From 0a118066d8565c0cf80fbc5ea90f20c875bbcfe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bnyro <bnyro@tutanota.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 18:49:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [feat] engines: add jina (general)

---
 docs/dev/engines/online/jina.rst |  8 +++
 searx/engines/jina.py            | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 searx/settings.yml               |  6 +++
 3 files changed, 103 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 docs/dev/engines/online/jina.rst
 create mode 100644 searx/engines/jina.py

diff --git a/docs/dev/engines/online/jina.rst b/docs/dev/engines/online/jina.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..118a358d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/dev/engines/online/jina.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.. _jina engine:
+
+===========
+Jina Engine
+===========
+
+.. automodule:: searx.engines.jina
+   :members:
diff --git a/searx/engines/jina.py b/searx/engines/jina.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24ecaa51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/jina.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Jina is a search AI and part of Elastic, the company behind ElasticSearch.
+
+The engine requires an API key, you can get one from the
+`API dashboard <https://jina.ai/api-dashboard/>`_ without signup.
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+  - name: jina
+    engine: jina
+    shortcut: ji
+    api_key: "jina_..."
+    jina_engine: reader
+    inactive: false
+
+By default, Jina's own index is used. You can change that by setting a different :py:obj:`jina_engine`.
+"""
+
+import typing as t
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+
+from dateutil import parser
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
+
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
+    from searx.search.processors import OnlineParams
+
+
+about = {
+    "website": "https://jina.ai",
+    "wikidata_id": None,
+    "official_api_documentation": "https://s.jina.ai/docs",
+    "use_official_api": True,
+    "require_api_key": True,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+categories = ["general"]
+paging = True
+
+jina_engine = "reader"
+"""Search mode. Currently supported values are 'reader', 'google' and 'bing'."""
+
+base_url = "https://s.jina.ai"
+api_key: str | None = None
+
+
+def setup(_):
+    if not api_key:
+        raise ValueError("missing api key")
+
+
+def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams"):
+    # setting 'no-content' pushes the response time down to a third
+    args = {"q": query, "page": params["pageno"], "engine": jina_engine, "respondWith": "no-content"}
+    params["url"] = f"{base_url}/?{urlencode(args)}"
+    params["headers"].update(
+        {
+            "Accept": "application/json",
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
+        }
+    )
+
+
+def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
+    res = EngineResults()
+
+    json_resp: dict[str, t.Any] = resp.json()
+
+    result: dict[str, str]
+    for result in json_resp["data"]:
+        published_date = None
+        if result.get("date"):
+            try:
+                published_date = parser.parse(result["date"])
+            except parser.ParserError:
+                pass
+
+        res.add(
+            res.types.MainResult(
+                url=result["url"],
+                title=result["title"],
+                content=result["description"],
+                publishedDate=published_date,
+            )
+        )
+
+    return res
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index e8c540d12..1650a484d 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1411,6 +1411,12 @@ engines:
     shortcut: iq
     disabled: true
 
+  - name: jina
+    engine: jina
+    shortcut: ji
+    api_key: ""
+    inactive: true
+
   # - name: kagi
   #   engine: kagi
   #   categories: [general, web]