Add searching websites like google, youtube, like KISS and Tinybit launcher.

[magnus-ISU]

Also support adding custom URLs.

Tinybit also allows providing icons when adding a custom launcher. I think that would be nice and then you could show search options in a horizontal list like apps are now, which would be nice.

[ghost]

DuckDuckgo - https://duckduckgo.com/ Brave search - https://search.brave.com/ Startpage - https://www.startpage.com/ SearchX - https://searx.thegpm.org/

These would also be good to implement out of the box for privacy conscious people if possible :)

[kennethnym]

Yes, this is planned - you will be able to select the search engine of your choice.

[daffydock]

Perhaps, if privacy is a focus then Startpage should not be added, as it was bought by System1. A well known target marketing company.

https://restoreprivacy.com/startpage-system1-privacy-one-group/

[ayecptn]

I think it should be up to the user if he wants a privacy-focused web search. I would let user choose from ~5 different popular search engines and a field where the user can add a custom engine.

@kennethnym I have already implemented a basic web search module, which just uses duckduckgo hardcoded. You can check it out on my fork in the WebSearch branch. Here's a small demo: starlight_websearch.webm

[kennethnym]

That's awesome! I am actually researching how to fetch search suggestions for a given query, seems like there's no direct way of doing so.

[kennethnym]

Fun fact: in a really early prototype of Starlight (It used to be called Spotlight!) I was actually able to use DDG's api to fetch definitions for a given search query, for example if you type in "elephant" the launcher will fetch the definition from DDG and show it in the launcher, but I scraped it because personally I don't use it that much. But seeing there's a request for it, I might be able to bring it back.

[ayecptn]

Oh, so you mean fetching and displaying the search results directly in the launcher? Would be nice, but it could be a problem as not every search engine offers an public api.

[kennethnym]

@ayecptn Yes, afaik only DuckDuckGo has a public API for knowledge search. It can be a separate search module though. For the web search module your implementation is what I have in mind. I am open for a PR - I'm planning to scrap the monetization plan and make this a community project (donations still welcome!)

[ayecptn]

@kennethnym Sounds like a good idea to make two different modules. I would have done a PR after I implemented the setting to choose from different search engines, but I am to lazy/unmotivated to do anything coding related currently. But I can also do a PR with the current hardcoded implementation and then a second PR with the settings if you want.

[kennethnym]

Don't worry about it - if it is just a simple button for triggering web search then it is easy to implement.