Handily use/switch any one/multiple search engines. More than GET/POST sender, with special tech. Open souce on Github

Latest Version

Version
3.7.0
Update
November 14, 2024
Size
215KiB
Developer
garywill.github.io
Category
Users
835
Rating
4 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
中文 (简体)
中文 (繁體)
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Permissions
Search
Storage
ContextMenus
ClipboardWrite
Scripting
SidePanel
Offscreen
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Big Search Extension

Friendly to novices, satisfying to experts. For daily, entertainment & work. 🌟 Besides what any multi-engine web search tool can do (GET/POST, user custom engines, built-in Google,DuckDuckGo,Youtube,eBay,Github etc) , it also can ✨:
- 🖋️ Single-line or multi-line text
- ⌨️ Every search step can be done by just keyboard, without mouse. It's UI has built-in Vimium-like feature. Keys can quickly call different search engines
- 🖥️ Desktop (browser extension / web app) and mobile (web app)
- 🔎 Even works with websites that don't provide GET/POST interface (so-called In-page-Ajax-render websites)
- 🔎 Do many operations at once by one button
- 💪 User JSON programatical advanced customization (GUI easy editing also). Great flexibility in engine data & search method

and so on... Go on for readme

Disclaimer: This is an open-source user-customizable third-party tool. We are not employee or working with those search engines.

### Basic
- 🔎 Use any search engines or inquery websites (multiple simultaneously) from one page. Any websites that support GET/POST request.
> E.g: Google, DuckDuckGo, Youtube, eBay, Github etc. Customizable. 60+ built-in.
- 🔎 User adding custom-defined search engine (syncronizable in extension)

### More
- 🖋️ Single-line or multi-line text edit/input and sending
> Useful when for e.g. you want to have article paragraphs translated
- 🗂️ Search engines categorization
- 📋 Save, reuse and manage your input history (only saved locally in the browser localStorage)
- 🖱️ Quickly use user selected text on webpage as search term ( context menu)
> - Not in Firefox incognito mode
- ⌨️ Keyboard shortcut ( you may need to change )
- Open popup. Firefox: `Ctrl+Alt+S` Chrome & others:`Ctrl+Shift+S`
- Set selected text as search term and open popup. Firefox: `Ctrl+Alt+D` Chrome & others:`Ctrl+Shift+D`
> change on Chrome: `chrome://extensions/shortcuts`
- 🖥️ UI adapted multiply: Desktop (browser extension or web app) and mobile (web app only). Extention can show UI in: toolbar button popup UI, standalond tab, or sidebar (browser native)

### Even more: What's special about it
- 🔎 Even works with those websites that don't provide GET/POST interface to public (so-called In-page-Ajax-render websites)
- 🔎 Do many operations at once by one button
- ✨ Good-looking, powerful and lightweight
- 💪 Uses JSON as unified search engines database (both built-in and user-defined). Has strong flexibility & extensibility in engine data:
- 🔲 Multiple buttons for one engine: more than one operations for one engine. (Buttons inherit data from engine. Some key-value data ​​in button can override the ones in engine name)
- 📞 Cross-engine use: Call another engine (or it's certain button action) to do the action
- 🔏 String-formatting or character-replacing user's input, according to engine's need. And, charset specifying.
- 🔎 Combining above two to search websites that don't support search

### Safety & Privacy
- 🛡️ Pure client-side tool functions fully. No necessary server. No collecting user's input or ad analyzing.
- 🛡️ Browser extension does not inject anything to web sites. (except when using In-page-Ajax-render engine)


## How to edit search engines
Ordinary users who only use basic features can directly use our online gui engine-editing tool


(Read more at source code page:
https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch )
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "__MSG_extensionName__", "description": "__MSG_extensionDescription__", "default_locale": "en", "manifest_version": 3, "version": "3.7.0", "homepage_url": "https://github.com/garywill/BigSearch", "author": { "name": "Garywill", "url": "https://garywill.github.io" }, "permissions": [ "search", "storage", "contextMenus", "clipboardWrite", "scripting", "sidePanel", "offscreen" ], "optional_permissions": [ "clipboardRead", "activeTab" ], "host_permissions": [ "*://*.acsearch.atwebpages.com/*", "*://garywill.github.io/*" ], "optional_host_permissions": [ "*://*/*" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": [ "*://*.acsearch.atwebpages.com/editengine.php*", "*://garywill.github.io/BigSearch/editengine.html*" ], "js": ["ck.js", "lzutf8.js", "js/contentscript_editgui.js", "i_ui.js", "enginesdata.js"] } ], "incognito": "split", "icons": { "128": "icon.png" }, "action": { "default_icon": "icon_button.png", "default_title": "__MSG_extensionName__", "default_popup": "home.html?showas=popup" }, "commands": { "_execute_action": { "description": "Click toolbar button", "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+S" } }, "open_stab" : { "description": "Open Big Search standalone tab" }, "selection_as_search": { "description": "Set selected text as search term" }, "selection_as_search_then_open_popup": { "description": "Set selected text as search term then open popup UI", "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+D" } }, "selection_as_search_then_open_sidebar": { "description": "Set selected text as search term then open sidebar" }, "selection_as_search_then_open_stab": { "description": "Set selected text as search term then open Big Search standalone tab" } }, "options_ui": { "page": "options.html" }, "background": { "service_worker": "background_sw.js" }, "side_panel" : { "default_path": "home.html" }}
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User reviews

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JS Lee (ID: 0000008a0caaf814) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 11/10/2023 Perfect app for me. Thank you!

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Сергей Друзь (ID: 00000096b12d3c6f) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 06/27/2022 Hi there! No Icons. No multiple links are open in one click. How can I select 5 or 7 links and open them at one time??? No Russian language. No folders and SubFolders (infinity nesting). The visual design sucks 🤢🤮 Can't get how to use it for this site? >>> https://andisearch.com The product is still raw. Right now I'm using Trufflepiggy and Selection Search. Take care 🖤

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tianhai liu (ID: 000000a4bb814493) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/03/2022 插件最大的亮点是能支持 POST界面网站和Ajax渲染网站,且支持一键多个引擎搜索,DIY性强,非常喜欢的一个插件!!!