Recipe search settings section (#83)

Co-authored-by: dev_agent <dev_agent@cubecraftlabs.com>

README.md

@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ export MEALQUEST_OIDC_ALLOWED_GROUPS=mealquest-admin
 # X-Forwarded-For/-Proto headers are honoured (production: Traefik). Unset
 # trusts no peer, which is right for local development.
 # export MEALQUEST_TRUSTED_PROXY=10.60.1.33
+# Optional: a SearXNG instance the Settings screen suggests as the recipe
+# search URL until one is saved.
+# export MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL=http://localhost:8888
 export MEALQUEST_DEFAULT_TZ=America/New_York
 make dev
 ```
@@ -53,8 +56,9 @@ make dev
 http://localhost:5173. Configuration is environment-only and fails fast:
 every variable above is required except the commented-out session
 lifetimes (when set they must be positive, with MAX at least IDLE),
-trusted proxy list (every entry must be an IP or CIDR) and
-`MEALQUEST_DEFAULT_TZ`, and
+trusted proxy list (every entry must be an IP or CIDR), the SearXNG URL
+(an absolute `http://` or `https://` URL without credentials, a query or a
+fragment) and `MEALQUEST_DEFAULT_TZ`, and
 secrets are read only from files named by `*_FILE` variables. `MEALQUEST_PUBLIC_URL`, `MEALQUEST_OIDC_ISSUER` and the
 endpoints the issuer advertises must be `https://`; plain `http://` is
 accepted only for `localhost`, `127.0.0.1` and `[::1]`.

cmd/server/main.go

@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ func run(cfg config.Config, logger *slog.Logger) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	search, err := recipes.NewSearchSettingsService(db, box)
+	search, err := recipes.NewSearchSettingsService(db, box, cfg.SearXNGURL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", config.EnvSearXNGURL, err)
 	}
 
 	ai, err := aisettings.New(db, box, cfg.PublicURL.String())

deploy/.env.example

@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ MEALQUEST_SESSION_MAX=4320h
 # MEALQUEST_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET_FILE=/run/secrets/oidc_client_secret
 #   The Authentik provider's client secret.
 # MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL=http://searxng:8080
-#   The SearXNG recipe-search sidecar on the compose network. Planned; not
-#   read by the service yet. The app takes its recipe-search provider and
-#   base URL from PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search; see
-#   deploy/RUNBOOK.md "Recipe search (SearXNG)".
+#   The SearXNG recipe-search sidecar on the compose network. The Settings
+#   screen pre-fills it as the SearXNG URL until one is saved; the saved
+#   provider and base URL come from PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search.
+#   See deploy/RUNBOOK.md "Recipe search (SearXNG)".
 
 # --- Planned; not read by the service yet -------------------------------------
 #

deploy/RUNBOOK.md

@@ -417,15 +417,23 @@ The `searxng` service in `deploy/compose.yaml` is a private SearXNG
 instance for recipe search. On the compose network it is reachable at
 `http://searxng:8080`; that is the address to configure in the app.
 
-Starting the sidecar does not connect the app to it. The service does not
-read `MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL`: `deploy/compose.yaml` sets it for a future
-wiring, and today it does nothing. The recipe-search provider and base URL
-live in the `recipe_search_settings` row and are set through
-`GET`/`PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search` (the API behind the Settings
-screen's recipe search; the screen itself is not built yet). Until that row
-exists, recipe search answers 409 `not_configured`.
+Starting the sidecar does not connect the app to it. The recipe-search
+provider and base URL live in the `recipe_search_settings` row and are set
+through `GET`/`PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search` (the API behind the
+recipe search card on Settings → AI assistant). Until that row exists,
+recipe search answers 409 `not_configured`.
 
-After the first deploy, from a signed-in session (every non-`GET` request
+`deploy/compose.yaml` sets `MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL=http://searxng:8080`.
+The service only suggests it: `GET` returns it as `default_base_url`, and
+the recipe search card pre-fills the SearXNG URL with it while no URL is
+saved. Nothing is stored until the card is saved, and a saved `base_url`
+always wins. A set value must be an absolute `http://` or `https://` URL
+without credentials, a query or a fragment, or the service refuses to
+start; unset, `default_base_url` is `null`.
+
+To set it up, open Settings → AI assistant, check that the recipe search
+card shows SearXNG with `http://searxng:8080`, select **Save recipe search**
+and then **Test**. Or, from a signed-in session (every non-`GET` request
 needs the `X-MealQuest-CSRF` header set to `csrfToken` from
 `GET /api/v1/me`):
 

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ automatic** (D-021).
   the Brave key (`api_key`, write-only: responses carry only
   `api_key_set` and `api_key_last4`; an empty string removes it). The
   result must be usable: SearXNG needs a base_url, Brave a key.
+  Responses also carry the read-only `default_base_url`, the deployment's
+  `MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL` (or null), which the client pre-fills while no
+  base_url is saved; only a PATCH of base_url stores a URL.
   `POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test` searches "chicken tikka
   masala" and returns `{query, count}`, 409 `not_configured`, or 502
   `search_failed` with the provider's error.

internal/config/config.go

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ const (
 	EnvTrustedProxy = "MEALQUEST_TRUSTED_PROXY"
 
 	EnvDefaultTZ = "MEALQUEST_DEFAULT_TZ"
+
+	EnvSearXNGURL = "MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL"
 )
 
 // Session lifetime defaults (D-004): long enough that the kitchen tablet
@@ -73,6 +75,13 @@ type Config struct {
 	// validates it only while the settings do not exist yet, and ignores it
 	// once they do. Empty when unset.
 	DefaultTZ string
+
+	// SearXNGURL is the deployment's SearXNG instance, which the Settings
+	// screen suggests while no recipe-search URL is saved. It is optional
+	// and validated by recipes.NewSearchSettingsService: the compose
+	// network's http://searxng:8080 is neither https nor loopback, so the
+	// secure-URL rule does not apply. Empty when unset.
