Guide | 🎲 Vivaldi Search Engines Collection 🎲

Pathduck

@Cr8zyIvan Hi - no this was a long time ago

It was just a listing from the JSON backup of search engines using this mod:
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/35443/backup-search-engines

No idea if the mod still works, and a lot has changed since then, search engines are now stored in Web Data as a SQLite database and in Sync, so the need for a separate JSON backup is not there for me.

Cr8zyIvan

@Pathduck Gotcha. I'm not a Coder by trade, but I Code a little with AutoHotkey. Your list made me think of some type of pop up menu you would have Coded.

In any case, thank you for sharing (even if it was a long time ago ). More and more, the Googles and Braves of this world don't give me the results I'm looking for and I feel like I'm wasting more and more time Searching for stuff. That's why I'm currently exploring alternative Search Engines. And so yeah, thanks!

Pathduck

@Cr8zyIvan I'm not a coder either - but if you can understand the AHK "language" - probably the most inelegant and ugly syntax I've ever seen in any language - you should be able to understand a lot

Since Vivaldi's search engines are now stored in a database, it's easy to make a backup with the sqlite3 command.
sqlite3 "Web Data" ".dump keywords" .quit > keywords.sql
This will dump the keywords table into a SQL file, that could later if needed be imported back in.

You can also export the keywords table as JSON:
sqlite3 "Web Data" "select * from keywords;" -cmd ".mode json" .quit > keywords.json

Then you can "pretty print" this with the jq command:
jq . keywords.json

https://sqlite.org/cli.html
https://jqlang.github.io/jq/

By far the easiest way to keep a backup of your search engines is using Vivaldi Sync.

Catweazle

Sync search engines is the default setting. I've the full list of mine in Desktop and also in Mobile. Sync is vital for me, also as backup.

danielson

@Catweazle - why is Whoogle.net still listed as search engine in the list?

And when i change the .io part to .net it is blocked by uBlock Origin.

DesertOutlaw

Good collection although most the Google links are useless to me although many others like them. Thanks for posting.

BTW, glad to see I'm not the only one that uses Laut.de

Hadden89

@stardepp Peekier now redirect to a subscription based search engine called Kagi so is probably defunct;
Whoogle should be https://whoogle.io/search?q=%s now.

Catweazle

@danielson, because @stardepp hasn't change it. In OpenSource services like Whoogle, sometimes they have to change the domain in Public instances, because eg of server problems. Maybe Whoogle.net was hacked, because uBO block it. I can't even reach this site.

danielson

@Hadden89 said in Guide | Vivaldi search engines collection :

https://whoogle.io/search?q=%s

@stardepp - good to go!

Thanks!

Obiwan2208

Do you know what URL (and probably POST parameters) to use to search in UpToDown (https://www.uptodown.com)?.

I'm starting to use this as another source of APKs and I want to make quick searches.

Thanks in adv.

Pathduck

@Obiwan2208 Try this:
URL: https://www.uptodown.com/android/buscar
POST param: q=%s

Tip: Finding POST parameters is usually pretty easy.

Open the site
Open Devtools (F12), network tab
Clear log
Perform a search
Click the search request (usually the first one)
Look at Headers for Request URL (verify it's using POST)
Look at Payload for parameters:

In this case we can safely ignore the "singlebutton" argument, since it's empty, and it's a good idea to reduce the parameters to only the ones needed for the search to work (always test).

Sometimes you need to check the "Preserve log" option, in case the site does some redirection of the results page.

Some (st00pid) sites use access tokens in the GET/POST request to make sure searches are only allowed from their home page. In such cases, just don't use such search engines, they don't deserve your traffic.

shifte

Image search engine.
Google Lens URL no longer works.
What should I do?

Pathduck

@shifte Works here.

Change to:
URL: {google:baseSearchByImageURL}upload
Post param: encoded_image={google:imageThumbnail}

Google changes this all the time

shifte

@Pathduck
Great! Works!
Thanks as always!
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Hadden89

Reverso: https://www.reverso.net/traduzione-testo#sl=ita&tl=eng&text=%s
Translate single words, entire paragraphs or docs (via the site)

Replace ita with the source language and eng with the destination language provided by site (if supported)

Reverso Context: https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/italiano-inglese/%s
Translate single words or compound expressions with the help of the AI

Again, replace italiano with source language and english with destination language (if supported)

Obiwan2208

@Pathduck said in Guide | Vivaldi search engines collection :

URL: https://www.uptodown.com/android/buscar

POST param: q=%s

A lot of thank you's , I was stuck.

I really appreciate it.

stardepp

Update October 11, 2023:

Added the search engine YouTube Music.

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Catweazle

@stardepp, other for Odysee (Online service from IMDB), for those which want to avoid YT

https://odysee.com/$/search?q=%s

Front-ends of YT are failing more and more, it seems Google is blocking these one by one.

wintercoast

@Catweazle Thanks for that. I use Odysee, so just added.

There's also the very slick Watch on LBRY extension.

"automatically redirects you to the LBRY [Odysee] network when it detects that the video is there."

It's customisable. You can set it to run manually or automatically.

If you set it to manual then you can start watching a video on YT, click a button and then it automatically switches to the Odysee version at the correct timestamp.

Also, it lets you see whether the video is actually available on Odysee, so it serves as a discovery process as well.

Catweazle

@stardepp, one more for the collection

Neevt

https://neevt.com/search?q=%s&t=text