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/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#include "nsISupports.idl"

interface nsIURI;
interface nsIInputStream;

[scriptable, uuid(5799251f-5b55-4df7-a9e7-0c27812c469a)]
interface nsISearchSubmission : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * The POST data associated with a search submission, wrapped in a MIME
   * input stream. May be null.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIInputStream postData;

  /**
   * The URI to submit a search to.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIURI uri;
};

[scriptable, uuid(620bd920-0491-48c8-99a8-d6047e64802d)]
interface nsISearchEngine : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * Gets a nsISearchSubmission object that contains information about what to
   * send to the search engine, including the URI and postData, if applicable.
   *
   * @param searchTerms
   *   The search term(s) for the submission.
   *
   * @param responseType [optional]
   *   The MIME type that we'd like to receive in response
   *   to this submission.  If null, will default to "text/html".
   *
   * @param purpose [optional]
   *   A string that indicates the context of the search request. This may then
   *   be used to provide different submission data depending on the context.
   *
   * @returns nsISearchSubmission
   *   The submission data. If no appropriate submission can be determined for
   *   the request type, this may be null.
   */
  nsISearchSubmission getSubmission(in AString searchTerms,
                                    [optional] in AString responseType,
                                    [optional] in AString purpose);
  /**
   * Returns the search term of a possible search result URI if and only if:
   * - The URI has the same scheme, host, and path as the engine.
   * - All query parameters of the URI have a matching name and value in the engine.
   * - An exception to the equality check is the engine's termsParameterName
   *   value, which contains a placeholder, i.e. {searchTerms}.
   * - If an engine has query parameters with "null" values, they will be ignored.
   *
   * @param  uri
   *         A URI that may or may not be from a search result matching the engine.
   *
   * @returns A string representing the termsParameterName value of the URI,
   *          or an empty string if the URI isn't matched to the engine.
   */
  AString searchTermFromResult(in nsIURI uri);

  /**
   * Returns the name of the parameter used for the search terms for a submission
   * URL of type `SearchUtils.URL_TYPE.SEARCH`.
   *
   * @returns A string which is the name of the parameter, or empty string
   *          if no parameter cannot be found or is not supported (e.g. POST).
   */
  readonly attribute AString searchUrlQueryParamName;

  /**
   * Returns the public suffix for the submission URL of type
   * `SearchUtils.URL_TYPE.SEARCH`.
   *
   * @returns A string which is a known public suffix, or empty string
   *          if one cannot be found.
   */
  readonly attribute AString searchUrlPublicSuffix;

  /**
   * Determines whether the engine can return responses in the given
   * MIME type.  Returns true if the engine spec has a URL with the
   * given responseType, false otherwise.
   *
   * @param responseType
   *        The MIME type to check for
   */
  boolean supportsResponseType(in AString responseType);

  /**
   * Returns a string with the URL to an engine's icon matching both width and
   * height. Returns null if icon with specified dimensions is not found.
   *
   * @param width
   *        Width of the requested icon.
   * @param height
   *        Height of the requested icon.
   */
  AString getIconURLBySize(in long width, in long height);

  /**
   * Gets an array of all available icons. Each entry is an object with
   * width, height and url properties. width and height are numeric and
   * represent the icon's dimensions. url is a string with the URL for
   * the icon.
   */
  jsval getIcons();

  /**
   * Opens a speculative connection to the engine's search URI
   * (and suggest URI, if different) to reduce request latency
   *
   * @param  options
   *         An object that must contain the following fields:
   *         {window} the content window for the window performing the search
   *         {originAttributes} the originAttributes for performing the search
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_INVALID_ARG if options is omitted or lacks required
   *         elemeents
   */
  void speculativeConnect(in jsval options);

  /**
   * An optional shortcut alias for the engine.
   * When not an empty string, this is a unique identifier.
   */
  attribute AString alias;

  /**
   * An array of aliases including the user defined alias and
   * ones specified by the webextensions keywords field.
   */
  readonly attribute Array<AString> aliases;

