webclaw/crates/webclaw-fetch/src/search.rs
webclaw de899ab3ba feat(search): standalone web search with your own Serper.dev key
OSS surfaces can now search without the hosted webclaw API. New
webclaw-fetch::search() calls Serper.dev directly with a user-supplied key
and optionally fetches + extracts the result pages. Wired into the CLI
(webclaw search, --serper-key / SERPER_API_KEY), the MCP search tool
(local-first when SERPER_API_KEY is set, cloud fallback otherwise), and the
OSS reference server (POST /v1/search). Adds futures for concurrent result
page scraping.
2026-06-06 14:20:03 +02:00

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//! Web search via Serper.dev (Google results) with optional content scraping.
//!
//! This is the self-hosted search path: the caller supplies their own
//! Serper.dev API key (free tier at serper.dev). The CLI, MCP server, and
//! OSS REST server all route through [`search`] so search works without the
//! hosted webclaw API.
//!
//! Serper returns a plain JSON API, so we hit it with a vanilla wreq client
//! (10s timeout) — no browser TLS fingerprinting needed. When `scrape` is
//! set, the top results are fetched through the caller's [`FetchClient`]
//! (which *does* carry the fingerprinting) and extracted to markdown.
use std::sync::Arc;
use std::time::Duration;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use serde_json::{Value, json};
use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
use tracing::warn;
use crate::client::FetchClient;
use crate::error::FetchError;
/// Serper.dev search endpoint.
const SERPER_URL: &str = "https://google.serper.dev/search";
/// Bound on the number of result pages scraped concurrently when
/// `scrape` is enabled. Keeps the fan-out from overwhelming the proxy
/// pool / remote hosts on a large result set.
const SCRAPE_CONCURRENCY: usize = 5;
/// Options controlling a search request.
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub struct SearchOptions {
/// Number of organic results to request (clamped to `1..=10`).
pub num_results: usize,
/// Country code for localization (Serper `gl`, e.g. `"us"`, `"gb"`).
pub country: Option<String>,
/// Language code for localization (Serper `hl`, e.g. `"en"`, `"it"`).
pub lang: Option<String>,
/// When true, fetch + extract the result pages and fill in `content`.
pub scrape: bool,
}
impl Default for SearchOptions {
fn default() -> Self {
Self {
num_results: 5,
country: None,
lang: None,
scrape: false,
}
}
}
/// A single organic search result. When `scrape` was requested and the
/// fetch succeeded, `content` holds the extracted markdown; otherwise it
/// is `None` (a per-result fetch failure never fails the whole search).
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
pub struct SearchResult {
pub title: String,
pub link: String,
pub snippet: String,
pub position: usize,
#[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
pub content: Option<String>,
}
/// Run a web search through Serper.dev.
///
/// `client` — the caller's [`FetchClient`], used only when `opts.scrape`
/// is set (to fetch + extract the result pages).
/// `serper_key` — the caller's Serper.dev API key.
/// `query` — the search query.
/// `opts` — result count, localization, and whether to scrape.
///
/// Returns the organic results in Serper's order. With `scrape` enabled,
/// the top results are fetched concurrently (bounded) and their extracted
/// markdown is attached to `content`.
pub async fn search(
client: &FetchClient,
serper_key: &str,
query: &str,
opts: &SearchOptions,
) -> Result<Vec<SearchResult>, FetchError> {
let num = opts.num_results.clamp(1, 10);
let response = call_serper(
serper_key,
query,
num,
opts.country.as_deref(),
opts.lang.as_deref(),
)
.await?;
let mut results = parse_serper_organic(&response);
if opts.scrape && !results.is_empty() {
scrape_results(client, &mut results).await;
}
Ok(results)
}
/// POST the query to Serper.dev and return the raw JSON response.
///
/// Builds a plain wreq client (no browser emulation — Serper is a JSON
/// API, not a bot-protected page). Non-2xx responses are surfaced as a
/// [`FetchError::Build`] carrying the status and body so the caller can
/// show Serper's own error (bad key, quota exceeded, etc.).
async fn call_serper(
api_key: &str,
query: &str,
num: usize,
country: Option<&str>,
lang: Option<&str>,
) -> Result<Value, FetchError> {
let http = wreq::Client::builder()
.timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
.build()
.map_err(|e| FetchError::Build(format!("failed to build serper client: {e}")))?;
let mut body = json!({ "q": query, "num": num });
if let Some(gl) = country {
body["gl"] = json!(gl);
}
if let Some(hl) = lang {
body["hl"] = json!(hl);
}
// Serialize ourselves rather than `.json()` — the wreq `json` feature
// is not enabled in this crate and isn't worth pulling in for one call.
let payload = serde_json::to_vec(&body)
.map_err(|e| FetchError::Build(format!("serper request encode error: {e}")))?;
let resp = http
.post(SERPER_URL)
.header("X-API-KEY", api_key)
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body(payload)
.send()
.await?;
let status = resp.status();
if !status.is_success() {
let code = status.as_u16();
let text = resp.text().await.unwrap_or_default();
return Err(FetchError::Build(format!("serper returned {code}: {text}")));
}
let text = resp
.text()
.await
.map_err(|e| FetchError::BodyDecode(format!("serper response read error: {e}")))?;
serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&text)
.map_err(|e| FetchError::BodyDecode(format!("serper response parse error: {e}")))
}
/// Parse the `organic` array of a Serper response into [`SearchResult`]s.
