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Can Alfred not search Gutenberg.org?


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I just downloaded Alfred today and started to try to program in some of my most used searches.

 

I formulated Alfred's Search URL to exactly match what gutenberg.org puts in the URL of the browser.

 

I could make Alfred open the Gutenberg.org webpage, but no matter how I formulated the search terms, I can't get Gutenberg to understand what Alfred wants.  Alfred either lands on their front page or on a 404 page not found page.

 

Is this just not do-able?  I thought Alfred was able to search any website for anything.

 

Thanks,

Mary.

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Hello Mary, welcome to the forum.

 

Have you tried 'Web Search'?

In Alfred's preferences, go to Features>'Web Search'

Create a new Custom search there, assign a Keyword, and enter this string in the 'Search URL' field:

 

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query={query}

 

Then, launch Alfred, enter your Keyword plus your search string, then press enter 

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Well, giovanni... I swore all afternoon that I'd already tried that exact URL without success, but just now when I finally sat down here and tried it, that worked.  I don't know what I was doing wrong because I tried every string I could logically come up with... but yours worked.

 

So thank you!

 

Mary.

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