Guide | 🎲 Vivaldi Search Engines Collection 🎲

[bariton]

According to https://www.etools.ch/plugins/etools-metasearch-https.xml search works like:
https://www.etools.ch/searchSubmit.do?query=%s

The site itself does not seem to provide search suggestions.
For the address bar, one could misuse another search engine for suggestions, i.e.:
https://api.qwant.com/api/suggest/?q=%s&client=opensearch

Not sure if that is a good idea.

[Catweazle]

Thanks, that it is, I don't use search suggestions anyway, normally I know what I want to search without suggestions.

[Catweazle]

Another two for your collection, @stardepp

LibreY

https://librey.devol.it/search.php?q=%s&p=0&t=0

Other instances
https://librey.devol.it/instances.php

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4get

https://4get.ca/web?s=%s

Other instances
https://4get.ca/instances

[iAN CooG]

@Pathduck said in Guide | Vivaldi search engines collection :

@shifte Works here.

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

Google changes this all the time

Seems like they changed this again because now I get

https://lens.google.com/v3/upload?lm=ChAIBBIMCNmC/KsGEICWrNsBChQIBRIMCNmC/KsGEMCa6dsBIgIIAQ==
400. That’s an error.

The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. 
It should not be retried. That’s all we know.

[Pathduck]

@iAN-CooG Yes, they broke it again. I can't be arsed to figure out the POST stuff so now I just use:
https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url={google:imageURL}
as Image Search URL

Probably more future-proof than having to mess with the POST image encoding.

[iAN CooG]

@Pathduck said in Guide | Vivaldi search engines collection :

@iAN-CooG Yes, they broke it again. I can't be arsed to figure out the POST stuff so now I just use:
https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url={google:imageURL}
as Image Search URL

Probably more future-proof than having to mess with the POST image encoding.

Thanks for the workaround, I removed the POST parameter string, replaced the image search URL and this way it works.
let's wait for an official solution.

[jabberwockxeno]

@Pathduck said in Guide | Vivaldi search engines collection :

@iAN-CooG Yes, they broke it again. I can't be arsed to figure out the POST stuff so now I just use:
https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url={google:imageURL}
as Image Search URL

Probably more future-proof than having to mess with the POST image encoding.

I'm not sure how to use this (can you explain?) but for you and @iAN-CooG i'd like to point out it is still possible to use the classic, non-lens version of the Google Reverse Image Search via Right Click > Search by Image in a older version of Vivaldi I happen to still be using:

@jabberwockxeno said in Search for image (using Google) Does Not work:

I can still use the classic, non-lens reverse search via Vivaldi's Right Click > Search By Image option on my version of Vivaldi, which is Vivaldi 6.1.3035.111 / Chrome 114.0.5735.204

As proof, here's a screenshot, I just did this right now.

So, clearly, it is still possible to access this form of reverse search, if configured right....

That post of mine in the other thread has more info.

So, if it's still possible to do in older versions of Vivaldi then there should be a way to re-add the functionality in current versions of Vivaldi?

If there's anything I can do to help other people reverse engineer this or whatever, let me know!

[iAN CooG]

@jabberwockxeno I think it's up to the devs managing what to do, if they actually care to fix their browser's features

[Catweazle]

Another one for the List, GetPage with a lot of features, even with an inbuild translator, privacy focused, no logging or tracking.

https://www.getpage.rf.gd/web?q=%s

[rarestones2]

this is what i was looking for... wooot wooot

[Catweazle]

@stardepp, nice one for the list, Ghosterysearch

https://ghosterysearch.com/search?q=%s

Independent index, private and the special feature to show ads, trackers and other crap waiting for us in the pages, listed in the search results. Something like an inbuild Blacklight service

If needed, more info

[stardepp]

@Catweazle I have added it to the collection.

I am amazed at how you always find such interesting search engines.

[Catweazle]

@stardepp, easy, using the right search engine XD

[danielson]

Just stumbled upon this one:

Search all of Discord
Answer Overflow is a Discord search engine. Find results from indexed content or a community to join.
https://www.answeroverflow.com/

[danielson]

Think Astiango search engine is not ready for prime time.
https://astiango.co/search?engine=1&q=%s

[Catweazle]

Nice one to discover music you like

https://www.music-map.com/map-search.php?f=%s

From the same author search one by one similar bands or artists, introducing 1, 2 or 3 bands/artists you like
https://www.gnoosic.com/faves.php

Welcome to Gnod's World of Music

Gnod is a self-adapting system that learns about the outer world by asking its visitors what they like and what they don't like. In this instance of Gnod all is about music. Gnod is kind of a search engine for music you don't know about. It will ask you what music you like and then think about what you might like too. When I set Gnod online its database was completely empty. Now it contains hundreds of thousands of bands and quite some knowledge about who likes what. And Gnod learns more every day. Enjoy!

[stardepp]

@Catweazle This search engine was already in my collection:

[stardepp]

@Catweazle said in Guide | Vivaldi search engines collection :

https://www.gnoosic.com/faves.php

I like that very much.

[Catweazle]

@stardepp, there are also some you can still add to the list.

[stardepp]

@Catweazle I'm curious about that