Add a custom search engine currently not possible to add

[Grienauer]

Hi,

I am running SearXNG on Cloudron and ran into a limitation with custom search engines.

My goal is quite small: I only want to add one custom engine .py file for SearXNG.

The issue is that SearXNG expects custom Python engine files to live inside its internal engine directory, but in the Cloudron app setup that location is read-only. I currently only have write access to /app/data, which is fine for config, but not enough for adding a custom engine module.

So at the moment I can adjust settings.yml, but I cannot actually place the corresponding custom engine file where SearXNG can import it.

What I would need is one of these options:

• a way to map or mount a single file from /app/data into the internal SearXNG engines directory
• or any Cloudron-supported mechanism to override one app file without rebuilding the whole app

My use case is not to modify the app broadly. I just want to provide one custom search engine file and keep it persistent across updates.
And I don't want to replace ALL search engines.

Is there some solution/workaround, because currently, I guess it is not possible to extend the app.

Thank you!