DUDuckyroad·Oct 11, 2024Submission
32 points · Open discussiongarywill
BigSearch
JavaScript2022–2024
garywill / BigSearch
BigSearch
Browser extension. Definitly more than a GET/POST sender. Handily use search engines via a Flexible Tool! UI has Vimium-like feature 🌐🔍 (Pure-client. No 3rd-party server needed) 大术专搜 既专又广 手敲几下 纵横去往
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What it is
Browser extension. Definitly more than a GET/POST sender. Handily use search engines via a Flexible Tool! UI has Vimium-like feature 🌐🔍 (Pure-client. No 3rd-party server needed) 大术专搜 既专又广 手敲几下 纵横去往
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesShow HN: BigSearch – More than any ordinary multi-engines web searcher can do
This browser extension even works with websites that don't provide GET/POST interface (so-called Ajax-render websites). User can "send search request" to those websites just like to any working general search engine.
2 points · Open discussionHere is the link to Big Search repo on Github : https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch
In Multi-search-engine addon. Even no-query-interface website as search enginesMulti-search-engine addon. Even no-query-interface website as search engines
Big Search is a browser extension (Firefox+Chrome) to use / switch any one or multiple search engines. Source code on Github <https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch> .
Already has 50+ search engines build-in and working. Still keep adding more.
Besides basic features, it is with some special technical features also. For example: some websites don't provide GET/POST interface to public (so-called Ajax-only websites). Visitor need to open their page and input, then they show search results on page via Ajax.
Big Search works with those. Can turn such Ajax-only websites into search engines and add them to browser.
Chrome Extension API doc ( https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/ ) is one of such Ajax-only websites. That's a simple one. There're more such websites with more complicated js involved to do search, which will be f
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igured out in the future plan.
Big Search repo on Github : https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch