Engine stats - startpage

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
startpage				5

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	95
Parameter	Extra data
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:414
Function	response
Code	results_json = loads(results_raw)

Exception	httpx.TimeoutException	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonewww.startpage.com
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:218
Function	get_sc_code
Code	resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)

Exception	babel.core.UnknownLocaleError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:203
Function	get_sc_code
Code	locale = babel.Locale.parse(searxng_locale, sep='-')

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	0
Parameter	get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:225
Function	get_sc_code
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(

Exception	sqlite3.OperationalError	Percentage	0
Filename	searx/engines/startpage.py:192
Function	get_sc_code
Code	sc_code = CACHE.get("SC_CODE")

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonewww.startpage.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

**Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG**
Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.6.6+49a1f08a1

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 95
  * Parameters: `('Extra data',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:414`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `results_json = loads(results_raw)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.TimeoutException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, None)`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.startpage.com')`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:218`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `resp = get(get_sc_url, headers=headers)`

Error
  * Error: babel.core.UnknownLocaleError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:203`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `locale = babel.Locale.parse(searxng_locale, sep='-')`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('get_sc_code: got redirected to https://www.startpage.com/sp/captcha',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:225`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException(`

Error
  * Error: sqlite3.OperationalError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `()`
  * File name: `searx/engines/startpage.py:192`
  * Function: `get_sc_code`
  * Code: `sc_code = CACHE.get("SC_CODE")`

Error
  * Error: httpx.ConnectTimeout
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `(None, None, 'www.startpage.com')`
  * File name: `searx/search/processors/online.py:116`
  * Function: `_send_http_request`
  * Code: `response = req(params['url'], **request_args)`

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