Encode config params in URL (#842)

Adds support for encoding (and optionally encrypting) user config values as a single string that can be passed to any endpoint with the "preferences" url param. Co-authored-by: Ben Busby <contact@benbusby.com>
2022-09-22 22:14:56 +02:00 · 2022-09-22 22:14:56 +02:00 · 74503d542e
commit 74503d542e
parent 11275a7796
15 changed files with 249 additions and 39 deletions
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RUN pip install --prefix /install --no-warn-script-location --no-cache-dir -r re

 FROM python:3.11.0a5-alpine

-RUN apk add --update --no-cache tor curl openrc
+RUN apk add --update --no-cache tor curl openrc libstdc++
 # libcurl4-openssl-dev

 RUN apk -U upgrade
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -389,23 +389,25 @@ There are a few optional environment variables available for customizing a Whoog
 ### Config Environment Variables
 These environment variables allow setting default config values, but can be overwritten manually by using the home page config menu. These allow a shortcut for destroying/rebuilding an instance to the same config state every time.

-| Variable                       | Description                                                     |
-| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_DISABLE         | Hide config from UI and disallow changes to config by client    |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY         | Filter results by hosting country                               |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_LANGUAGE        | Set interface language                                          |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SEARCH_LANGUAGE | Set search result language                                      |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_BLOCK           | Block websites from search results (use comma-separated list)   |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME           | Set theme mode (light, dark, or system)                         |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SAFE            | Enable safe searches                                            |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_ALTS            | Use social media site alternatives (nitter, invidious, etc)     |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEAR            | Restrict results to only those near a particular city           |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_TOR             | Use Tor routing (if available)                                  |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEW_TAB         | Always open results in new tab                                  |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE      | Enable View Image option                                        |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_GET_ONLY        | Search using GET requests only                                  |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_URL             | The root url of the instance (`https://<your url>/`)            |
-| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_STYLE           | The custom CSS to use for styling (should be single line)       |
+| Variable                             | Description                                                     |
+| ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_DISABLE               | Hide config from UI and disallow changes to config by client    |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY               | Filter results by hosting country                               |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_LANGUAGE              | Set interface language                                          |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SEARCH_LANGUAGE       | Set search result language                                      |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_BLOCK                 | Block websites from search results (use comma-separated list)   |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME                 | Set theme mode (light, dark, or system)                         |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SAFE                  | Enable safe searches                                            |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_ALTS                  | Use social media site alternatives (nitter, invidious, etc)     |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEAR                  | Restrict results to only those near a particular city           |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_TOR                   | Use Tor routing (if available)                                  |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEW_TAB               | Always open results in new tab                                  |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE            | Enable View Image option                                        |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_GET_ONLY              | Search using GET requests only                                  |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_URL                   | The root url of the instance (`https://<your url>/`)            |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_STYLE                 | The custom CSS to use for styling (should be single line)       |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_ENCRYPTED | Encrypt preferences token, requires preferences key             |
+| WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY       | Key to encrypt preferences in URL (REQUIRED to show url)        |

 ## Usage
 Same as most search engines, with the exception of filtering by time range.
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@ -174,6 +174,16 @@
        "description": "[CONFIG] Custom CSS styling (paste in CSS or leave blank)",
        "value": ":root { /* LIGHT THEME COLORS */ --whoogle-background: #d8dee9; --whoogle-accent: #2e3440; --whoogle-text: #3B4252; --whoogle-contrast-text: #eceff4; --whoogle-secondary-text: #70757a; --whoogle-result-bg: #fff; --whoogle-result-title: #4c566a; --whoogle-result-url: #81a1c1; --whoogle-result-visited: #a3be8c; /* DARK THEME COLORS */ --whoogle-dark-background: #222; --whoogle-dark-accent: #685e79; --whoogle-dark-text: #fff; --whoogle-dark-contrast-text: #000; --whoogle-dark-secondary-text: #bbb; --whoogle-dark-result-bg: #000; --whoogle-dark-result-title: #1967d2; --whoogle-dark-result-url: #4b11a8; --whoogle-dark-result-visited: #bbbbff; }",
        "required": false
+    },
+    "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_ENCRYPTED": {
+        "description": "[CONFIG] Encrypt preferences token, requires WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY to be set",
+        "value": "",
+        "required": false
+    },
+    "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY": {
+        "description": "[CONFIG] Key to encrypt preferences",
+        "value": "NEEDS_TO_BE_MODIFIED",
+        "required": false
    }
  }
 }
--- a/app/models/config.py
+++ b/app/models/config.py
@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+from inspect import Attribute
 from app.utils.misc import read_config_bool
 from flask import current_app
 import os
 import re
+from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode, urlsafe_b64decode
+import pickle
+from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
+import hashlib
+import brotli


