Engine stats - qwant images

Engine name	Scores	Result count	Response time	Reliability
qwant images				0

Errors and exceptions

Exception	searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException	Percentage	50
Parameter	CAPTCHA
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:199
Function	parse_web_api
Code	raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()

Exception	json.decoder.JSONDecodeError	Percentage	50
Parameter	Expecting value
Filename	searx/engines/qwant.py:190
Function	parse_web_api
Code	search_results = loads(resp.text)

**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: 2025.8.24+a0ff17379

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Error
  * Error: searx.exceptions.SearxEngineCaptchaException
  * Percentage: 50
  * Parameters: `('CAPTCHA',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:199`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `raise SearxEngineCaptchaException()`

Error
  * Error: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError
  * Percentage: 50
  * Parameters: `('Expecting value',)`
  * File name: `searx/engines/qwant.py:190`
  * Function: `parse_web_api`
  * Code: `search_results = loads(resp.text)`

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