[Request] Allow the search widget to use custom search engines (e.g. searx)

[lbarnett83]

[nazibalalam]

I'll contribute to this issue!

[nazibalalam]

Hey! Just added the search engine and created a pull request... But I didn't use searx.me because that doesn't work on many regions and is often hacked. So I used searx.laquadrature.net instead.

[lbarnett83]

So that's sweet, but my initial idea, and I didn't communicate it well, was that instead of a hardcoded URL, allow a user to also customize the searx url. I self host my searx instance, and would love to use https://search.mydomain.com

[nazibalalam]

So that's sweet, but my initial idea, and I didn't communicate it well, was that instead of a hardcoded URL, allow a user to also customize the searx url. I self host my searx instance, and would love to use https://search.mydomain.com

Well, my only recommendation would be to build it yourself... Just replace the url I pushed with your own one...

[nazibalalam]

Anyway, do you want to share that domain of yours? If you can, then I'll put that domain there instead...

[lbarnett83]

Sort of on topic, but, how does one build a custom copy of this extension?

I have the source, installed the deps, run the npm commands, but am unsure of how to package into XPI.

[nazibalalam]

Chrome or Firefox?

[lbarnett83]

Firefox variation (LibreWolf)

[lbarnett83]

ran npm run build:firefox but unsure of next steps, never really messed with npm.

[lbarnett83]

https://search.nerdcraft.ca

[lbarnett83]

I've already customized my source code, but don't know how to build the new one into an extension

[nazibalalam]

I can put this domain on the repo if you want...

[lbarnett83]

The issue with that is, that's my personal one, which means if my server ever goes down, that search engine goes with it, which will be happening tomorrow for overhaul/maintenance.

[lbarnett83]

Maybe I'll learn enough of how this is built to make it do what I want and submit a PR for it.

[lbarnett83]

My thought was an option in the list for Custom which, when selected, allows the user to input their own address to act as the search engine.

[nazibalalam]

okay

My thought was an option in the list for Custom which, when selected, allows the user to input their own address to act as the search engine.

Okay, I'll try to see about that...

[Albonycal]

Waiting for the "custom" features which allows user to add new search engines on it's own "customizable" Thanks