  /**
   * A text description describing the engine.
   */
  readonly attribute AString description;

  /**
   * Whether the engine should be hidden from the user.
   */
  attribute boolean hidden;

  /**
   * A nsIURI corresponding to the engine's icon, stored locally. May be null.
   */
  readonly attribute nsIURI iconURI;

  /**
   * The display name of the search engine. This is a unique identifier.
   */
  readonly attribute AString name;

  /**
   * The display of the search engine id. This is a unique identifier.
   */
  readonly attribute AString id;

  /**
   * The searchForm URL points to the engine's organic search page. This should
   * not contain neither search term parameters nor partner codes, but may
   * contain parameters which set the engine in the correct way.
   *
   * This URL is typically the prePath and filePath of the search submission URI,
   * but may vary for different engines. For example, some engines may use a
   * different domain, e.g. https://sub.example.com for the search URI but
   * https://example.org/ for the organic search page.
   */
  readonly attribute AString searchForm;

  /**
   * A boolean to indicate if we should send an attribution request to Mozilla's
   * server.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean sendAttributionRequest;

  /**
   * The identifier to use for this engine when submitting to telemetry.
   */
  readonly attribute AString telemetryId;

  /**
   * An optional unique identifier for this search engine within the context of
   * the distribution, as provided by the distributing entity.
   */
  readonly attribute AString identifier;

  /**
   * Whether or not this engine is provided by the application, e.g. it is
   * in the list of configured search engines.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean isAppProvided;

  /**
   * Whether or not this engine is an in-memory only search engine.
   * These engines are typically application provided or policy engines,
   * where they are loaded every time on SearchService initialization
   * using the policy JSON or the extension manifest. Minimal details of the
   * in-memory engines are saved to disk, but they are never loaded
   * from the user's saved settings file.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean inMemory;

  /**
   * Whether or not this engine is a "general" search engine, e.g. is it for
   * generally searching the web, or does it have a specific purpose like
   * shopping.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean isGeneralPurposeEngine;

  /**
  * The domain from which search results are returned for this engine.
  *
  * @return the domain of the the search URL.
  */
readonly attribute AString searchUrlDomain;

};

[scriptable, uuid(0dc93e51-a7bf-4a16-862d-4b3469ff6206)]
interface nsISearchParseSubmissionResult : nsISupports
{
  /**
   * The search engine associated with the URL passed in to
   * nsISearchEngine::parseSubmissionURL, or null if the URL does not represent
   * a search submission.
   */
  readonly attribute nsISearchEngine engine;

  /**
   * String containing the sought terms.  This can be an empty string in case no
   * terms were specified or the URL does not represent a search submission.
   */
  readonly attribute AString terms;

  /**
   * The name of the query parameter used by `engine` for queries. E.g. "q".
   */
  readonly attribute AString termsParameterName;
};

[scriptable, uuid(0301834b-2630-440e-8b98-db8dc55f34b9)]
interface nsISearchService : nsISupports
{
  const unsigned long ERROR_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE = 0x1;
  const unsigned long ERROR_DUPLICATE_ENGINE = 0x2;
  const unsigned long ERROR_ENGINE_CORRUPTED = 0x3;

  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_UNKNOWN = 0x0;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_USER = 0x1;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_USER_PRIVATE_SPLIT = 0x2;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_USER_SEARCHBAR = 0x3;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_USER_SEARCHBAR_CONTEXT = 0x4;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_ADDON_INSTALL = 0x5;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_ADDON_UNINSTALL = 0x6;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_CONFIG = 0x7;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_LOCALE = 0x8;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_REGION = 0x9;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_EXPERIMENT = 0xA;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_ENTERPRISE = 0xB;
  const unsigned short CHANGE_REASON_UITOUR = 0xC;

  /**
   * Start asynchronous initialization.
   *
   * The promise is resolved once initialization is complete, which may be
   * immediately, if initialization has already been completed by some previous
   * call to this method.
   * This method should only be called when you need or want to wait for the
   * full initialization of the search service.
   */
  Promise init();