 class Config:
@ -29,6 +35,9 @@ class Config:
        self.view_image = read_config_bool('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE')
        self.get_only = read_config_bool('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_GET_ONLY')
        self.anon_view = read_config_bool('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_ANON_VIEW')
+        self.preferences_encrypted = read_config_bool('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_ENCRYPTED')
+        self.preferences_key = os.getenv('WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY', '')
+        
        self.accept_language = False

        self.safe_keys = [
@ -42,7 +51,8 @@ class Config:
            'block',
            'safe',
            'nojs',
-            'anon_view'
+            'anon_view',
+            'preferences_encrypted'
        ]

        # Skip setting custom config if there isn't one
@ -71,6 +81,24 @@ class Config:
                if not name.startswith("__")
                and (type(attr) is bool or type(attr) is str)}

+    def get_attrs(self):
+        return {name: attr for name, attr in self.__dict__.items()
+                if not name.startswith("__")
+                and (type(attr) is bool or type(attr) is str)}
+
+    @property
+    def preferences(self) -> str:
+        # if encryption key is not set will uncheck preferences encryption
+        if self.preferences_encrypted:
+            self.preferences_encrypted = bool(self.preferences_key)
+        
+        # add a tag for visibility if preferences token startswith 'e' it means
+        # the token is encrypted, 'u' means the token is unencrypted and can be
+        # used by other whoogle instances
+        encrypted_flag = "e" if self.preferences_encrypted else 'u'
+        preferences_digest = self._encode_preferences()
+        return f"{encrypted_flag}{preferences_digest}"
+
    def is_safe_key(self, key) -> bool:
        """Establishes a group of config options that are safe to set
        in the url.
@ -109,6 +137,13 @@ class Config:
        Returns:
            Config -- a modified config object
        """
+        if 'preferences' in params:
+            params_new = self._decode_preferences(params['preferences'])
+            # if preferences leads to an empty dictionary it means preferences
+            # parameter was not decrypted successfully
+            if len(params_new):
+                params = params_new 
+
        for param_key in params.keys():
            if not self.is_safe_key(param_key):
                continue
@ -116,8 +151,9 @@ class Config:

            if param_val == 'off':
                param_val = False
-            elif param_val.isdigit():
-                param_val = int(param_val)
+            elif isinstance(param_val, str):
+                if param_val.isdigit():
+                    param_val = int(param_val)

            self[param_key] = param_val
        return self
@ -135,3 +171,40 @@ class Config:
            param_str = param_str + f'&{safe_key}={self[safe_key]}'

        return param_str
+
+    def _get_fernet_key(self, password: str) -> bytes:
+        hash_object = hashlib.md5(password.encode())
+        key = urlsafe_b64encode(hash_object.hexdigest().encode())
+        return key
+
+    def _encode_preferences(self) -> str:
+        encoded_preferences = brotli.compress(pickle.dumps(self.get_attrs()))
+        if self.preferences_encrypted:
+            if self.preferences_key != '':
+                key = self._get_fernet_key(self.preferences_key)
+                encoded_preferences = Fernet(key).encrypt(encoded_preferences)
+                encoded_preferences = brotli.compress(encoded_preferences)
+
+        return urlsafe_b64encode(encoded_preferences).decode()
+
+    def _decode_preferences(self, preferences: str) -> dict:
+        mode = preferences[0]
+        preferences = preferences[1:]
+        if mode == 'e': # preferences are encrypted
+            try:
+                key = self._get_fernet_key(self.preferences_key)
+
+                config = Fernet(key).decrypt(
+                    brotli.decompress(urlsafe_b64decode(preferences.encode()))
+                )
+
+                config = pickle.loads(brotli.decompress(config))
+            except Exception:
+                config = {}
+        elif mode == 'u': # preferences are not encrypted
+            config = pickle.loads(
+                brotli.decompress(urlsafe_b64decode(preferences.encode()))
+            )
+        else: # preferences are incorrectly formatted
+            config = {}
+        return config
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ def index():
        session['error_message'] = ''
        return render_template('error.html', error_message=error_message)

