Startpage search suggestions not working

thecrow

I can't get the search suggestions to work with Startpage from the address field or the search field. I tried reseting search engine settings and I tried adding https://www.startpage.com/cgi-bin/csuggest?query=%s&limit=5&lang=english&format=json (found from another discussion) to suggest URL.

I have enabled Allow search suggestions both for In address field and In search field and it doesn't work in either one. Am I missing something here or does it just not work?

Ican get search suggestions to work when using Google.

Pathduck

@thecrow Hello and Welcome to the Vivaldi Community

Yeah, looks like Startpage changed their suggestions. In fact, trying to call the suggest URL just redirects to the main page:

$ curl -I "https://www.startpage.com/do/suggest?limit=5&format=json&query=test"
HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect
Server: nginx
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:08:21 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 180
Connection: keep-alive
Location: https://startpage.com/
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload

$ curl -I "https://www.startpage.com/cgi-bin/csuggest?query=test&limit=5&lang=english&format=json"
HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect
Server: nginx
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:08:57 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 180
Connection: keep-alive
Location: https://startpage.com/
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload

The suggestions on the main page are not in the correct format for them to work from browsers:

$ curl "https://startpage.com/suggestions?q=test"

{"extended_data": {}, "suggestions": [{"text": "testes"}, {"text": "testicles"}, {"text": "testis"}, {"text": "test"}, {"text": "testicle"}, {"text": "testosterone"}, {"text": "testudines"}, {"text": "testability"}, {"text": "testator"}, {"text": "testudo"}]}

Pretty sh*tty move if you ask me. But sadly very little Vivaldi can do about it

Workaround: Use DDG suggestions URL:
https://ac.duckduckgo.com/ac/?q=%s&type=list

iAN CooG

@pathduck said in Startpage search suggestions not working:

very little Vivaldi can do about it

Well, they could implement a parser to support it, but I don't know if they have a partnership or not.
In my search settings Startpage does not have a suggestions URL, so it's probably already known that suggestions are not supported on that site?

thecrow

@pathduck said in Startpage search suggestions not working:

Workaround: Use DDG suggestions URL:
https://ac.duckduckgo.com/ac/?q=%s&type=list

@pathduck Thank you! This workaround is just brilliant, although it would be better if it wasn't needed in the first place.

alexandrethiaultbs

@thecrow As of today, the following works for me: https://www.startpage.com/suggestions?q=%s&segment=startpage.vivaldi&format=json

nicolleen

None of the above solutions are working for me.
Any updates?
It would be good to be able to use startpage.com, but it is annoying, that I can't just search in the address bar.

Pathduck

@nicolleen Works for everyone else.

Again:
URL: https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=%s&segment=startpage.vivaldi
Suggest URL: https://www.startpage.com/suggestions?q=%s&segment=startpage.vivaldi&format=opensearch

Those are the ones I use.
The default in 6.8 for suggestions is:
https://www.startpage.com/osuggestions?q=%s

mib2berlin

@nicolleen
Hi, I am not sure but check if search suggestions is enabled in Settings > Address Bar > Drop-Down Priority.
Iirc it is disabled by default.

Cheers, mib

nicolleen

@Pathduck
Excellent, thank you! your first two lines are working!!

johnsnow22

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