+	SearXNGURL string
 }
 
 // PublicOrigin returns the scheme and host of PublicURL, the only parts of it
@@ -107,6 +116,8 @@ func load(lookup func(string) (string, bool)) (Config, error) {
 		TrustedProxy: r.trustedProxy(EnvTrustedProxy),
 
 		DefaultTZ: r.optional(EnvDefaultTZ),
+
+		SearXNGURL: r.optional(EnvSearXNGURL),
 	}
 	if cfg.SessionIdle > 0 && cfg.SessionMax > 0 && cfg.SessionMax < cfg.SessionIdle {
 		r.fail(EnvSessionMax, "must be at least %s (%s)", EnvSessionIdle, cfg.SessionIdle)

internal/config/config_test.go

@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ func TestLoadValues(t *testing.T) {
 		EnvOIDCAllowedGroups:    " mealquest-admin ,family",
 
 		EnvDefaultTZ: "Europe/London",
+
+		EnvSearXNGURL: "http://searxng:8080",
 	}
 	cfg, err := load(func(k string) (string, bool) { v, ok := env[k]; return v, ok })
 	if err != nil {
@@ -480,6 +482,9 @@ func TestLoadValues(t *testing.T) {
 	if cfg.DefaultTZ != "Europe/London" {
 		t.Errorf("DefaultTZ = %q, want Europe/London", cfg.DefaultTZ)
 	}
+	if cfg.SearXNGURL != "http://searxng:8080" {
+		t.Errorf("SearXNGURL = %q, want http://searxng:8080", cfg.SearXNGURL)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSecretRedacted(t *testing.T) {

internal/recipes/searchsettings.go

@@ -30,10 +30,15 @@ var ErrSearchNotConfigured = errors.New("recipes: recipe search is not configure
 type SearchSettings struct {
 	// Provider is "searxng" or "brave", nil until first chosen.
 	Provider *string `json:"provider"`
-	// BaseURL is the SearXNG instance's URL, nil when not set.
-	BaseURL     *string `json:"base_url"`
-	APIKeySet   bool    `json:"api_key_set"`
-	APIKeyLast4 *string `json:"api_key_last4"`
+	// BaseURL is the saved SearXNG instance's URL, nil when not set.
+	BaseURL *string `json:"base_url"`
+	// DefaultBaseURL is the deployment's SearXNG URL
+	// (MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL), for the client to suggest while BaseURL is
+	// not set. It is never saved by itself: only a PATCH of base_url saves
+	// a URL. Nil when the deployment names none.
+	DefaultBaseURL *string `json:"default_base_url"`
+	APIKeySet      bool    `json:"api_key_set"`
+	APIKeyLast4    *string `json:"api_key_last4"`
 	// UpdatedAt is nil until the settings are first saved.
 	UpdatedAt *string `json:"updated_at"`
 }
@@ -75,32 +80,49 @@ func (e *SearchSettingsError) Error() string {
 type SearchSettingsService struct {
 	st  *store.Store
 	box *secretbox.Box
+	// defaultBaseURL is SearchSettings.DefaultBaseURL, "" for none.
+	defaultBaseURL string
 	// newProvider is NewSearchProvider; tests point Brave elsewhere.
 	newProvider func(db.RecipeSearchSetting, *secretbox.Box) (SearchProvider, error)
 }
 
 // NewSearchSettingsService returns the service over st, sealing keys with
-// box.
-func NewSearchSettingsService(st *store.Store, box *secretbox.Box) (*SearchSettingsService, error) {
+// box. defaultBaseURL is the deployment's SearXNG URL, "" for none; a set
+// one must be a valid SearXNG URL.
+func NewSearchSettingsService(st *store.Store, box *secretbox.Box, defaultBaseURL string) (*SearchSettingsService, error) {
 	if st == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("recipes: nil store")
 	}
 	if box == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("recipes: nil secret box")
 	}
-	return &SearchSettingsService{st: st, box: box, newProvider: NewSearchProvider}, nil
+	if defaultBaseURL != "" {
+		if _, err := NewSearXNG(defaultBaseURL); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("recipes: default SearXNG URL: %s", strings.TrimPrefix(err.Error(), "recipes: "))
+		}
+	}
+	return &SearchSettingsService{st: st, box: box, defaultBaseURL: defaultBaseURL, newProvider: NewSearchProvider}, nil
 }
 
-// Get returns the settings; before any are saved every field is unset.
+// Get returns the settings; before any are saved every field but
+// DefaultBaseURL is unset.
 func (s *SearchSettingsService) Get(ctx context.Context) (SearchSettings, error) {
 	row, err := db.New(s.st.Reader).GetRecipeSearchSettings(ctx)
 	if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) {
-		return SearchSettings{}, nil
+		return SearchSettings{DefaultBaseURL: s.defaultBase()}, nil
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return SearchSettings{}, fmt.Errorf("recipes: read recipe search settings: %w", err)
 	}
-	return searchSettingsFrom(row), nil
+	return s.settingsFrom(row), nil
+}
+
+func (s *SearchSettingsService) defaultBase() *string {
+	if s.defaultBaseURL == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	u := s.defaultBaseURL
+	return &u
 }
 
 // Update applies patch and returns the settings it leaves. The first update
@@ -141,7 +163,7 @@ func (s *SearchSettingsService) Update(ctx context.Context, patch SearchSettings
 	if err != nil {
 		return SearchSettings{}, err
 	}
-	return searchSettingsFrom(saved), nil
+	return s.settingsFrom(saved), nil
 }
 
 // apply returns row with patch applied, validated.
@@ -226,14 +248,15 @@ func (s *SearchSettingsService) TestSearch(ctx context.Context) (int, error) {
 	return len(cands), nil
 }
 
-func searchSettingsFrom(row db.RecipeSearchSetting) SearchSettings {
+func (s *SearchSettingsService) settingsFrom(row db.RecipeSearchSetting) SearchSettings {
 	provider, updated := row.Provider, row.UpdatedAt
 	return SearchSettings{
-		Provider:    &provider,
-		BaseURL:     nullString(row.BaseUrl),
-		APIKeySet:   len(row.ApiKeyCt) > 0,
-		APIKeyLast4: nullString(row.ApiKeyLast4),
-		UpdatedAt:   &updated,
+		Provider:       &provider,
+		BaseURL:        nullString(row.BaseUrl),
+		DefaultBaseURL: s.defaultBase(),
+		APIKeySet:      len(row.ApiKeyCt) > 0,
+		APIKeyLast4:    nullString(row.ApiKeyLast4),
+		UpdatedAt:      &updated,
 	}
 }
 

internal/recipes/searchsettings_test.go

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ import (
 const testBraveKey = "BSA-secret-brave-key-9f3c"
 
 func newTestSearchSettings(t *testing.T) *SearchSettingsService {
+	t.Helper()
+	return newTestSearchSettingsWithDefault(t, "")
+}
+
+// newTestSearchSettingsWithDefault is newTestSearchSettings with
+// defaultBaseURL as the deployment's SearXNG URL.
