From df67eb6c2608c5b2f909ed7c42b0a4bd3823f78f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin-Olacsi <138650713+Austin-Olacsi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 13:40:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] rewrite vimeo engine

---
 searx/engines/vimeo.py | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

diff --git a/searx/engines/vimeo.py b/searx/engines/vimeo.py
index 6d1420679..da6f36571 100644
--- a/searx/engines/vimeo.py
+++ b/searx/engines/vimeo.py
@@ -1,67 +1,98 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-"""
-Wikipedia (Web
-"""
+"""Vimeo (videos)"""
 
-from urllib.parse import urlencode
-from json import loads
-from dateutil import parser
+import typing as t
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlparse
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
+from searx.network import get
+from searx.enginelib import EngineCache
 
-from searx.utils import extr
-
-# about
+# Engine metadata
 about = {
     "website": 'https://vimeo.com/',
     "wikidata_id": 'Q156376',
     "official_api_documentation": 'http://developer.vimeo.com/api',
     "use_official_api": False,
     "require_api_key": False,
-    "results": 'HTML',
+    "results": 'JSON',
 }
 
-# engine dependent config
-categories = ['videos']
+
+# Engine configuration
 paging = True
+categories = ['videos']
+results_per_page = 20
 
-# search-url
-base_url = 'https://vimeo.com/'
-search_url = base_url + 'search/page:{pageno}?{query}'
+# Search URL
+base_url = "https://api.vimeo.com"
+
+# Cache keys & expiration
+JWT_CACHE_KEY = "jwt"
+JWT_CACHE_EXPIRATION_SECONDS = 300
+
+CACHE: EngineCache
 
 
-# do search-request
-def request(query, params):
-    params['url'] = search_url.format(pageno=params['pageno'], query=urlencode({'q': query}))
-
-    return params
+def setup(engine_settings: dict[str, t.Any]) -> bool:
+    global CACHE  # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    CACHE = EngineCache(engine_settings["name"])
 
 
-# get response from search-request
-def response(resp):
-    results = []
+def fetch_json_web_token():
 
-    data = loads(extr(resp.text, 'var data = ', ';\n'))
+    if json_web_token := CACHE.get(JWT_CACHE_KEY):
+        return json_web_token
 
-    # parse results
-    for result in data['filtered']['data']:
-        result = result[result['type']]
-        videoid = result['uri'].split('/')[-1]
-        url = base_url + videoid
-        title = result['name']
-        thumbnail = result['pictures']['sizes'][-1]['link']
-        publishedDate = parser.parse(result['created_time'])
+    jwt_url = "https://vimeo.com/_next/jwt"
 
-        # append result
-        results.append(
-            {
-                'url': url,
-                'title': title,
-                'content': '',
-                'template': 'videos.html',
-                'publishedDate': publishedDate,
-                'iframe_src': "https://player.vimeo.com/video/" + videoid,
-                'thumbnail': thumbnail,
-            }
+    jwt_headers = {
+        'x-requested-with': "XMLHttpRequest",
+    }
+
+    resp = get(url=jwt_url, headers=jwt_headers, timeout=5)
+    json_web_token = resp.json()["token"]
+
+    CACHE.set(key=JWT_CACHE_KEY, value=json_web_token, expire=JWT_CACHE_EXPIRATION_SECONDS)
+
+    return json_web_token
+
+
+def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams"):
+
+    json_web_token = fetch_json_web_token()
+
+    query_params = {
+        "filter_type": "clip",
+        "query": query,
+        "page": params["pageno"],
+        "per_page": results_per_page,
+    }
+
+    params["url"] = f"{base_url}/search?{urlencode(query_params)}"
+    params["headers"]["content-type"] = "application/json"
+    params["headers"]["authorization"] = "jwt " + json_web_token
+    params["headers"]["Accept"] = "application/vnd.vimeo.*+json;version=3.3"
+
+
+def response(resp: "SXNG_Response") -> EngineResults:
+    results = EngineResults()
+    search_res = resp.json()
+
+    for item in search_res["data"]:
+        video_id = urlparse(item["clip"]["link"]).path.strip('/')
+
+        results.add(
+            results.types.LegacyResult(
+                template="videos.html",
+                title=item["clip"]["name"],
+                url=item["clip"]["link"],
+                author=item["clip"]["user"]["name"],
+                thumbnail=item["clip"]["pictures"]["base_link"],
+                length=timedelta(seconds=item["clip"]["duration"]),
+                publishedDate=datetime.fromisoformat(item["clip"]["created_time"]),
+                iframe_src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/" + video_id,
+            )
         )
 
-    # return results
     return results