From 40b94c953ba043f0a1c0e883551a10e351f98601 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martin <martinlendather@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 21:35:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix :  #338 python not found for key generation

---
 start_services.cmd | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/start_services.cmd b/start_services.cmd
index d4d1102..efce1a2 100644
--- a/start_services.cmd
+++ b/start_services.cmd
@@ -7,20 +7,32 @@ if "%1"=="full" (
     echo !msg!
 )
 
-
-where openssl >nul 2>&1
+@echo off
+openssl rand -hex 32 >nul 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
     for /f %%i in ('openssl rand -hex 32') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i
-) else (
-    where python >nul 2>&1
-    if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
-        for /f %%i in ('python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i
-    ) else (
-        echo Error: Neither openssl nor python is available to generate a secret key.
-        exit /b 2
-    )
+    goto :key_generated
 )
 
+python --version >nul 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+    for /f %%i in ('python -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i
+    goto :key_generated
+)
+
+py --version >nul 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 (
+    for /f %%i in ('py -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))"') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i
+    goto :key_generated
+)
+
+echo Error: Neither openssl nor python is available to generate a secret key.
+echo Please install Python from https://python.org or OpenSSL
+exit /b 2
+
+:key_generated
+echo Secret key generated successfully
+
 REM Generate secret key
 for /f %%i in ('powershell -command "[System.Web.Security.Membership]::GeneratePassword(64,0)"') do set SEARXNG_SECRET_KEY=%%i