From 2fd582d457bc5e4ed76b96b6157d3b529f62783b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexandre Flament <alex@al-f.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 19:14:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] /autocompleter: return HTTP 400 when q is empty as
 intent.

Fix commit c225db45c8a4ab466bff049216f7e0189dc1b067
---
 searx/webapp.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 89cbed3b..f9133e6f 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ def autocompleter():
     disabled_engines = request.preferences.engines.get_disabled()
 
     # parse query
-    raw_text_query = RawTextQuery(str(request.form.get('q', b'')), disabled_engines)
+    raw_text_query = RawTextQuery(request.form.get('q', ''), disabled_engines)
 
     # check if search query is set
     if not raw_text_query.getSearchQuery():