Search your Obsidian vault simultaneously as you type your search in your favorite search engine.
Obsidian Browser Search Extension
For all of you who are missing the Evernote browser search extension in Obsidian - here is your solution.
This extension lets you search your Obsidian Vault simultaneously as you type your search in your favorite search engine.
🚀 Features
- ✅ LIVE SEARCH: Search your vault for notes while you are typing your query into the the google search bar of e.g. google
- ✅ URL MATCHING: Search your vault for matches of your current URL while browsing
- ✅ Choose your favorite Obsidian Plugin as your search provider Local REST API or OmniSearch
- ✅ Scroll and open your matched Obsidian notes in the sidebar
- ✅ Exclude files and folders you don't want to show up in the sidebar search
🛡️ Privacy
This extension just communicates between your local Obsidian REST API / Obsidian OmniSearch and the browser. Everything happens locally on your system.
The only data that is stored permanently in the browser are the settings including the Obsidian REST API-Key.
Feel free to check out the source code of the extension, it is open source https://github.com/jk-oster/obsidian-search-for-web.
ℹ️ Disclaimer
This is an unofficial extension for Obsidian and it is not connected to the developers of Obsidian.md app.
The obsidian logo is property of https://obsidian.md
ℹ️ Support
Please report any issues to GitHub: https://github.com/jk-oster/obsidian-search-for-web/issues
A more detailed explanation and docs on how to use this extension will be available here: https://www.jakobosterberger.com/posts/obsidian-search-for-web/
Source Manifest.json
"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
"name":"Obsidian Browser Search",
"description":"Search your Obsidian vault simultaneously as you type your search in your favorite search engine.",
"version":"1.3.6",
"manifest_version":3,
"content_scripts":[{"matches":["https://*/*",
"http://*/*"],
"js":["src/content-scripts/content.js"],
"css":["style.css"]}],
"icons":{"32":"icon/obsidian32.png",
"48":"icon/obsidian48.png",
"128":"icon/obsidian128.png",
"512":"icon/obsidian512.png"},
"action":{"default_icon":{"32":"icon/obsidian32.png",
"48":"icon/obsidian48.png",
"128":"icon/obsidian128.png",
"512":"icon/obsidian512.png"},
"default_title":"Show Search Results"},
"background":{"service_worker":"src/background.js"},
"permissions":["tabs",
"storage"],
"options_page":"src/options/options.html"}
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