#!/bin/sh
#list of instances from gopher://triapul.cz/files/underside/
#built for (cuban) links
#triapul.cz 2024

#put your browser here
BROWSER=links

help() {
cat <<eof_
slik, s(earxng with)li(n)k(s) in ksh

slik is a program that is intended to be run
from the commandline, evoking the defined browser
and querying a random public searxng search engine
instance.

usage:
slik [-ivtnT] [-h] "<query>"

options:
-i	search images
-I	search it
-v	search videos
-m	search music
-M	search maps
-n	search news
-t	search torrents
eof_
}

SEARCH_SWITCH=general

while getopts :iImMvtThn FLAG; do
	case $FLAG in 
		i) SEARCH_SWITCH=images;shift;;
		I) SEARCH_SWITCH=it;shift;;
		v) SEARCH_SWITCH=videos;shift;;
		m) SEARCH_SWITCH=music;shift;;
		M) SEARCH_SWITCH=map;shift;;
		n) SEARCH_SWITCH=videos;shift;;
		t) SEARCH_SWITCH=files;shift;;
		s) SEARCH_SWITCH=science;shift;;
		h) help; exit;;
	esac
done

instance_sel() {
echo "/files/underside/searxng.txt" | nc triapul.cz 70 | sort -R | head -n1 | cut -d'/' -f3
}

QUERY="$*"
QUERY=$(echo $QUERY | sed 's/ /+/g')

append="/search?q=$QUERY&language=all&time_range=&safesearch=0&categories=$SEARCH_SWITCH"

$BROWSER "https://$(instance_sel)$append"