+func newTestSearchSettingsWithDefault(t *testing.T, defaultBaseURL string) *SearchSettingsService {
 	t.Helper()
 	st, err := store.Open(t.Context(), t.TempDir())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ func newTestSearchSettings(t *testing.T) *SearchSettingsService {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	svc, err := NewSearchSettingsService(st, box)
+	svc, err := NewSearchSettingsService(st, box, defaultBaseURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -124,6 +131,74 @@ func TestSearchSettingsUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSearchSettingsDefaultBaseURL(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	svc := newTestSearchSettingsWithDefault(t, "http://searxng:8080")
+	got, err := svc.Get(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got.DefaultBaseURL == nil || *got.DefaultBaseURL != "http://searxng:8080" || got.BaseURL != nil || got.Provider != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Get before any update = %+v, want only default_base_url set", got)
+	}
+	if _, err := svc.Provider(t.Context()); !errors.Is(err, ErrSearchNotConfigured) {
+		t.Errorf("Provider with only a default error = %v, want ErrSearchNotConfigured", err)
+	}
+
+	// The default is a suggestion: SearXNG still needs a saved URL.
+	if _, err := svc.Update(t.Context(), SearchSettingsPatch{Provider: ptr("searxng")}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("choosing SearXNG without a URL succeeded with a default set")
+	}
+
+	got, err = svc.Update(t.Context(), SearchSettingsPatch{Provider: ptr("searxng"), BaseURL: ptr("https://search.example")})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if *got.BaseURL != "https://search.example" || got.DefaultBaseURL == nil || *got.DefaultBaseURL != "http://searxng:8080" {
+		t.Errorf("Update result = %+v, want the saved URL beside the default", got)
+	}
+	got, err = svc.Get(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if *got.BaseURL != "https://search.example" {
+		t.Errorf("Get base_url = %q, want the saved URL, not the default", *got.BaseURL)
+	}
+	row, err := db.New(svc.st.Reader).GetRecipeSearchSettings(t.Context())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if row.BaseUrl.String != "https://search.example" {
+		t.Errorf("stored base_url = %q", row.BaseUrl.String)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewSearchSettingsServiceRejectsBadDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	st, err := store.Open(t.Context(), t.TempDir())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		if err := st.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+	})
+	key := make([]byte, secretbox.KeySize)
+	rand.Read(key)
+	box, err := secretbox.New(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(key))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, u := range []string{"searxng:8080", "ftp://searxng", "http://user:pw@searxng:8080"} {
+		if _, err := NewSearchSettingsService(st, box, u); err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("NewSearchSettingsService(%q) succeeded", u)
+		} else if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "pw") {
+			t.Errorf("error for %q echoes the URL: %v", u, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSearchSettingsTestSearch(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	searx := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {

internal/server/recipesearch_test.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestRecipeSearchSettingsAPI(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	rec, body := call(http.MethodGet, recipeSearchPath, "")
-	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK || body["provider"] != nil || body["api_key_set"] != false {
+	if def, ok := body["default_base_url"]; rec.Code != http.StatusOK || body["provider"] != nil || body["api_key_set"] != false || !ok || def != nil {
 		t.Errorf("GET unconfigured = %d %v", rec.Code, body)
 	}
 	rec, body = call(http.MethodPost, recipeSearchTestPath, "")

internal/server/server_test.go

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func newTestPhotos(t *testing.T) *recipes.PhotoCache {
 // configured, over a migrated temp database and a random secret box.
 func newTestSearch(t *testing.T) *recipes.SearchSettingsService {
 	t.Helper()
-	search, err := recipes.NewSearchSettingsService(newTestStore(t), newTestBox(t))
+	search, err := recipes.NewSearchSettingsService(newTestStore(t), newTestBox(t), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}

web/src/App.test.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createNetworkStatus } from './pwa/networkStatus.ts'
 import { mockViewport } from './test/matchMedia.ts'
 import { errorResponse, fakeLocation, jsonResponse, ME, request, stubFetch, stubFetchByPath } from './test/fetchStub.ts'
 import App, { routes } from './App.tsx'
-import { AI_SETTINGS, SETTINGS_API } from './test/ApiProviders.tsx'
+import { AI_SETTINGS, RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS, SETTINGS_API } from './test/ApiProviders.tsx'
 import { InDataRouter } from './test/dataRouter.tsx'
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ describe('App routes', () => {
       '/api/v1/me': () => jsonResponse(200, ME),
       '/api/v1/settings/ai': () => jsonResponse(200, AI_SETTINGS),
       '/api/v1/settings/ai/models': () => jsonResponse(200, { models: [] }),
+      '/api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS),
     })
     renderAt('/settings/ai')
     const heading = await screen.findByRole('heading', { level: 1, name: 'AI assistant' })

web/src/settings/AISettingsPage.module.css

@@ -251,3 +251,33 @@
   justify-content: flex-end;
   gap: 10px;
 }
+
+/* Recipe search card, below the AI assistant's actions. */
+.card {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 14px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--color-neutral-300);
+}
+
+.cardTitle {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-family: var(--font-heading);
+  font-size: 22px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+}
+
+.cardLoading {
+  height: 160px;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
+}
+
+.cardActions {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);
+  gap: 10px;
+}
+
+.cardActions > button {
+  min-height: 52px;
+}

web/src/settings/AISettingsPage.test.tsx

@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import { Route, Routes, useLocation } from 'react-router'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi, type Mock } from 'vitest'
 import { ApiProvider, createApiClient, createQueryClient, createVerifiedSession } from '../api/index.ts'
 import { createNetworkStatus } from '../pwa/networkStatus.ts'
-import { AI_SETTINGS } from '../test/ApiProviders.tsx'
+import { AI_SETTINGS, RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS } from '../test/ApiProviders.tsx'
 import { InDataRouter } from '../test/dataRouter.tsx'
 import { errorResponse, fakeLocation, jsonResponse, ME } from '../test/fetchStub.ts'
 import { expectMinHitArea } from '../test/hitArea.ts'
-import { AISettingsPage, formatVerifiedDate, maskedKey } from './AISettingsPage.tsx'
+import { AISettingsPage, formatVerifiedDate } from './AISettingsPage.tsx'
+import { maskedKey } from './api.ts'
 
 const MODELS = {
   models: [
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ function stubAPI(responders: Record<string, Responder> = {}): Mock<typeof fetch>
     'GET /api/v1/me': () => jsonResponse(200, ME),
     'GET /api/v1/settings/ai': () => jsonResponse(200, AI_SETTINGS),
     'GET /api/v1/settings/ai/models': () => jsonResponse(200, MODELS),
+    'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS),
     ...responders,
   }
   const fetchMock = vi.fn<typeof fetch>((input, init) => {
@@ -422,6 +424,277 @@ describe('AISettingsPage', () => {
   })
 })
 
+// apiError is an API error response carrying message.
