whoogle.env path for "pip" version

[dave0003]

I'll leave this here for anyone searching for the correct path to put the whoogle.env file for a "pip install whoogle-search" installation, since I couldn't find it specified anywhere and it took awhile to figure out.

It should go directly in "site-packages". For example, if your virtual environment is /home/user/whoogle:

/home/user/whoogle/lib/python3.11/site-packages/whoogle.env

(python version might be different)

I located it here:

~/whoogle/lib/python3.11/site-packages/app/__init__.py
dot_env_path = (
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
    '../whoogle.env'))

So one level up from that script: site-packages.

[vdbhb59]

What if it is not a virtual environment, or is it necessary to have one? I simply cannot find the env file path or where to set these values, which file and where? Do I need to create it, or is it already available?

[dave0003]

If it's not installed in a virtual environment, try to find where it's installed. Maybe /lib/python3.11 or /lib/python3/dist-packages ?

I don't remember for sure, but I don't think the file existed already. The filename is whoogle.env. This is mine, for example, to specify a socks5 proxy to be used.

WHOOGLE_PROXY_TYPE=socks5h
WHOOGLE_PROXY_LOC=127.0.0.1:8320
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_COUNTRY=US
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_LANGUAGE=lang_en
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_SEARCH_LANGUAGE=lang_en
WHOOGLE_CONFIG_THEME=dark

[vdbhb59]

/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
whoogle-search-0.8.4 package
Do I save the whoogle.env file inside the whoogle-search-.0.8.4/ folder or outside at /python3/dist-packages?
Also, does it need any special permissions? I will set the systemd autorun as well, but this whole whoogle.env has me bonkers.

[dave0003]

I'd try saving it one level up, in dist-packages. It shouldn't need any special permissions, as long as it can read it.