crych Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 (edited) Folks, Perhaps I have misunderstood custom searches but I have not been able to add Startpage as a search engine at Preferences > Features > Web Search using the Startpage query string. Suggestions gratefully received. Ref.: <https://www.startpage.com/> Thanks, LTM Edited May 26, 2013 by crych Link to comment
jdfwarrior Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Folks, Perhaps I have misunderstood custom searches but I have not been able to add Startpage as a search engine at Preferences > Features > Web Search using the Startpage query string. Suggestions gratefully received. Ref.: <https://www.startpage.com/> Thanks, LTM Custom searches are used to quickly perform a query on site using Alfred. For instance, the default Google search provided in Alfred, using the 'google' keyword could be replicated by creating a custom search, setting the keyword, and using the url, http://google.com/#q={query}. Then, in Alfred, if you type your keyword and then enter text after, that, then the custom url is opened with {query} being replaced by the text you entered. So, example, if I typed 'google david ferguson' in Alfred, it would open http://google.com/#q=david+ferguson in my browser. For your search, StartPage didn't provide super simple access to see the url that would be used because it used a form post, not a get. If you examined the code though, you would see that it is just a field called 'query'. So you would create your custom search using the url.. https://startpage.com/do/search?query={query}. If you set your keyword to 'sp' then you could type 'sp david ferguson' to search startpage.com for my name. If you wanted to use StartPage as a fallback search (like Google is now) then you could do that with a simple workflow. If you want to set that up instead, let me know and I would be glad to help. Thanks Link to comment
karunapod Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If you set your keyword to 'sp' then you could type 'sp david ferguson' to search startpage.com for my name. If you wanted to use StartPage as a fallback search (like Google is now) then you could do that with a simple workflow. If you want to set that up instead, let me know and I would be glad to help. I would really like help with this. Link to comment
Vero Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 If you set your keyword to 'sp' then you could type 'sp david ferguson' to search startpage.com for my name. If you wanted to use StartPage as a fallback search (like Google is now) then you could do that with a simple workflow. If you want to set that up instead, let me know and I would be glad to help. I would really like help with this. If you want to create a custom search, go to Features > Web search and add a custom search. For more details on creating a custom search, take a look at this tutorial: http://blog.alfredapp.com/2011/04/14/alfred-productivity-tips-using-custom-searches/ To then use the custom search you've created as a fallback search, follow this guide: http://blog.alfredapp.com/2014/08/11/tutorial-setting-up-your-own-fallback-searches/ Link to comment
pitagiros Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Under "Search URL" put: https://startpage.com/do/search?language=english&query={query} Under "Title": Search Startpage for '{query}' Under "Keyword": sp Works for me! Bye Link to comment
Ed767 Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 When following these exact instructions I do not get a SAVE button (it's there but inactive). I've filled in every field with what appears to be valid entries. Please advise. Link to comment
deanishe Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 So you’ve added {query} to the URL? Link to comment
Thunderclouds Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 If you want your own customization to take effect, you can add the "prfe" parameter to the end of the search URL. Link to comment
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