+function apiError(status: number, code: string, message: string): Response {
+  return jsonResponse(status, { error: { code, message, retryable: false } })
+}
+
+const BRAVE_SETTINGS = { ...RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS, provider: 'brave', api_key_set: true, api_key_last4: 'b7c2' }
+
+describe('Recipe search card', () => {
+  const card = () => screen.getByRole('region', { name: 'Recipe search' })
+  const searxng = () => within(card()).getByRole('radio', { name: 'SearXNG' })
+  const brave = () => within(card()).getByRole('radio', { name: 'Brave' })
+  const url = () => within(card()).getByRole('textbox', { name: 'SearXNG URL' })
+  const saveSearch = () => within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: 'Save recipe search' })
+  const testSearch = () => within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: 'Test' })
+
+  async function renderCard() {
+    await renderPage()
+    await within(card()).findByRole('radiogroup', { name: 'Recipe search provider' })
+  }
+
+  // addKey enters key in the Brave key sheet.
+  function addKey(button: string, key: string) {
+    fireEvent.click(within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: button }))
+    const sheet = screen.getByRole('dialog')
+    fireEvent.change(within(sheet).getByLabelText('Brave API key'), { target: { value: key } })
+    fireEvent.click(within(sheet).getByRole('button', { name: 'Use this key' }))
+  }
+
+  it('shows the saved SearXNG URL', async () => {
+    stubAPI()
+    await renderCard()
+    expect(searxng()).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true')
+    expect(url()).toHaveValue('http://searxng:8080')
+    expect(within(card()).queryByText('Brave API key')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+    expect(testSearch()).toBeEnabled()
+  })
+
+  const UNCONFIGURED = {
+    provider: null,
+    base_url: null,
+    default_base_url: 'http://searxng:8080',
+    api_key_set: false,
+    api_key_last4: null,
+    updated_at: null,
+  }
+
+  it('starts on SearXNG with the deployment\'s URL before recipe search is set up, and saves it', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubAPI({
+      'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, UNCONFIGURED),
+      'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': (body) =>
+        jsonResponse(200, { ...RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS, ...(body as object) }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    expect(searxng()).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true')
+    expect(url()).toHaveValue('http://searxng:8080')
+    expect(testSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeEnabled()
+    fireEvent.click(saveSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByText('Recipe search saved.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(sent(fetchMock)).toEqual([
+      {
+        request: 'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search',
+        body: { provider: 'searxng', base_url: 'http://searxng:8080' },
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('starts with an empty URL when the deployment names no SearXNG', async () => {
+    stubAPI({
+      'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, { ...UNCONFIGURED, default_base_url: null }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    expect(url()).toHaveValue('')
+  })
+
+  it('shows the saved URL, not the deployment\'s', async () => {
+    stubAPI({
+      'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () =>
+        jsonResponse(200, { ...RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS, base_url: 'https://search.example' }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    expect(url()).toHaveValue('https://search.example')
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+  })
+
+  it('switches providers, keeping each provider\'s field', async () => {
+    stubAPI()
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.change(url(), { target: { value: 'https://search.example' } })
+    fireEvent.click(brave())
+    expect(brave()).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true')
+    expect(within(card()).queryByRole('textbox', { name: 'SearXNG URL' })).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('No key stored')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: 'Add key' })).toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    fireEvent.click(searxng())
+    expect(url()).toHaveValue('https://search.example')
+  })
+
+  it('saves a new SearXNG URL', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubAPI({
+      'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': (body) =>
+        jsonResponse(200, { ...RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS, ...(body as object) }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.change(url(), { target: { value: 'https://search.example' } })
+    expect(testSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('Save your changes to test them.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.click(saveSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByText('Recipe search saved.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(sent(fetchMock)).toEqual([
+      { request: 'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search', body: { base_url: 'https://search.example' } },
+    ])
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+    expect(testSearch()).toBeEnabled()
+  })
+
+  it('saves a switch to Brave with its key, then shows only the key\'s last four characters', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubAPI({ 'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, BRAVE_SETTINGS) })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(brave())
+    addKey('Add key', 'BSA-secret-key-b7c2')
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('dialog')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('••••••••b7c2')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('New key not saved yet')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(document.body).not.toHaveTextContent('BSA-secret-key-b7c2')
+
+    fireEvent.click(saveSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByText('Recipe search saved.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(sent(fetchMock)).toEqual([
+      { request: 'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search', body: { provider: 'brave', api_key: 'BSA-secret-key-b7c2' } },
+    ])
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('••••••••b7c2')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).queryByText('New key not saved yet')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: 'Replace' })).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(document.body).not.toHaveTextContent('BSA-secret-key-b7c2')
+  })
+
+  it('masks a stored Brave key and replaces it', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubAPI({
+      'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, BRAVE_SETTINGS),
+      'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, { ...BRAVE_SETTINGS, api_key_last4: '9d0e' }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    expect(brave()).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true')
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('••••••••b7c2')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+
+    addKey('Replace', 'BSA-other-key-9d0e')
+    fireEvent.click(within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: 'Discard' }))
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('••••••••b7c2')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeDisabled()
+
+    addKey('Replace', 'BSA-other-key-9d0e')
+    fireEvent.click(saveSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByText('••••••••9d0e')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(sent(fetchMock)).toEqual([
+      { request: 'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search', body: { api_key: 'BSA-other-key-9d0e' } },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('reports a save the server refuses', async () => {