  /**
   * Determine whether initialization has been completed.
   *
   * Clients of the service can use this attribute to quickly determine whether
   * initialization is complete, and decide to trigger some immediate treatment,
   * to launch asynchronous initialization or to bailout.
   *
   * Note that this attribute does not indicate that initialization has succeeded.
   *
   * @return |true| if the search service is now initialized, |false| if
   * initialization has not been triggered yet.
   */
  readonly attribute bool isInitialized;

  /**
   * Determine whether initialization has been completed successfully.
   *
   */
  readonly attribute bool hasSuccessfullyInitialized;


  /**
   * Runs background checks; Designed to be run on idle.
   */
  Promise runBackgroundChecks();

  /**
   * Resets the default engine to its app default engine value.
   */
  Promise resetToAppDefaultEngine();

  /**
   * Adds a new Open Search engine from the file at the supplied URI.
   *
   * @param engineURL
   *        The URL to the search engine's description file.
   *
   * @param iconURL
   *        A URL string to an icon file to be used as the search engine's
   *        icon. This value may be overridden by an icon specified in the
   *        engine description file.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if the description file cannot be successfully
   *         loaded.
   */
  Promise addOpenSearchEngine(in AString engineURL, in AString iconURL);

  /**
   * Adds a new search engine defined by the user.
   *
   * @param name
   *        The name of the engine.
   * @param url
   *        The url of the engine with %s denoting where to
   *        replace the search term.
   * @param alias [optional]
   *        The alias to refer to the engine.
   */
  Promise addUserEngine(in AString name,
                        in AString url,
                        [optional] in AString alias);

  /**
   * Adds search providers to the search service.  If the search
   * service is configured to load multiple locales for the extension,
   * it may load more than one search engine. If called directly
   * ensure the extension has been initialised.
   *
   * @param extension
   *        The extension to load from.
   * @returns Promise that resolves when finished.
   */
  Promise addEnginesFromExtension(in jsval extension);

  /**
   * Un-hides all engines in the set of engines returned by getAppProvidedEngines.
   */
  void restoreDefaultEngines();

  /**
   * Returns an engine with the specified alias.
   *
   * @param   alias
   *          The search engine's alias.
   * @returns The corresponding nsISearchEngine object, or null if it doesn't
   *          exist.
   */
  Promise getEngineByAlias(in AString alias);

  /**
   * Returns an engine with the specified name.
   *
   * @param   aEngineName
   *          The name of the engine.
   * @returns The corresponding nsISearchEngine object, or null if it doesn't
   *          exist.
   */
  nsISearchEngine getEngineByName(in AString aEngineName);


  /**
   * Returns an engine with the specified Id.
   *
   * @param   aEngineId
   *          The Id of the engine.
   * @returns The corresponding nsISearchEngine object, or null if it doesn't
   *          exist.
   */
  nsISearchEngine getEngineById(in AString aEngineId);

  /**
   * Returns an array of all installed search engines.
   * The array is sorted either to the user requirements or the default order.
   *
   * @returns an array of nsISearchEngine objects.
   */
  Promise getEngines();

  /**
   * Returns an array of all installed search engines whose hidden attribute is
   * false.
   * The array is sorted either to the user requirements or the default order.
   *
   * @returns an array of nsISearchEngine objects.
   */
  Promise getVisibleEngines();

  /**
   * Returns an array of all default search engines. This includes all loaded
   * engines that aren't in the user's profile directory.
   * The array is sorted to the default order.
   *
   * @returns an array of nsISearchEngine objects.
   */
  Promise getAppProvidedEngines();

  /**
   * Returns an array of search engines installed by a given extension.
   *
   * @returns an array of nsISearchEngine objects.
   */
  Promise getEnginesByExtensionID(in AString extensionID);

  /**
   * Moves a visible search engine.
   *
   * @param  engine
   *         The engine to move.
   * @param  newIndex
   *         The engine's new index in the set of visible engines.
   *
   * @throws NS_ERROR_FAILURE if newIndex is out of bounds, or if engine is
   *         hidden.
   */
  Promise moveEngine(in nsISearchEngine engine, in long newIndex);

