Engine stats - pexels

Engine name

Scores

Result count

Response time

Reliability

pexels

0.2

0.8

	Total	HTTP
Median	0.8	0.8
P80	1.0	1.0
P95	1.2	1.2

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAPIException	Percentage	20
Parameter	failed to obtain secret key
Filename	searx/engines/pexels.py:53
Function	_get_secret_key
Code	raise SearxEngineAPIException("failed to obtain secret key")

**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: 2026.3.13+3c1f68c59

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineAPIException
  * Percentage: 20
  * Parameters: `('failed to obtain secret key',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/pexels.py:53`
  * Function: `_get_secret_key`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineAPIException("failed to obtain secret key")`

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