Comment by Zetaphor

Self host an instance of SearXNG[1] either locally or on a remote server with a simple docker container and use its JSON API [2]. You have to enable the JSON API in the config manually [3].

[1] https://docs.searxng.org/admin/installation-docker.html#inst...

[2] https://docs.searxng.org/dev/search_api.html

[3] https://github.com/searxng/searxng/discussions/3542