Engine stats - google images

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
google images				0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	100
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/google_images.py:90
Function	response
Code	json_data = loads(resp.text[json_start:])

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Repository: https://github.com/searxng/searxng
Branch: unknown
Version: 2025.11.29+c954e71f8

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Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 100
  * Parameters: `('Expecting value',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/google_images.py:90`
  * Function: `response`
  * Code: `json_data = loads(resp.text[json_start:])`

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