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How to contribute
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Prime directives: Privacy, Hackability
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Searx has two prime directives, **privacy-by-design and hackability** . The
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hackability comes in three levels:
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- support of search engines
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- plugins to alter search behaviour
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- hacking searx itself
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Note the lack of "world domination" among the directives. Searx has no
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intention of wide mass-adoption, rounded corners, etc. The prime directive
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"privacy" deserves a separate chapter, as it's quite uncommon unfortunately.
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Privacy-by-design
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-----------------
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Searx was born out of the need for a **privacy-respecting** search tool which
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can be extended easily to maximize both, its search and its privacy protecting
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capabilities.
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A few widely used features work differently or turned off by default or not
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implemented at all **as a consequence of privacy-by-design**.
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If a feature reduces the privacy preserving aspects of searx, it should be
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switched off by default or should not implemented at all. There are plenty of
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search engines already providing such features. If a feature reduces the
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protection of searx, users must be informed about the effect of choosing to
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enable it. Features that protect privacy but differ from the expectations of
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the user should also be explained.
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Also, if you think that something works weird with searx, it's might be because
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of the tool you use is designed in a way to interfere with the privacy respect.
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Submitting a bugreport to the vendor of the tool that misbehaves might be a good
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feedback to reconsider the disrespect to its customers (e.g. ``GET`` vs ``POST``
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requests in various browsers).
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Remember the other prime directive of searx is to be hackable, so if the above
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privacy concerns do not fancy you, simply fork it.
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*Happy hacking.*
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Code
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.. _PEP8: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/
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In order to submit a patch, please follow the steps below:
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- Follow coding conventions.
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- PEP8_ standards apply, except the convention of line length
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- Maximum line length is 120 characters
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- Check if your code breaks existing tests. If so, update the tests or fix your
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code.
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- If your code can be unit-tested, add unit tests.
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- Add yourself to the :origin:`AUTHORS.rst` file.
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- Create a pull request.
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For more help on getting started with searx development, see :ref:`devquickstart`.
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Translation
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Translation currently takes place on :ref:`transifex <translation>`.
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.. caution::
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Please, do not update translation files in the repo.
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Documentation
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=============
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.. admonition:: ToDo
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docs are no longer in gh-branch
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Update this chapter and document the /docs workflow!!
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