Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1028,14 +1028,37 @@ def search_knowledge_base(query):
 
 def google_search(query):
     try:
+        # Initialize SerpAPI client and set parameters
         search_client = serpapi.Client(api_key=serper_api_key)
-        results = search_client.search({"engine": "google", "q": query})
-        snippets = [result["snippet"] for result in results.get("organic_results", [])]
-        return snippets
+        search_params = {
+            "engine": "google",  # Use Google as the search engine
+            "q": query,  # Query
+            "sort": "date",  # Sort by latest date
+            "hl": "en",  # Language set to English
+            "gl": "us"  # Country/region set to US
+        }
+
+        # Perform the search
+        results = search_client.search(search_params)
+
+        # Process the results to extract links and snippets
+        organic_results = results.get("organic_results", [])
+        valid_results = []
+        for result in organic_results:
+            link = result.get("link", "")
+            snippet = result.get("snippet", "")
+            # Validate the link (basic check to avoid blank or invalid links)
+            if link.startswith("http"):
+                valid_results.append({"link": link, "snippet": snippet})
+
+        # Ensure we return meaningful results
+        if valid_results:
+            return valid_results
+        return ["No valid links found"]
+    
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error in Google search: {e}")
         return ["Error occurred during Google search"]
-        
 
 
 # RAG response function