+    stubAPI({
+      'PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () =>
+        apiError(400, 'invalid_settings', 'invalid recipe search settings: api_key: must be at least 8 characters'),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(brave())
+    addKey('Add key', 'short')
+    fireEvent.click(saveSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByRole('alert')).toHaveTextContent(
+      'Not saved: invalid recipe search settings: api_key: must be at least 8 characters.',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('shows how many recipes the test found', async () => {
+    const fetchMock = stubAPI({
+      'POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test': () =>
+        jsonResponse(200, { query: 'chicken tikka masala', count: 12 }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(testSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByText("Found 12 recipes for 'chicken tikka masala'")).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(sent(fetchMock)).toEqual([{ request: 'POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test', body: undefined }])
+  })
+
+  it('shows the error when the test fails', async () => {
+    stubAPI({
+      'POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test': () =>
+        apiError(502, 'search_failed', 'recipes: SearXNG answered 403 Forbidden'),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(testSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByRole('alert')).toHaveTextContent(
+      'Test failed: recipes: SearXNG answered 403 Forbidden',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('clears a test result when the settings are edited', async () => {
+    stubAPI({
+      'POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test': () =>
+        jsonResponse(200, { query: 'chicken tikka masala', count: 12 }),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(testSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByText("Found 12 recipes for 'chicken tikka masala'")).toBeInTheDocument()
+    fireEvent.change(url(), { target: { value: 'https://search.example' } })
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('Save your changes to test them.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).queryByText(/Found 12 recipes/)).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('clears a test error when the settings are edited', async () => {
+    stubAPI({
+      'POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test': () =>
+        apiError(502, 'search_failed', 'recipes: SearXNG answered 403 Forbidden'),
+    })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(testSearch())
+    expect(await within(card()).findByRole('alert')).toHaveTextContent('Test failed')
+    fireEvent.click(brave())
+    expect(within(card()).getByText('Save your changes to test them.')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(within(card()).queryByRole('alert')).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('asks before leaving with an unsaved recipe search change', async () => {
+    stubAPI()
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.change(url(), { target: { value: 'https://search.example' } })
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Back to Settings' }))
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('dialog', { name: 'Leave without saving?' })).toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('does not count the suggested SearXNG URL as an unsaved change until it is edited', async () => {
+    stubAPI({ 'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, UNCONFIGURED) })
+    await renderCard()
+    const unload = () => {
+      const event = new Event('beforeunload', { cancelable: true })
+      act(() => void window.dispatchEvent(event))
+      return event.defaultPrevented
+    }
+    expect(saveSearch()).toBeEnabled()
+    expect(unload()).toBe(false)
+    fireEvent.change(url(), { target: { value: 'https://search.example' } })
+    expect(unload()).toBe(true)
+    fireEvent.change(url(), { target: { value: 'http://searxng:8080' } })
+    expect(unload()).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('leaves the untouched first-use card without asking', async () => {
+    stubAPI({ 'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, UNCONFIGURED) })
+    await renderCard()
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Back to Settings' }))
+    expect(await screen.findByTestId('path')).toHaveTextContent('/settings')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps 44 px tap targets', async () => {
+    stubAPI({ 'GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, BRAVE_SETTINGS) })
+    await renderCard()
+    for (const control of [
+      searxng(),
+      brave(),
+      within(card()).getByRole('button', { name: 'Replace' }),
+      testSearch(),
+      saveSearch(),
+    ]) {
+      expectMinHitArea(control)
+    }
+  })
+})
+
 describe('maskedKey', () => {
   it('shows only the last four characters', () => {
     expect(maskedKey('3f9a')).toBe('••••••••3f9a')

web/src/settings/AISettingsPage.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { TextInput } from '../ui/TextInput.tsx'
 import {
   aiKeyPolicy,
   aiProviderLabels,
+  maskedKey,
   providersWithBaseURL,
   useAIModels,
   useAISettings,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import {
   type AISettingsPatch,
 } from './api.ts'
 import styles from './AISettingsPage.module.css'
+import { RecipeSearchCard } from './RecipeSearchCard.tsx'
 
 // TYPE_MODEL is the Model dropdown's "Type a model id" option.
 const TYPE_MODEL = '\u0000type'
@@ -33,9 +35,12 @@ const TYPE_MODEL = '\u0000type'
 // Admin · AI assistant (handoff mock 1o). Provider, model, temperature and
 // system prompt are edited as a draft and saved together; the API key is
 // stored (and verified) on its own, straight away. The client only ever
-// sees the key's last four characters.
+// sees the key's last four characters. Recipe search is its own card, saved
+// on its own.
 export function AISettingsPage() {
   const settings = useAISettings()
+  const [aiDirty, setAIDirty] = useState(false)
+  const [recipeSearchDirty, setRecipeSearchDirty] = useState(false)
   return (
     <div className={styles.page}>
       <Header />
@@ -45,11 +50,38 @@ export function AISettingsPage() {
           AI settings could not load: {settings.error.message}
         </ErrorBanner>
       )}
-      {settings.isSuccess && <AISettingsForm saved={settings.data} />}
+      {settings.isSuccess && <AISettingsForm saved={settings.data} onDirtyChange={setAIDirty} />}
+      <RecipeSearchCard onDirtyChange={setRecipeSearchDirty} />
+      <LeaveGuard dirty={aiDirty || recipeSearchDirty} />
     </div>
   )
 }
 
+// LeaveGuard asks before leaving the screen with unsaved changes.
+function LeaveGuard({ dirty }: { dirty: boolean }) {
+  const blocker = useBlocker(
+    ({ currentLocation, nextLocation }) => dirty && currentLocation.pathname !== nextLocation.pathname,
+  )
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!dirty) return
+    const onBeforeUnload = (event: BeforeUnloadEvent) => event.preventDefault()
+    window.addEventListener('beforeunload', onBeforeUnload)
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', onBeforeUnload)
+  }, [dirty])
+  return (
+    <Confirm
+      open={blocker.state === 'blocked'}
+      title="Leave without saving?"
+      confirmLabel="Leave"
+      cancelLabel="Keep editing"
+      onCancel={() => blocker.reset?.()}
+      onConfirm={() => blocker.proceed?.()}
+    >
+      Your changes on this screen have not been saved.
+    </Confirm>
+  )
+}
+
 function Header() {
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   return (
@@ -95,7 +127,13 @@ function patchOf(saved: AISettings, draft: Draft): AISettingsPatch {
   return patch
 }
 
-function AISettingsForm({ saved }: { saved: AISettings }) {
+type AISettingsFormProps = {
+  saved: AISettings
+  // Called with whether the form holds unsaved changes.
