Engine stats - ask

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

ask

0.3

0.8

	Total	HTTP	Processing
Median	0.8	0.7	0.1
P80	0.9	0.8	0.1
P95	1.4	1.3	0.1

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	5
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/ask.py:53
Function	response
Code	json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	0
Parameter	Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes
Filename	searx/engines/ask.py:53
Function	response
Code	json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)

**Version of SearXNG, commit number if you are using on master branch and stipulate if you forked SearXNG**
Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: master
Version: 2025.9.27+87bc97776

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 5
  * Parameters: `('Expecting value',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/ask.py:53`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)`

Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 0
  * Parameters: `('Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/ask.py:53`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `json_resp = utils.js_variable_to_python(script)`

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