+    # Update user config if specified in search args
+    g.user_config = g.user_config.from_params(g.request_params)
+
    return render_template('index.html',
                           has_update=app.config['HAS_UPDATE'],
                           languages=app.config['LANGUAGES'],
@ -231,7 +234,8 @@ def opensearch():
        main_url=opensearch_url,
        request_type='' if get_only else 'method="post"',
        search_type=request.args.get('tbm'),
-        search_name=get_search_name(request.args.get('tbm'))
+        search_name=get_search_name(request.args.get('tbm')),
+        preferences=g.user_config.preferences
    ), 200, {'Content-Type': 'application/xml'}


@ -334,6 +338,7 @@ def search():
    tabs = get_tabs_content(app.config['HEADER_TABS'],
                            search_util.full_query,
                            search_util.search_type,
+                            g.user_config.preferences,
                            translation)

    # Feature to display currency_card
@ -342,6 +347,9 @@ def search():
        html_soup = bsoup(str(response), 'html.parser')
        response = add_currency_card(html_soup, conversion)

+    preferences = g.user_config.preferences
+    home_url = f"home?preferences={preferences}" if preferences else "home"
+
    return render_template(
        'display.html',
        has_update=app.config['HAS_UPDATE'],
@ -365,6 +373,7 @@ def search():
        version_number=app.config['VERSION_NUMBER'],
        search_header=render_template(
            'header.html',
+            home_url=home_url,
            config=g.user_config,
            translation=translation,
            languages=app.config['LANGUAGES'],
--- a/app/static/settings/translations.json
+++ b/app/static/settings/translations.json
@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Use Tor",
        "config-get-only": "GET Requests Only",
        "config-url": "Root URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "Preferences URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Encrypt Preferences",
+        "config-pref-help": "Requires WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, otherwise this will be ignored.",
        "config-css": "Custom CSS",
        "load": "Load",
        "apply": "Apply",
@ -72,6 +75,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Gebruik Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Alleen GET Requests",
        "config-url": "Root URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "Voorkeurs URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Versleutel voorkeuren",
+        "config-pref-help": "Vereist WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, anders wordt dit genegeerd.",
        "config-css": "Eigen CSS",
        "load": "Laden",
        "apply": "Opslaan",
@ -118,6 +124,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Tor benutzen",
        "config-get-only": "Auschließlich GET-Anfragen",
        "config-url": "Root URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "Einstellungs URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Einstellungen verschlüsseln",
+        "config-pref-help": "Erfordert WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, sonst wird dies ignoriert.",
        "config-css": "Custom CSS",
        "load": "Laden",
        "apply": "Übernehmen",
@ -164,6 +173,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Usa Tor",
        "config-get-only": "GET solo solicitudes",
        "config-url": "URL raíz",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL de preferencias",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Cifrar preferencias",
+        "config-pref-help": "Requiere WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY; de lo contrario, se ignorará.",
        "config-css": "CSS personalizado",
        "load": "Cargar",
        "apply": "Aplicar",
@ -210,6 +222,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Usa Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Utilizza solo richieste GET",
        "config-url": "Root URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL delle preferenze",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Crittografa le preferenze",
+        "config-pref-help": "Richiede WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, altrimenti verrà ignorato.",
        "config-css": "CSS Personalizzato",
        "load": "Carica",
        "apply": "Applica",
@ -256,6 +271,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Usar Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Apenas Pedidos GET",
        "config-url": "URL Fonte",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL de preferências",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Criptografar preferências",
+        "config-pref-help": "Requer WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, caso contrário, será ignorado.",
        "config-css": "CSS Personalizado",
        "load": "Carregar",
        "apply": "Aplicar",
@ -302,6 +320,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Использовать Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Только GET-запросы",
