Engine stats - qwant

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
qwant				0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	85
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:187
Function	parse_web_api
Code	search_results = loads(resp.text)

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAPIException	Percentage	15
Parameter	zh_cn is not a valid locale. (1)
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:198
Function	parse_web_api
Code	raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"{msg} ({error_code})")

**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: 2025.1.5+96c32549b+dirty

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 85
  * Parameters: `('Expecting value',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:187`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `search_results = loads(resp.text)`

Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAPIException
  * Percentage: 15
  * Parameters: `('zh_cn is not a valid locale. (1)',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:198`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineAPIException(f"{msg} ({error_code})")`

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