Python must be installed on your computer.
Instructions :
git clone https://github.com/n-deleforge/binocle.git
Binocle always need two arguments to work.
engine: engine to use - the list is available below.query: query to send
There are also some optionnals arguments :
-v/--version: show Binocle version-h/--help: show Binocle help-l/--list: show every engines available
- Search My Super Research on Duckduckgo :
binocle d "My Super Research". - Search SomeYoutuber on Youtube :
binocle yt SomeYoutuber. - Show engines available :
binocle -l.
If your query is only composed of one word, you don't need to add quote marks as you can notice with the second example.
- Edit the PATH global variable and add the directory of binocle.
- Then you can type :
binocle [engine] [query]directly in your terminal.
| Categorie | Keyword | Search on |
|---|---|---|
| Search Engine | b | Bing |
| - | d | Duckduckgo |
| - | e | Ecosia |
| - | g | |
| - | q | Qwant |
| - | s | Startpage |
| Utility | alt | Alternative To |
| - | hltb | HowLongTo Beat |
| - | mal | MyAnimeList |
| - | wi | Wikipedia |
| Entertainment | tw | Twitch |
| - | yt | Youtube |
| Development | ch | Chocolatey |
| - | gi | Github |
| - | so | StackOverflow |
| Social | li | |
| - | re |
A category is composed of 2 mandatory values :
- id : must be an integer and unique
- name : must be a string
Edit the categories.json file in the data folder and follow this template : {"id" : x, "name": x }
An engine is composed of 4 mandatory values :
- category : must be an id of an existing category
- name : must be a string
- keyword : must be a string
- url : must be a string
Edit the engines.json file in the data folder and follow this template : {"category" : x, "name": x, "keyword": x, "url": x}
- 0.6 : Categories and engines are now managed throught JSON files.
- 0.5 : Engines are now categorized in the list function
- 0.4 : List function added (show every search engines) + HowLongToBeat added
- 0.3 : Multiple new search engines
- 0.2 : Initial release