For those interested in using the local Whoogle Search, it is now working again after an update to Ver 0.9.1-2.
Nice job whoever, whatever, did it.
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That’s interesting, the -git version is at 0.9.1.r0.ge70bbab-1 and not working, maybe the non-git is ahead this time, or just patched. I will switch package, then! tnx
set Environment 'WHOOGLE_USER_AGENT=Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0'
set Environment 'WHOOGLE_USER_AGENT_MOBILE=Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0'
set Environment 'WHOOGLE_USE_CLIENT_USER_AGENT=0'
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now whoogle
sudo chown -R whoogle:whoogle /opt/whoogle-search/
systemctl status whoogle
whoogle.service - Whoogle
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/whoogle.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-01-17 14:41:17 CET; 1h 3min ago
Invocation: 1cddb5430a3d46d0943f737b79c81d4c
Main PID: 4602 (python)
Tasks: 5 (limit: 16389)
Memory: 89.1M (peak: 90.4M)
CPU: 1.831s
CGroup: /system.slice/whoogle.service
└─4602 /opt/whoogle-search/venv/bin/python -um app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 5000
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: File "/opt/whoogle-search/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 59, in request
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: File "/opt/whoogle-search/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 589, in request
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: File "/opt/whoogle-search/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 703, in send
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: File "/opt/whoogle-search/venv/lib/python3.13/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 622, in send
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: raise ConnectionError(e, request=request)
Jan 17 14:42:54 y7p whoogle[4602]: requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='www.google.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /search?gbv=1&num=10&q=whoogle%20works&tbs=&safe=off (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x746751bb91d0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno -2] Name or service not known'))
Max retries exceeded with url
And the fight continues 
Did we need a browser or system reboot?
whoogle.service - Whoogle
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/whoogle.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-01-17 14:41:17 CET; 1h 22min ago
Invocation: 1cddb5430a3d46d0943f737b79c81d4c
Main PID: 4602 (python)
Tasks: 5 (limit: 16389)
Memory: 89.1M (peak: 90.4M)
CPU: 1.923s
CGroup: /system.slice/whoogle.service
└─4602 /opt/whoogle-search/venv/bin/python -um app --host 127.0.0.1 --port 5000
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You can set it in the systemd service file like this:
[...]
[Service]
Type=simple
User=whoogle
WorkingDirectory=/opt/whoogle-search
Environment=WHOOGLE_USER_AGENT=Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0
Environment=WHOOGLE_USER_AGENT_MOBILE=Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0
Environment=WHOOGLE_USE_CLIENT_USER_AGENT=0
[...]
Or, if you are using the AUR/Chaotic-AUR package you should have EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/whoogle set in the service file. You can set environment variables right in /etc/default/whoogle (without the Environment= part).
/etc/default/whoogle
BIND_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
LISTEN_PORT=5000
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME=dark
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEW_TAB=1
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE=1
WHOOGLE_RESULTS_PER_PAGE=50
WHOOGLE_AUTOCOMPLETE=1
# Rose Pine theme
# https://github.com/rose-pine/whoogle
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_STYLE=:root{--whoogle-logo:#c4a7e7;--whoogle-page-bg:#faf4ed;--whoogle-element-bg:#f2e9e1;--whoogle-text:#575279;--whoogle-contrast-text:#1f1d2e;--whoogle-secondary-text:#797593;--whoogle-result-bg:#faf4ed;--whoogle-result-title:#d7827e;--whoogle-result-url:#286983;--whoogle-result-visited:#907aa9;--whoogle-dark-logo:#c4a7e7;--whoogle-dark-page-bg:#191724;--whoogle-dark-element-bg:#1f1d2e;--whoogle-dark-text:#e0def4;--whoogle-dark-contrast-text:#e0def4;--whoogle-dark-secondary-text:#908caa;--whoogle-dark-result-bg:#393552;--whoogle-dark-result-title:#9ccfd8;--whoogle-dark-result-url:#3e8fb0;--whoogle-dark-result-visited:#c4a7e7}#whoogle-w{fill:#eb6f92}#whoogle-h{fill:#f6c177}#whoogle-o-1{fill:#ebbcba}#whoogle-o-2{fill:#31748f}#whoogle-g{fill:#9ccfd8}#whoogle-l{fill:#c4a7e7}#whoogle-e{fill:#908caa}
# User agent spoofing (Google no longer supports javascript-free search requests)
# https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/1211#issuecomment-2597452334
WHOOGLE_USE_CLIENT_USER_AGENT=0
WHOOGLE_USER_AGENT="Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0"
WHOOGLE_USER_AGENT_MOBILE="Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0"
Then restart Whoogle and see if it works! 
systemctl restart whoogle
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Update:
Ben Busby from Whoogle added a wiki page listing out the different user agents that are currently working.
The list may evolve over time as more are discovered that work, or stop working.
Each one looks a little different; here is the Lynx/2.9.2 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/3.4.0 user agent:
The Mozilla ones look similar to the Lynx one, but the search terms show up in the results as bold text.
Mozilla/1.22 (compatible; MSIE 2.0; Windows 3.1)
Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; MSIE 3.0; Windows NT 5.0)
The formatting is still a little weird I guess, but I think I prefer the Mozilla ones with the bold text to the Lynx one.
Here is the BlackBerry7100/4.0.0 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 user agent:
Personally I don’t care for the Blackberry one (it’s a bit dense I think), but it’s nice to have a few working options anyway.
Obviously mine has a custom theme applied; yours may look a little different.
Make sure to disable this feature if you have it on because it doesn’t seem to work with this user agent thing. With my testing the image tab shows up blank. Comment that line out, or set it to zero for now.
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE=0
Obviously you lose the feature where you can just open the image (clicking the image goes to the web page hosting the image instead), but at least image searching still works for now.
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Since there will certainly be more happening in this area in the future, I’ll leave this thread open.
Change the theme
# mocha
:root {
/* DARK THEME COLORS */
--whoogle-dark-logo: #cdd6f4;
--whoogle-dark-page-bg: #1e1e2e;
--whoogle-dark-element-bg: #45475a;
--whoogle-dark-text: #cdd6f4;
--whoogle-dark-contrast-text: #bac2de;
--whoogle-dark-secondary-text: #a6adc8;
--whoogle-dark-result-bg: #313244;
--whoogle-dark-result-title: #b4befe;
--whoogle-dark-result-url: #f5e0dc;
--whoogle-dark-result-visited: #eba0ac;
}
#whoogle-w {
fill: #89b4fa;
}
#whoogle-h {
fill: #f38ba8;
}
#whoogle-o-1 {
fill: #f9e2af;
}
#whoogle-o-2 {
fill: #89b4fa;
}
#whoogle-g {
fill: #a6e3a1;
}
#whoogle-l {
fill: #f38ba8;
}
#whoogle-e {
fill: #f9e2af;
}
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