update: move todos into their resp. file

README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,3 @@ to run just run
 ```
 make run
 ```
-
-### TODO
-
-+ unit tests for business logic
-+ export in JSON

app/src/search.js

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+// TODO: unit tests for business logic
+// TODO: export in JSON
+
 const cheerio = require("cheerio");
 
+function filterJson(data) {
+    var filtereddata = []; 
+    data.forEach(element => {
+        filtereddata.push();
+    });
+}
+
 async function handleSearch(req, res) {
   try {
     const query = req.query.query;
@@ -8,16 +18,11 @@ async function handleSearch(req, res) {
       return res.status(400).send("Missing search query");
     }
 
-    /* here we use a searx.ng instance (a meta-search engine) and filter out google search results.
-     * by testing, i've found out that !goc (google's programmable search engine) is more reliable for
-     * this kind of operation.
-     * the instance could be changed if the current one e.g. goes out of service.
+    /* Here we use a local searx.ng instance (a meta-search engine) and filter out google/startpage 
+     * search results. By testing, i've found out that !sp (startpage) ro !goc (google's programmable 
+     * search engine) is more reliable for this kind of operation that regular google.
+     * A local instance instead of an already available one is used because of bot detection. :)
      */
-    /**
-     * more instances:
-     * https://baresearch.org/
-     */
-    //const url = `https://baresearch.org/search?q=!goc+${encodeURIComponent(query)}`;
     const searxngUrl = process.env.SEARXNG_URL || "http://localhost:8080";
     const params = new URLSearchParams({
         q: query,
@@ -35,10 +40,10 @@ async function handleSearch(req, res) {
     );
 
     const data = await response.json();
-    res.json(data.results || []);
+    res.json(filterJson(data.results || []));
   } catch (error) {
     console.error("[SEARCH.JS] " + error);
-    res.status(500).send("Search failed");
+    res.status(500).send("<p><b>Search failed!<br>See the console for the error.</b></p>");
   }
 }