  /**
   * Removes the search engine. If the search engine is installed in a global
   * location, this will just hide the engine. If the engine is in the user's
   * profile directory, it will be removed from disk.
   *
   * @param  engine
   *         The engine to remove.
   */
  Promise removeEngine(in nsISearchEngine engine);

  /**
   * Notify nsSearchService that an extension has been removed. Removes any
   * engines that are associated with that extension.
   *
   * @param  id
   *         The id of the extension.
   */
  Promise removeWebExtensionEngine(in AString id);

  /**
   * The Application Default Engine object that is the default for this region,
   * ignoring changes the user may have subsequently made.
   */
  readonly attribute nsISearchEngine appDefaultEngine;

  /**
   * The Application Default Engine object that is the default for this region when in
   * private browsing mode, ignoring changes the user may have subsequently made.
   */
  readonly attribute nsISearchEngine appPrivateDefaultEngine;

  /**
   * The currently active search engine.
   * Unless the application doesn't ship any search plugin, this should never
   * be null. If the currently active engine is removed, this attribute will
   * fallback first to the application default engine if it's not hidden, then to
   * the first visible engine, and as a last resort it will unhide the app
   * default engine.
   */
  attribute nsISearchEngine defaultEngine;

  Promise getDefault();
  Promise setDefault(in nsISearchEngine engine, in unsigned short changeSource);

  /**
   * The currently active search engine for private browsing mode.
   * @see defaultEngine.
   */
  attribute nsISearchEngine defaultPrivateEngine;

  Promise getDefaultPrivate();
  Promise setDefaultPrivate(
    in nsISearchEngine engine,
    in unsigned short changeSource);

  /**
   * Whether to display the "Search in Private Window" result in the urlbar.
   */
  readonly attribute boolean separatePrivateDefaultUrlbarResultEnabled;

  /**
   * Allows the add-on manager to discover if a WebExtension based search engine
   * may change the default to an application provided search engine.
   * If that WebExtension is on the allow list, then it will override the
   * built-in engine's urls and parameters.
   *
   *  @param extension
   *        The extension to load from.
   *  @returns An object with two booleans:
   *        - canChangeToAppProvided: indicates if the WebExtension engine may
   *            set the named engine as default e.g. it is application provided.
   *        - canInstallEngine: indicates if the WebExtension engine may be
   *            installed, e.g. it is not an app-provided engine.
   */
  Promise maybeSetAndOverrideDefault(in jsval extension);

  /**
   * Gets a representation of the default engine in an anonymized JSON
   * string suitable for recording in the Telemetry environment.
   *
   * @return {object} result
   *   contains anonymized info about the default engine(s).
   * @return {string} result.defaultSearchEngine
   *   contains the telemetry id of the default engine.
   * @return {object} result.defaultSearchEngineData
   *   contains information about the default engine:
   *     name, loadPath, original submissionURL
   * @return {string} [result.defaultPrivateSearchEngine]
   *   only returned if the preference for having a separate engine in private
   *   mode is turned on.
   *   contains the telemetry id of the default engine for private browsing mode.
   * @return {object} [result.defaultPrivateSearchEngineData]
   *   only returned if the preference for having a separate engine in private
   *   mode is turned on.
   *   contains information about the default engine for private browsing mode:
   *     name, loadPath, original submissionURL
   */
  jsval getDefaultEngineInfo();

  /**
   * Determines if the provided URL represents results from a search engine, and
   * provides details about the match.
   *
   * The lookup mechanism checks whether the domain name and path of the
   * provided HTTP or HTTPS URL matches one of the known values for the visible
   * search engines.  The match does not depend on which of the schemes is used.
   * The expected URI parameter for the search terms must exist in the query
   * string, but other parameters are ignored.
   *
   * @param url
   *        String containing the URL to parse, for example
   *        "https://www.google.com/search?q=terms".
   */
  nsISearchParseSubmissionResult parseSubmissionURL(in AString url);
};