace('{{{s}}}', '{}'), 'suggestion': bang_command + ' (' + row['s'] + ')' } json.dump(bangs_data, open(bangs_file, 'w')) print('* Finished creating ddg bangs json') def resolve_bang(query: str, bangs_dict: dict, fallback: str) -> str: """Transform's a user's query to a bang search, if an operator is found Args: query: The search query bangs_dict: The dict of available bang operators, with corresponding format string search URLs (i.e. "!w": "https://en.wikipedia.org...?search={}") Returns: str: A formatted redirect for a bang search, or an empty str if there wasn't a match or didn't contain a bang operator """ # Ensure bang search is case insensitive query = query.lower() split_query = query.split(' ') for operator in bangs_dict.keys(): if operator not in split_query \ and operator[1:] + operator[0] not in split_query: continue bang_query = query.replace( operator if operator in split_query else operator[1:] + operator[0], '' ).strip() if bang_query: return bangs_dict[operator]['url'].replace('{}', bang_query, 1) else: return fallback return ''