fixed defective websearch

koboldcpp.py

@@ -1281,6 +1281,9 @@ def detokenize_ids(tokids):
 def websearch(query):
     global websearch_lastquery
     global websearch_lastresponse
+    # sanitize query
+    query = re.sub(r'[+\-\"\\/*^|<>~`]', '', query) # Remove blacklisted characters
+    query = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', query).strip() # Replace multiple spaces with a single space
     if not query or query=="":
         return []
     query = query[:300] # only search first 300 chars, due to search engine limits
@@ -1406,9 +1409,12 @@ def websearch(query):
         titles = parser.titles[:num_results]
         searchurls = parser.urls[:num_results]
         descs = parser.descs[:num_results]
-        fetchedcontent = fetch_webpages_parallel(searchurls)
-        if len(descs)==0:
+
+        if len(descs)==0 or len(titles)==0 or len(descs)==0:
             utfprint("No results found! Maybe something went wrong...",1)
+            return []
+
+        fetchedcontent = fetch_webpages_parallel(searchurls)
         for i in range(len(descs)):
             # dive into the results to try and get even more details
             title = titles[i]
@@ -1439,7 +1445,7 @@ def websearch(query):
 
     except Exception as e:
         utfprint(f"Error fetching URL {search_url}: {e}",1)
-        return ""
+        return []
     if len(searchresults) > 0:
         websearch_lastquery = query
         websearch_lastresponse = searchresults