websearch-lib 0.1.0b1

A local, keyless drop-in alternative for AI search engines.

websearch-lib

A performant, keyless, and local drop-in alternative to commercial AI search tools. Built specifically for AI Agent loops, and background RAG scrapers.

Features

• 🎯 AI-Optimized JSON Schema: Returns cleaned, structured markdown matching standard LLM search expectations.
• 🚀 Dual-Path Extraction Architecture: Uses ultra-fast C-accelerated trafilatura[all] for raw speed, falling back to an evasion-hardened playwright-stealth engine for heavy JavaScript walls.
• 🛡️ Built-in Content Cleaning: Automatically scrubs out cookie banners, privacy policy walls, login portals, and legal spam.
• ⚙️ Zero Configuration Setup: No API keys, no monthly fees, and handles its own automated browser binary downloads on first run.

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Installation

Install the package via pip:

pip install websearch-lib==0.1.0b1

Install Chromium using playwright

playwright install chromium

Quick Start

The library exposes a highly natural, asynchronous .query() method perfect for AI framework integrations.

import asyncio
import websearch

async def main():
    # Execute a web query
    data = await websearch.query("Latest open-source LLM benchmarks 2026", max_results=3)
    
    print(f"Query: {data['query']}")
    print(f"Fetch Time: {data['response_time']}s\n")
    
    for result in data['results']:
        print(f"Title: {result['title']}")
        print(f"URL: {result['url']}")
        print(f"Content Summary:\n{result['content']}\n" + "-"*40)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    asyncio.run(main())

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 solnsumei

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