+  onDirtyChange: (dirty: boolean) => void
+}
+
+function AISettingsForm({ saved, onDirtyChange }: AISettingsFormProps) {
   const [draft, setDraft] = useState(() => draftOf(saved))
   const [typingModel, setTypingModel] = useState(false)
   const [confirmingReset, setConfirmingReset] = useState(false)
@@ -116,15 +154,10 @@ function AISettingsForm({ saved }: { saved: AISettings }) {
   const listed = canList && models.isSuccess ? models.data : []
   const typedModel = typingModel || !(draft.model === '' || listed.some((m) => m.id === draft.model))
 
-  const blocker = useBlocker(
-    ({ currentLocation, nextLocation }) => dirty && currentLocation.pathname !== nextLocation.pathname,
-  )
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!dirty) return
-    const onBeforeUnload = (event: BeforeUnloadEvent) => event.preventDefault()
-    window.addEventListener('beforeunload', onBeforeUnload)
-    return () => window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', onBeforeUnload)
-  }, [dirty])
+    onDirtyChange(dirty)
+  }, [dirty, onDirtyChange])
+  useEffect(() => () => onDirtyChange(false), [onDirtyChange])
 
   function edit(change: Partial<Draft>) {
     save.reset()
@@ -285,26 +318,10 @@ function AISettingsForm({ saved }: { saved: AISettings }) {
       >
         This restores MealQuest's default system prompt for everyone in the household.
       </Confirm>
-      <Confirm
-        open={blocker.state === 'blocked'}
-        title="Leave without saving?"
-        confirmLabel="Leave"
-        cancelLabel="Keep editing"
-        onCancel={() => blocker.reset?.()}
-        onConfirm={() => blocker.proceed?.()}
-      >
-        Your changes to the AI assistant have not been saved.
-      </Confirm>
     </>
   )
 }
 
-// maskedKey shows the stored key as dots and its last four characters, all
-// the client ever knows of it.
-export function maskedKey(last4: string): string {
-  return `••••••••${last4}`
-}
-
 // formatVerifiedDate turns key_verified_at into the handoff's "Oct 1".
 export function formatVerifiedDate(timestamp: string): string {
   const date = new Date(timestamp)

web/src/settings/RecipeSearchCard.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+import { useEffect, useId, useState } from 'react'
+import { ApiError } from '../api/index.ts'
+import { Button } from '../ui/Button.tsx'
+import { Card } from '../ui/Card.tsx'
+import { ErrorBanner } from '../ui/ErrorBanner.tsx'
+import { Segmented } from '../ui/Segmented.tsx'
+import { Sheet } from '../ui/Sheet.tsx'
+import { Skeleton } from '../ui/Skeleton.tsx'
+import { TextInput } from '../ui/TextInput.tsx'
+import {
+  maskedKey,
+  recipeSearchProviderLabels,
+  useRecipeSearchSettings,
+  useSaveRecipeSearchSettings,
+  useTestRecipeSearch,
+  type RecipeSearchProvider,
+  type RecipeSearchSettings,
+  type RecipeSearchSettingsPatch,
+} from './api.ts'
+import styles from './AISettingsPage.module.css'
+
+const providerOptions = Object.entries(recipeSearchProviderLabels).map(([value, label]) => ({
+  value: value as RecipeSearchProvider,
+  label,
+}))
+
+type RecipeSearchCardProps = {
+  // Called with whether the card holds unsaved changes.
+  onDirtyChange: (dirty: boolean) => void
+}
+
+// RecipeSearchCard is where recipes are searched for: a SearXNG instance or
+// Brave. The provider, SearXNG URL and a new Brave key are edited as a draft
+// and saved together; the client only ever sees the stored key's last four
+// characters. Test searches with the saved settings.
+export function RecipeSearchCard({ onDirtyChange }: RecipeSearchCardProps) {
+  const settings = useRecipeSearchSettings()
+  const titleId = useId()
+  return (
+    <Card className={styles.card} aria-labelledby={titleId} role="region">
+      <h2 id={titleId} className={styles.cardTitle}>
+        Recipe search
+      </h2>
+      <p className={styles.hint}>Where MealQuest looks for real recipes behind each Side quest.</p>
+      {settings.isPending && <Skeleton className={styles.cardLoading} />}
+      {settings.isError && (
+        <ErrorBanner onRetry={() => void settings.refetch()}>
+          Recipe search settings could not load: {settings.error.message}
+        </ErrorBanner>
+      )}
+      {settings.isSuccess && <RecipeSearchForm saved={settings.data} onDirtyChange={onDirtyChange} />}
+    </Card>
+  )
+}
+
+type Draft = {
+  provider: RecipeSearchProvider
+  base_url: string
+  // A new Brave key to store, null when the stored one stays.
+  api_key: string | null
+}
+
+// draftOf starts a household that has not set up recipe search on SearXNG,
+// the sidecar every deployment runs. With no URL saved the field holds the
+// deployment's SearXNG URL, which saving stores.
+function draftOf(saved: RecipeSearchSettings): Draft {
+  return {
+    provider: saved.provider ?? 'searxng',
+    base_url: saved.base_url ?? saved.default_base_url ?? '',
+    api_key: null,
+  }
+}
+
+// patchOf is the PATCH body for what draft changes. Only the chosen
+// provider's field is sent: the other provider's is left as it is.
+function patchOf(saved: RecipeSearchSettings, draft: Draft): RecipeSearchSettingsPatch {
+  const patch: RecipeSearchSettingsPatch = {}
+  if (draft.provider !== saved.provider) patch.provider = draft.provider
+  if (draft.provider === 'searxng' && draft.base_url !== (saved.base_url ?? '')) patch.base_url = draft.base_url
+  if (draft.provider === 'brave' && draft.api_key !== null) patch.api_key = draft.api_key
+  return patch
+}
+
+function sameDraft(a: Draft, b: Draft): boolean {
+  return a.provider === b.provider && a.base_url === b.base_url && a.api_key === b.api_key
+}
+
+function RecipeSearchForm({ saved, onDirtyChange }: { saved: RecipeSearchSettings } & RecipeSearchCardProps) {
+  const [draft, setDraft] = useState(() => draftOf(saved))
+  const save = useSaveRecipeSearchSettings()
+  const test = useTestRecipeSearch()
+  const patch = patchOf(saved, draft)
+  const dirty = Object.keys(patch).length > 0
+  // Only the household's own edits are unsaved changes. Before recipe search
+  // is set up the untouched draft already differs from what is saved — it
+  // suggests SearXNG and the deployment's URL — but leaving it loses nothing.
+  const edited = dirty && !sameDraft(draft, draftOf(saved))
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    onDirtyChange(edited)
+  }, [edited, onDirtyChange])
+  useEffect(() => () => onDirtyChange(false), [onDirtyChange])
+
+  // An edit clears the last save and test results: they describe the saved
+  // settings, not the draft.