        "config-url": "Корневой URL-адрес",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL-адрес настроек",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Зашифровать настройки",
+        "config-pref-help": "Требуется WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, иначе это будет проигнорировано.",
        "config-css": "Пользовательский CSS",
        "load": "Загрузить",
        "apply": "Применить",
@ -348,6 +369,9 @@
        "config-tor": "使用 Tor",
        "config-get-only": "仅限 GET 请求",
        "config-url": "站点根 URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "首选项网址",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "加密首选项",
+        "config-pref-help": "需要 WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY，否则将被忽略。",
        "config-css": "自定义 CSS",
        "load": "载入",
        "apply": "应用",
@ -394,6 +418,9 @@
        "config-tor": "ටෝර් භාවිතා කරන්න",
        "config-get-only": "ඉල්ලීම් පමණක් ලබා ගන්න",
        "config-url": "ඒ.ස.නි.(URL) මූලය",
+        "config-pref-url": "මනාප URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "මනාප සංකේතනය කරන්න",
+        "config-pref-help": "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY අවශ්‍ය වේ, එසේ නොමැතිනම් මෙය නොසලකා හරිනු ඇත.",
        "config-css": "අභිරුචි සීඑස්එස්",
        "load": "පූරනය කරන්න",
        "apply": "යොදන්න",
@ -440,6 +467,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Utiliser Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Requêtes GET seulement",
        "config-url": "URL de la racine",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL des préférences",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Chiffrer les préférences",
+        "config-pref-help": "Nécessite WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, sinon cela sera ignoré.",
        "config-css": "CSS Personalisé",
        "load": "Charger",
        "apply": "Appliquer",
@ -486,6 +516,9 @@
        "config-tor": "استفاده از تور",
        "config-get-only": "فقط درخواست‌های GET",
        "config-url": "آدرس ریشه‌ی سایت",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL تنظیمات برگزیده",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "رمزگذاری تنظیمات برگزیده",
+        "config-pref-help": "به WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY نیاز دارد، در غیر این صورت نادیده گرفته خواهد شد.",
        "config-css": "CSS دلخواه",
        "load": "بارگذاری",
        "apply": "تایید",
@ -532,6 +565,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Používat Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Pouze požadavky GET",
        "config-url": "Kořenová adresa URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "Adresa URL předvoleb",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Předvolby šifrování",
+        "config-pref-help": "Vyžaduje WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, jinak bude ignorována.",
        "config-css": "Vlastní CSS",
        "load": "Načíst",
        "apply": "Použít",
@ -578,6 +614,9 @@
        "config-tor": "使用 Tor",
        "config-get-only": "僅限於 GET 要求",
        "config-url": "首頁網址",
+        "config-pref-url": "首選項網址",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "加密首選項",
+        "config-pref-help": "需要 WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY，否則將被忽略。",
        "config-css": "自定 CSS",
        "load": "載入",
        "apply": "套用",
@ -624,6 +663,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Използвайте Tor",
        "config-get-only": "Само GET заявки",
        "config-url": "Основен URL адрес",
+        "config-pref-url": "URL адрес на предпочитанията",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Шифроване на предпочитанията",
+        "config-pref-help": "Изисква WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY, в противен случай това ще бъде игнорирано.",
        "config-css": "Персонализиран CSS",
        "load": "Зареди",
        "apply": "Приложи",
@ -670,6 +712,9 @@
        "config-tor": "TOR का प्रयोग करें",
        "config-get-only": "केवल GET अनुरोध",
        "config-url": "रूट यूआरएल",
+        "config-pref-url": "वरीयताएँ URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "एन्क्रिप्ट प्राथमिकताएं",
+        "config-pref-help": "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY की आवश्यकता है, अन्यथा इसे अनदेखा कर दिया जाएगा।",
        "config-css": "कस्टम सीएसएस",
        "load": "भार",
        "apply": "लागू करना",
@ -716,6 +761,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Torを使用",
        "config-get-only": "GETリクエストのみ",
        "config-url": "ルートURL",
+        "config-pref-url": "設定 URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "設定を暗号化する",
+        "config-pref-help": "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY が必要です。それ以外の場合、これは無視されます。",
        "config-css": "カスタムCSS",
        "load": "読み込み",
        "apply": "反映",
@ -762,6 +810,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Tor 사용",
        "config-get-only": "GET 요청만",
        "config-url": "루트 URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "환경설정 URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "암호화 환경 설정",
