Engine stats - ask

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	10
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/ask.py:53
Function	response
Code	json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)

Exception	httpx.ConnectTimeout	Percentage	0
Parameter	NoneNonewww.ask.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

Exception	httpx.HTTPStatusError	Percentage	0
Parameter	400Bad Requestwww.ask.com
Filename	searx/search/processors/online.py:116
Function	_send_http_request
Code	response = req(params['url'], **request_args)

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