+  function edit(change: Partial<Draft>) {
+    save.reset()
+    test.reset()
+    setDraft((current) => ({ ...current, ...change }))
+  }
+
+  function onSave() {
+    save.mutate(patch, {
+      onSuccess: (settings) => {
+        setDraft(draftOf(settings))
+        test.reset()
+      },
+    })
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Segmented
+        label="Recipe search provider"
+        options={providerOptions}
+        value={draft.provider}
+        onValueChange={(provider) => edit({ provider })}
+      />
+      {draft.provider === 'searxng' ? (
+        <TextInput
+          label="SearXNG URL"
+          type="url"
+          className={styles.mono}
+          value={draft.base_url}
+          placeholder="https://"
+          autoComplete="off"
+          spellCheck={false}
+          onChange={(event) => edit({ base_url: event.target.value })}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <BraveKey
+          last4={saved.api_key_last4}
+          newKey={draft.api_key}
+          onKey={(api_key) => edit({ api_key })}
+        />
+      )}
+
+      <div className={styles.status} role="status">
+        {save.isSuccess && !dirty && 'Recipe search saved.'}
+        {test.isSuccess && `Found ${test.data.count} ${test.data.count === 1 ? 'recipe' : 'recipes'} for '${test.data.query}'`}
+      </div>
+      {save.isError && (
+        <p className={styles.error} role="alert">
+          {saveErrorMessage(save.error)}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {test.isError && (
+        <p className={styles.error} role="alert">
+          {testErrorMessage(test.error)}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {dirty && saved.provider !== null && <p className={styles.note}>Save your changes to test them.</p>}
+
+      <div className={styles.cardActions}>
+        <Button
+          variant="outline"
+          disabled={dirty || saved.provider === null || test.isPending}
+          onClick={() => test.mutate()}
+        >
+          {test.isPending ? 'Testing…' : 'Test'}
+        </Button>
+        <Button disabled={!dirty || save.isPending} onClick={onSave}>
+          {save.isPending ? 'Saving…' : 'Save recipe search'}
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+type BraveKeyProps = {
+  last4: string | null
+  newKey: string | null
+  onKey: (key: string | null) => void
+}
+
+// BraveKey shows the stored key masked, or the new one waiting to be saved,
+// and takes a new key in a sheet. The key is sent only when the card is
+// saved.
+function BraveKey({ last4, newKey, onKey }: BraveKeyProps) {
+  const [replacing, setReplacing] = useState(false)
+  const [key, setKey] = useState('')
+  const labelId = useId()
+  const sheetTitleId = useId()
+
+  function close() {
+    setReplacing(false)
+    setKey('')
+  }
+
+  let shown = 'No key stored'
+  if (newKey !== null) shown = maskedKey(newKey.slice(-4))
+  else if (last4 !== null) shown = maskedKey(last4)
+
+  return (
+    <div className={styles.key}>
+      <span id={labelId} className={styles.label}>
+        Brave API key
+      </span>
+      <div className={styles.keyRow} role="group" aria-labelledby={labelId}>
+        <span className={styles.keyValue}>{shown}</span>
+        <button type="button" className={styles.replace} onClick={() => setReplacing(true)}>
+          {last4 === null && newKey === null ? 'Add key' : 'Replace'}
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      {newKey !== null && (
+        <div className={styles.keyStatus}>
+          <p className={styles.note}>New key not saved yet</p>
+          <button type="button" className={styles.link} onClick={() => onKey(null)}>
+            Discard
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      <Sheet open={replacing} onClose={close} aria-labelledby={sheetTitleId}>
+        <form
+          className={styles.sheet}
+          onSubmit={(event) => {
+            event.preventDefault()
+            onKey(key)
+            close()
+          }}
+        >
+          <h2 id={sheetTitleId} className={styles.sheetTitle}>
+            {last4 === null ? 'Add Brave API key' : 'Replace Brave API key'}
+          </h2>
+          <p className={styles.sheetText}>
+            The key is stored on the server when you save recipe search. This device only ever sees its last four
+            characters.
+          </p>
+          <TextInput
+            label="Brave API key"
+            type="password"
+            className={styles.mono}
+            value={key}
+            autoComplete="off"
+            spellCheck={false}
+            onChange={(event) => setKey(event.target.value)}
+          />
+          <div className={styles.sheetActions}>
+            <Button variant="outline" onClick={close}>
+              Cancel
+            </Button>
+            <Button type="submit" disabled={key === ''}>
+              Use this key
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      </Sheet>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function saveErrorMessage(error: Error): string {
+  if (error instanceof ApiError && error.code === 'invalid_settings') return `Not saved: ${error.message}.`
+  return `Not saved: ${error.message}`
+}
+
+// testErrorMessage says why POST /settings/recipe-search/test failed, by
+// the error code the server names (internal/server/recipesearch.go).
+function testErrorMessage(error: Error): string {
+  if (error instanceof ApiError && error.code === 'not_configured') {
+    return 'Test failed: recipe search is not set up yet.'
+  }
+  return `Test failed: ${error.message}`
+}

web/src/settings/api.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ export const AI_MODELS_PATH = '/api/v1/settings/ai/models'
 export const AI_KEY_PATH = '/api/v1/settings/ai/api-key'
 export const AI_VERIFY_PATH = '/api/v1/settings/ai/verify'
 export const AI_RESET_PROMPT_PATH = '/api/v1/settings/ai/reset-prompt'
+export const RECIPE_SEARCH_PATH = '/api/v1/settings/recipe-search'
+export const RECIPE_SEARCH_TEST_PATH = '/api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test'
 // TODO(Feature 12): GET /api/v1/dinners?status=regular is Feature 12's
 // dinners read API. Until it lands the server answers 404 and the Regular
 // dinners row says the count is unavailable.
@@ -192,6 +194,111 @@ export function useResetAIPrompt() {
   return useAISettingsMutation(AI_RESET_PROMPT_PATH, 'POST', () => undefined)
 }
 
+// recipeSearchProviderLabels names every recipe search provider the server
+// accepts (internal/recipes/searchsettings.go).
+export const recipeSearchProviderLabels = {
+  searxng: 'SearXNG',
+  brave: 'Brave',
+} as const
+
+export type RecipeSearchProvider = keyof typeof recipeSearchProviderLabels
+
+// RecipeSearchSettings is GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search. The Brave API
+// key itself is never sent: only whether one is stored and its last four
+// characters.
+export type RecipeSearchSettings = {
+  // Null until recipe search is first set up.
+  provider: RecipeSearchProvider | null
+  // The saved SearXNG instance's URL, null when none is set.