+        "config-pref-help": "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY이 필요합니다. 그렇지 않으면 무시됩니다.",
        "config-css": "커스텀 CSS",
        "load": "불러오기",
        "apply": "적용",
@ -808,6 +859,9 @@
        "config-tor": "Tor bi kar bîne",
        "config-get-only": "Daxwazan bi Dest Bixe",
        "config-url": "Reha URL",
+        "config-pref-url": "Preferences URL",
+        "config-pref-encryption": "Vebijêrkên şîfre bikin",
+        "config-pref-help": "WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY hewce dike, wekî din ev ê were paşguh kirin.",
        "config-css": "CSS kesane bike",
        "load": "Bar bike",
        "apply": "Bisepîne",
--- a/app/templates/header.html
+++ b/app/templates/header.html
@ -4,13 +4,16 @@
            <form class="search-form header"
                  id="search-form"
                  method="{{ 'GET' if config.get_only else 'POST' }}">
-                <a class="logo-link mobile-logo" href="home">
+                <a class="logo-link mobile-logo" href="{{ home_url }}">
                    <div id="mobile-header-logo">
                        {{ logo|safe }}
                    </div>
                </a>
                <div class="H0PQec mobile-input-div">
                    <div class="autocomplete-mobile esbc autocomplete">
+                        {% if config.preferences %}
+                            <input type="hidden" name="preferences" value="{{ config.preferences }}" />
+                        {% endif %}
                        <input
                                id="search-bar"
                                class="mobile-search-bar"
@ -57,7 +60,7 @@
 {% else %}
    <header>
        <div class="logo-div">
-            <a class="logo-link" href="home">
+            <a class="logo-link" href="{{ home_url }}">
                <div class="desktop-header-logo">
                    {{ logo|safe }}
                </div>
@ -70,6 +73,9 @@
                  method="{{ 'GET' if config.get_only else 'POST' }}">
                <div class="autocomplete header-autocomplete">
                    <div style="width: 100%; display: flex">
+                        {% if config.preferences %}
+                            <input type="hidden" name="preferences" value="{{ config.preferences }}" />
+                        {% endif %}
                        <input
                                id="search-bar"
                                autocapitalize="none"
--- a/app/templates/index.html
+++ b/app/templates/index.html
@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
    <form id="search-form" action="search" method="{{ 'get' if config.get_only else 'post' }}">
        <div class="search-fields">
            <div class="autocomplete">
+                {% if config.preferences %}
+                    <input type="hidden" name="preferences" value="{{ config.preferences }}" />
+                {% endif %}
                <input
                        type="text"
                        name="q"
@ -233,6 +236,14 @@
                                {{ config.style.replace('\t', '') }}
                            </textarea>
                        </div>
+                        <div class="config-div config-div-pref-url">
+                            <label for="config-pref-encryption">{{ translation['config-pref-encryption'] }}: </label>
+                            <input type="checkbox" name="preferences_encrypted"
+                                   id="config-pref-encryption" {{ 'checked' if config.preferences_encrypted and config.preferences_key else '' }}>
+                            <div><span class="info-text"> — {{ translation['config-pref-help'] }}</span></div>
+                            <label for="config-pref-url">{{ translation['config-pref-url'] }}: </label>
+                            <input type="text" name="pref-url" id="config-pref-url" value="{{ config.url }}?preferences={{ config.preferences }}">
+                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="config-div config-buttons">
                        <input type="submit" id="config-load" value="{{ translation['load'] }}">&nbsp;
--- a/app/templates/opensearch.xml
+++ b/app/templates/opensearch.xml
@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
        {% if search_type %}
            <Param name="tbm" value="{{ search_type }}"/>
        {% endif %}
+        {% if preferences %}
+            <Param name="preferences" value="{{ preferences }}"/>
+        {% endif %}
    </Url>
    <Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" {{ request_type|safe }} template="{{ main_url }}/autocomplete">
        <Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/>
--- a/app/utils/results.py
+++ b/app/utils/results.py
@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ def add_currency_card(soup: BeautifulSoup,
 def get_tabs_content(tabs: dict,
                     full_query: str,
                     search_type: str,
+                     preferences: str,
                     translation: dict) -> dict:
    """Takes the default tabs content and updates it according to the query.

