Merge ca85d20204 into cd384a8a60

Bumps [selenium](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/Selenium) from 4.25.0 to 4.26.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/Selenium/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/Selenium/commits)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: selenium
  dependency-type: direct:development
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>

.github/workflows/checker.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "Checker"
-on:
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 4 * * 5"
   workflow_dispatch:

.github/workflows/data-update.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "Update searx.data"
-on:
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   schedule:
     - cron: "59 23 28 * *"
   workflow_dispatch:

.github/workflows/integration.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Integration
 
-on:
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   push:
     branches: ["master"]
   pull_request:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        python-version:  ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12",]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           BRANCH: gh-pages
           FOLDER: dist/docs
           CLEAN: true  # Automatically remove deleted files from the deploy branch
-        SINGLE_COMMIT: True
+          SINGLE_COMMIT: true
           COMMIT_MESSAGE: '[doc] build from commit ${{ github.sha }}'
 
   babel:

.github/workflows/security.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "Security checks"
-on:
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   schedule:
     - cron: "42 05 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:

.github/workflows/translations-update.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: "Update translations"
-on:
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   schedule:
     - cron: "05 07 * * 5"
   workflow_dispatch:

docs/admin/settings/settings_server.rst

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
        limiter: false
        public_instance: false
        image_proxy: false
+       method: "GET"
        default_http_headers:
          X-Content-Type-Options : nosniff
          X-Download-Options : noopen
@@ -50,8 +51,14 @@
 ``image_proxy`` : ``$SEARXNG_IMAGE_PROXY``
   Allow your instance of SearXNG of being able to proxy images.  Uses memory space.
 
+``method`` : ``GET`` | ``POST``
+  HTTP method.  By defaults ``GET`` is used / The ``POST`` method has the
+  advantage with some WEB browsers that the history is not easy to read, but
+  there are also various disadvantages that sometimes severely restrict the ease
+  of use for the user (e.g. back button to jump back to the previous search
+  page and drag & drop of search term to new tabs do not work as expected).
+
 .. _HTTP headers: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers
 
 ``default_http_headers`` :
   Set additional HTTP headers, see `#755 <https://github.com/searx/searx/issues/715>`__
-

manage

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
     if [ "$line" != "tests/unit/settings/syntaxerror_settings.yml" ]; then
         YAMLLINT_FILES+=("$line")
     fi
-done <<< "$(git ls-files './tests/*.yml' './searx/*.yml' './utils/templates/etc/searxng/*.yml')"
+done <<< "$(git ls-files './tests/*.yml' './searx/*.yml' './utils/templates/etc/searxng/*.yml' '.github/*.yml' '.github/*/*.yml')"
 
 RST_FILES=(
     'README.rst'

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ cov-core==1.15.0
 black==24.3.0
 pylint==3.3.1
 splinter==0.21.0
-selenium==4.25.0
+selenium==4.26.1
 Pallets-Sphinx-Themes==2.3.0
 Sphinx==7.4.7
 sphinx-issues==5.0.0

searx/settings.yml

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ server:
   http_protocol_version: "1.0"
   # POST queries are more secure as they don't show up in history but may cause
   # problems when using Firefox containers
-  method: "POST"
+  method: "GET"
   default_http_headers:
     X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
     X-Download-Options: noopen
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ ui:
 # Lock arbitrary settings on the preferences page.  To find the ID of the user
 # setting you want to lock, check the ID of the form on the page "preferences".
 #
-# preferences:
-#   lock:
+preferences:
+  lock:
+    - method
 #     - language
 #     - autocomplete
-#     - method
 #     - query_in_title
 
 # searx supports result proxification using an external service: