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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);
+};