From d81810d2a7b22825ec541bc3ecd0215fcc55b25d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vojkovic <git@vojk.au>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 13:29:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] autocomplete: drop POST method

---
 client/simple/src/js/main/autocomplete.ts | 8 +-------
 searx/templates/simple/opensearch.xml     | 4 ++--
 searx/webapp.py                           | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/simple/src/js/main/autocomplete.ts b/client/simple/src/js/main/autocomplete.ts
index aea67c75d..15eb8304b 100644
--- a/client/simple/src/js/main/autocomplete.ts
+++ b/client/simple/src/js/main/autocomplete.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,7 @@ import { assertElement } from "../util/assertElement.ts";
 
 const fetchResults = async (qInput: HTMLInputElement, query: string): Promise<void> => {
   try {
-    let res: Response;
-
-    if (settings.method === "GET") {
-      res = await http("GET", `./autocompleter?q=${query}`);
-    } else {
-      res = await http("POST", "./autocompleter", { body: new URLSearchParams({ q: query }) });
-    }
+    const res = await http("GET", `./autocompleter?q=${query}`);
 
     const results = await res.json();
 
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/opensearch.xml b/searx/templates/simple/opensearch.xml
index 5176c012c..bdca24b4b 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/opensearch.xml
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/opensearch.xml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
   </Url>
   {% endif %}
   {% if autocomplete %}
-    <Url rel="suggestions" type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="{{ opensearch_method }}" template="{{ url_for('autocompleter', _external=True) }}?q={searchTerms}"/>
+    <Url rel="suggestions" type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="{{ url_for('autocompleter', _external=True) }}?q={searchTerms}"/>
   {% endif %}
-  <Url rel="self" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"  method="{{ opensearch_method }}" template="{{ url_for('opensearch', _external=True) }}" />
+  <Url rel="self" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" template="{{ url_for('opensearch', _external=True) }}" />
   <Query role="example" searchTerms="SearXNG" />
   <moz:SearchForm>{{ url_for('search', _external=True) }}</moz:SearchForm>
 </OpenSearchDescription>
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 18df14f58..ff2f496b5 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ def info(pagename, locale):
     )
 
 
-@app.route('/autocompleter', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route('/autocompleter', methods=['GET'])
 def autocompleter():
     """Return autocompleter results"""