+  base_url: string | null
+  // The deployment's SearXNG URL (MEALQUEST_SEARXNG_URL) to suggest while
+  // base_url is null; null when the deployment names none. Only saving
+  // base_url stores a URL.
+  default_base_url: string | null
+  api_key_set: boolean
+  api_key_last4: string | null
+  updated_at: string | null
+}
+
+// RecipeSearchSettingsPatch is the PATCH /api/v1/settings/recipe-search
+// body: only the fields that change. api_key is the Brave key in plain text.
+export type RecipeSearchSettingsPatch = {
+  provider?: RecipeSearchProvider
+  base_url?: string
+  api_key?: string
+}
+
+// RecipeSearchTest is POST /api/v1/settings/recipe-search/test: how many
+// recipes the saved provider found for query.
+export type RecipeSearchTest = { query: string; count: number }
+
+function isRecipeSearchProvider(value: string): value is RecipeSearchProvider {
+  return Object.hasOwn(recipeSearchProviderLabels, value)
+}
+
+function parseRecipeSearchSettings(where: string, body: unknown): RecipeSearchSettings {
+  if (
+    !isRecord(body) ||
+    !isStringOrNull(body.provider) ||
+    !isStringOrNull(body.base_url) ||
+    !isStringOrNull(body.default_base_url) ||
+    typeof body.api_key_set !== 'boolean' ||
+    !isStringOrNull(body.api_key_last4) ||
+    !isStringOrNull(body.updated_at)
+  ) {
+    throw new Error(`${where}: response is not the recipe search settings`)
+  }
+  if (body.provider !== null && !isRecipeSearchProvider(body.provider)) {
+    throw new Error(`${where}: unknown recipe search provider "${body.provider}"`)
+  }
+  return {
+    provider: body.provider,
+    base_url: body.base_url,
+    default_base_url: body.default_base_url,
+    api_key_set: body.api_key_set,
+    api_key_last4: body.api_key_last4,
+    updated_at: body.updated_at,
+  }
+}
+
+const RECIPE_SEARCH_KEY = ['settings', 'recipe-search'] as const
+
+export function useRecipeSearchSettings() {
+  const { apiFetch } = useApi()
+  return useQuery({
+    queryKey: RECIPE_SEARCH_KEY,
+    queryFn: async () =>
+      parseRecipeSearchSettings(`GET ${RECIPE_SEARCH_PATH}`, await apiFetch<unknown>(RECIPE_SEARCH_PATH)),
+  })
+}
+
+export function useSaveRecipeSearchSettings() {
+  const { apiFetch } = useApi()
+  const queryClient = useQueryClient()
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async (patch: RecipeSearchSettingsPatch) =>
+      parseRecipeSearchSettings(
+        `PATCH ${RECIPE_SEARCH_PATH}`,
+        await apiFetch<unknown>(RECIPE_SEARCH_PATH, { method: 'PATCH', body: patch }),
+      ),
+    onSuccess: (settings) => queryClient.setQueryData(RECIPE_SEARCH_KEY, settings),
+  })
+}
+
+// useTestRecipeSearch searches with the saved settings.
+export function useTestRecipeSearch() {
+  const { apiFetch } = useApi()
+  return useMutation({
+    mutationFn: async () => {
+      const body = await apiFetch<unknown>(RECIPE_SEARCH_TEST_PATH, { method: 'POST' })
+      if (!isRecord(body) || typeof body.query !== 'string' || typeof body.count !== 'number') {
+        throw new Error(`POST ${RECIPE_SEARCH_TEST_PATH}: response is not a search test result`)
+      }
+      return { query: body.query, count: body.count } satisfies RecipeSearchTest
+    },
+  })
+}
+
 const clockTime = /^([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):([0-5][0-9])$/
 
 // useHouseholdSettings refuses a dinner time that is not HH:MM, so
@@ -321,6 +428,12 @@ export function notificationsStatus(status: NotificationsStatus | null): string
   return `${push} · ${status?.chat_space ?? 'Google Chat not connected'}`
 }
 
+// maskedKey shows a stored key as dots and its last four characters, all
+// the client ever knows of it.
+export function maskedKey(last4: string): string {
+  return `••••••••${last4}`
+}
+
 // formatClockTime turns a 24-hour HH:MM time into the handoff's "5:30 pm".
 export function formatClockTime(time: string): string {
   const match = clockTime.exec(time)

web/src/shell/AppShell.test.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react'
-import { MemoryRouter } from 'react-router'
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { AppRoutes } from '../App.tsx'
 import { ApiProviders, SETTINGS_API } from '../test/ApiProviders.tsx'
 import { declaredStyle, outerSize } from '../test/cssRules.ts'
+import { InDataRouter } from '../test/dataRouter.tsx'
 import { expectMinHitArea } from '../test/hitArea.ts'
 import { stubFetchByPath } from '../test/fetchStub.ts'
 import { mockViewport } from '../test/matchMedia.ts'
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ function renderAt(path: string, width: number) {
   const resize = mockViewport(width)
   stubFetchByPath(SETTINGS_API)
   render(
-    <MemoryRouter initialEntries={[path]}>
+    <InDataRouter path={path}>
       <ApiProviders>
         <AppRoutes />
       </ApiProviders>
-    </MemoryRouter>,
+    </InDataRouter>,
   )
   return resize
 }

web/src/test/ApiProviders.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ export const AI_SETTINGS = {
   updated_at: '2026-10-01T15:00:00.000Z',
 }
 
+// RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS is a GET /api/v1/settings/recipe-search body: the
+// SearXNG sidecar, no Brave key stored.
+export const RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS = {
+  provider: 'searxng',
+  base_url: 'http://searxng:8080',
+  default_base_url: 'http://searxng:8080',
+  api_key_set: false,
+  api_key_last4: null,
+  updated_at: '2026-10-01T15:00:00.000Z',
+}
+
 // SETTINGS_API answers the settings home's requests, for stubFetchByPath, as
 // today's server does: the dinners, Google Calendar and notifications status
 // endpoints do not exist yet.
@@ -25,6 +36,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_API = {
   '/api/v1/settings/notifications': () => errorResponse(404, 'not_found'),
   '/api/v1/settings/household': () => jsonResponse(200, { timezone: 'America/New_York', dinner_time: '17:30' }),
   '/api/v1/settings/ai': () => jsonResponse(200, AI_SETTINGS),
+  '/api/v1/settings/recipe-search': () => jsonResponse(200, RECIPE_SEARCH_SETTINGS),
 }
 
 // ApiProviders gives the pages under test what App gives them: an API client