@ -417,6 +418,9 @@ def get_tabs_content(tabs: dict,
        if tab_content['tbm'] is not None:
            query = f"{query}&tbm={tab_content['tbm']}"
        
+        if preferences:
+            query = f"{query}&preferences={preferences}"
+
        tab_content['href'] = tab_content['href'].format(query=query)

        # update if selected tab (default all tab is selected)
--- a/charts/whoogle/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/whoogle/values.yaml
@ -47,21 +47,23 @@ conf: {}
  # WHOOGLE_AUTOCOMPLETE: "" # Controls visibility of autocomplete/search suggestions. Default on -- use '0' to disable
  # WHOOGLE_MINIMAL: ""      # Remove everything except basic result cards from all search queries.

-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_DISABLE: ""         # Hide config from UI and disallow changes to config by client
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY: ""         # Filter results by hosting country
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_LANGUAGE: ""        # Set interface language
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SEARCH_LANGUAGE: "" # Set search result language
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_BLOCK: ""           # Block websites from search results (use comma-separated list)
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME: ""           # Set theme mode (light, dark, or system)
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SAFE: ""            # Enable safe searches
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_ALTS: ""            # Use social media site alternatives (nitter, invidious, etc)
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEAR: ""            # Restrict results to only those near a particular city
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_TOR: ""             # Use Tor routing (if available)
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEW_TAB: ""         # Always open results in new tab
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE: ""      # Enable View Image option
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_GET_ONLY: ""        # Search using GET requests only
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_URL: ""             # The root url of the instance (https://<your url>/)
-  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_STYLE: ""           # The custom CSS to use for styling (should be single line)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_DISABLE: ""               # Hide config from UI and disallow changes to config by client
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY: ""               # Filter results by hosting country
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_LANGUAGE: ""              # Set interface language
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SEARCH_LANGUAGE: ""       # Set search result language
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_BLOCK: ""                 # Block websites from search results (use comma-separated list)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME: ""                 # Set theme mode (light, dark, or system)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SAFE: ""                  # Enable safe searches
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_ALTS: ""                  # Use social media site alternatives (nitter, invidious, etc)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEAR: ""                  # Restrict results to only those near a particular city
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_TOR: ""                   # Use Tor routing (if available)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_NEW_TAB: ""               # Always open results in new tab
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_VIEW_IMAGE: ""            # Enable View Image option
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_GET_ONLY: ""              # Search using GET requests only
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_URL: ""                   # The root url of the instance (https://<your url>/)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_STYLE: ""                 # The custom CSS to use for styling (should be single line)
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_ENCRYPTED: "" # Encrypt preferences token, requires key
+  # WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY: ""       # Key to encrypt preferences in URL (REQUIRED to show url) 

 podAnnotations: {}
 podSecurityContext: {}
--- a/docker-compose-traefik.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose-traefik.yaml
@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ services:
      # - WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SEARCH_LANGUAGE=lang_en
      # - WHOOGLE_CONFIG_GET_ONLY=1
      # - WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY=FR
+      # - WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_ENCRYPTED=1
+      # - WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY="NEEDS_TO_BE_MODIFIED"
    #env_file: # Alternatively, load variables from whoogle.env
      #- whoogle.env
    ports:
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 attrs==19.3.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.10.0
+brotli==1.0.9
 cachelib==0.4.1
 certifi==2020.4.5.1
 cffi==1.15.0
--- a/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/test/test_misc.py
@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.utils.session import generate_user_key, valid_user_session