///
/// Pure (no network), so it is unit-tested against a fixture. Entries
/// missing `title` or `link` are skipped; `snippet` defaults to empty.
/// `position` is 1-based over the kept entries.
pub fn parse_serper_organic(response: &Value) -> Vec<SearchResult> {
let Some(organic) = response.get("organic").and_then(|v| v.as_array()) else {
return Vec::new();
};
organic
.iter()
.filter_map(|item| {
let title = item.get("title")?.as_str()?.to_string();
let link = item.get("link")?.as_str()?.to_string();
let snippet = item
.get("snippet")
.and_then(|v| v.as_str())
.unwrap_or("")
.to_string();
Some(SearchResult {
title,
link,
snippet,
// Filled in after collection so it tracks kept entries,
// not the raw array index (which may include skips).
position: 0,
content: None,
})
})
.enumerate()
.map(|(i, mut r)| {
r.position = i + 1;
r
})
.collect()
}
/// Fetch + extract the result pages and attach markdown to `content`.
///
/// Bounded by [`SCRAPE_CONCURRENCY`]. A per-result fetch or extraction
/// failure leaves that result's `content` as `None` rather than failing
/// the whole search.
async fn scrape_results(client: &FetchClient, results: &mut [SearchResult]) {
let sem = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(SCRAPE_CONCURRENCY));
// Collect owned links first so the per-result futures don't borrow
// `results`. That keeps the future captures free of the slice's
// lifetime, which is what lets this compile inside the MCP `#[tool]`
// macro's stricter `Send`/lifetime bounds.
let links: Vec<String> = results.iter().map(|r| r.link.clone()).collect();
let scrapes = links.into_iter().map(|link| {
let sem = sem.clone();
async move {
// If the semaphore is closed (shutdown race), skip rather than panic.
let _permit = match sem.acquire().await {
Ok(p) => p,
Err(_) => return None,
};
match client.fetch(&link).await {
Ok(fetched) => match webclaw_core::extract(&fetched.html, Some(&fetched.url)) {
Ok(extraction) => Some(extraction.content.markdown),
Err(e) => {
warn!(url = %link, error = %e, "search: extraction failed");
None
}
},
Err(e) => {
warn!(url = %link, error = %e, "search: fetch failed");
None
}
}
}
});
// `join_all` drives every scrape future concurrently and returns
// results in input order; the semaphore caps how many fetches run at
// once. Result set is tiny (≤10), so the all-at-once poll is fine.
let contents = futures::future::join_all(scrapes).await;
for (r, content) in results.iter_mut().zip(contents) {
r.content = content;
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
fn fixture() -> Value {
json!({
"searchParameters": { "q": "rust async", "type": "search" },
"organic": [
{
"title": "Async Rust",
"link": "https://example.com/async",
"snippet": "Learn async in Rust.",
"position": 1
},
{
// snippet missing on purpose -> defaults to ""
"title": "Tokio",
"link": "https://tokio.rs"
},
{
// no link -> skipped, must not shift positions of the rest
"title": "No Link Here"
}
]
})
}
#[test]
fn parses_organic_results() {
let results = parse_serper_organic(&fixture());
assert_eq!(results.len(), 2);
assert_eq!(results[0].title, "Async Rust");
assert_eq!(results[0].link, "https://example.com/async");
assert_eq!(results[0].snippet, "Learn async in Rust.");
assert_eq!(results[0].position, 1);
assert!(results[0].content.is_none());
// Missing snippet -> empty string, and position is 1-based over
// kept entries (the link-less entry is dropped, not counted).
assert_eq!(results[1].title, "Tokio");
assert_eq!(results[1].snippet, "");
assert_eq!(results[1].position, 2);
}
#[test]
fn missing_organic_key_yields_empty() {
assert!(parse_serper_organic(&json!({})).is_empty());
assert!(parse_serper_organic(&json!({ "organic": "not-an-array" })).is_empty());
}
#[test]
fn search_result_serializes_without_null_content() {
let r = SearchResult {
title: "T".into(),
link: "https://e.com".into(),
snippet: "s".into(),
position: 1,
content: None,
};
let v = serde_json::to_value(&r).unwrap();
assert!(v.get("content").is_none(), "None content should be skipped");
let r2 = SearchResult {
content: Some("# md".into()),
..r
};
let v2 = serde_json::to_value(&r2).unwrap();
assert_eq!(v2.get("content").and_then(|c| c.as_str()), Some("# md"));
}
#[test]
fn default_options() {
let o = SearchOptions::default();
assert_eq!(o.num_results, 5);
assert!(!o.scrape);
assert!(o.country.is_none());
assert!(o.lang.is_none());
}
}