+JAPAN_PREFS = 'uG-gGIJwHdqxl6DrS3mnu_511HlQcRpxYlG03Xs-' \
+   + '_znXNiJWI9nLOkRLkiiFwIpeUYMTGfUF5-t9fP5DGmzDLEt04DCx703j3nPf' \
+   + '29v_RWkU7gXw_44m2oAFIaKGmYlu4Z0bKyu9k5WXfL9Dy6YKKnpcR5CiaFsG' \
+   + 'rccNRkAPYm-eYGAFUV8M59f8StsGd_M-gHKGS9fLok7EhwBWjHxBJ2Kv8hsT' \
+   + '87zftP2gMJOevTdNnezw2Y5WOx-ZotgeheCW1BYCFcRqatlov21PHp22NGVG' \
+   + '8ZuBNAFW0bE99WSdyT7dUIvzeWCLJpbdSsq-3FUUZkxbRdFYlGd8vY1UgVAp' \
+   + 'OSie2uAmpgLFXygO-VfNBBZ68Q7gAap2QtzHCiKD5cFYwH3LPgVJ-DoZvJ6k' \
+   + 'alt34TaYiJphgiqFKV4SCeVmLWTkr0SF3xakSR78yYJU_d41D2ng-TojA9XZ' \
+   + 'uR2ZqjSvPKOWvjimu89YhFOgJxG1Po8Henj5h9OL9VXXvdvlJwBSAKw1E3FV' \
+   + '7UHWiglMxPblfxqou1cYckMYkFeIMCD2SBtju68mBiQh2k328XRPTsQ_ocby' \
+   + 'cgVKnleGperqbD6crRk3Z9xE5sVCjujn9JNVI-7mqOITMZ0kntq9uJ3R5n25' \
+   + 'Vec0TJ0P19nEtvjY0nJIrIjtnBg=='
+
+
 def test_generate_user_keys():
    key = generate_user_key()
    assert Fernet(key)
@ -49,3 +63,16 @@ def test_query_decryption(client):

    with client.session_transaction() as session:
        assert valid_user_session(session)
+
+
+def test_prefs_url(client):
+    base_url = f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=wikipedia'
+    rv = client.get(base_url)
+    assert rv._status_code == 200
+    assert b'wikipedia.org' in rv.data
+    assert b'ja.wikipedia.org' not in rv.data
+
+    rv = client.get(f'{base_url}&preferences={JAPAN_PREFS}')
+    assert rv._status_code == 200
+    assert b'ja.wikipedia.org' in rv.data
+
--- a/whoogle.template.env
+++ b/whoogle.template.env
@ -85,3 +85,9 @@

 # Set custom CSS styling/theming
 #WHOOGLE_CONFIG_STYLE=":root { /* LIGHT THEME COLORS */ --whoogle-background: #d8dee9; --whoogle-accent: #2e3440; --whoogle-text: #3B4252; --whoogle-contrast-text: #eceff4; --whoogle-secondary-text: #70757a; --whoogle-result-bg: #fff; --whoogle-result-title: #4c566a; --whoogle-result-url: #81a1c1; --whoogle-result-visited: #a3be8c; /* DARK THEME COLORS */ --whoogle-dark-background: #222; --whoogle-dark-accent: #685e79; --whoogle-dark-text: #fff; --whoogle-dark-contrast-text: #000; --whoogle-dark-secondary-text: #bbb; --whoogle-dark-result-bg: #000; --whoogle-dark-result-title: #1967d2; --whoogle-dark-result-url: #4b11a8; --whoogle-dark-result-visited: #bbbbff; }"
+
+# Enable preferences encryption (requires key)
+#WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_ENCRYPTED=1
+
+# Set Key to encode config in url
+#WHOOGLE_CONFIG_PREFERENCES_KEY="NEEDS_TO_BE_MODIFIED"