https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-stackexchange

Search StackOverflow.com from Alfred
https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-stackexchange

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Search StackOverflow.com from Alfred

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-stackexchange
• Owner: deanishe
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-12-29T10:42:23.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-09-17T12:16:35.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-18T19:14:33.866Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: alfred, alfred-workflow, alfred4, alfred4-workflow, stack-overflow, stackoverflow-search, workflow
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.61 MB
• Stars: 436
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 34
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        

StackExchange Search for Alfred

===============================

Search for answers on StackExchange sites from [Alfred 4+][alfred].

![](demo.gif "")

- [Download](#download)

- [Usage](#usage)

- [Query syntax](#query-syntax)

- [Results](#results)

- [Adding custom searches](#adding-custom-searches)

- [Licensing, thanks](#licensing-thanks)



Download

--------

Get StackExchange for Alfred from [GitHub releases][gh-releases].



Usage

-----

The main action (keyword `stack`) shows a list of all StackExchange

sites. Choose one to search it.

There is also a search for StackOverflow.com configured (keyword

`.so`), but it is easy to add searches for your own favourite

StackExchange sites.

- `stack []` — Choose a StackExchange site to search.

    - `↩` — Select site

    - `⌘↩` — Set as default site

    - `⌥↩` — Reveal site icon in Finder

    - `⌘C` — Copy site ID to clipboard (for adding Script Filters)

- `.so ` — Search StackOverflow.com for ``.

    See below for syntax.

    - `↩` or ` ⌘+NUM` — Open result in default browser

    - `⌘L` — Show full question title in Alfred's Large Text window



Query syntax

------------

Prefix a word in your `` with `.` (full stop) to indicate that

it's a tag, e.g `requests .python` will search for answers tagged

`python` with the query `requests`.



Results

-------

Answered questions will be shown first in the list of results (and have

a green check mark on their icon).



Adding custom searches

----------------------

You can easily add your own searches for specific sites by adding your

own Script Filter with the following Script:

```bash

/usr/bin/python so.py search --site  "$1"

```

The easiest way to do this is to make and edit a copy of the built-in

StackOverflow.com search.

To get a site ID, use the site search (keyword `stack`) and hit `⌘C` on

the desired site to copy its ID to the clipboard.

You can also use `⌥↩` on a site to reveal its icon in Finder.



Licensing, thanks

-----------------

This workflow is released under the [MIT Licence][mit].

It is heavily based on [Alfred-Workflow][alfred-workflow], also

[MIT-licensed][mit].

[alfred]: https://www.alfredapp.com/

[mit]: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

[alfred-workflow]: http://www.deanishe.net/alfred-workflow/

[gh-releases]: https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-stackoverflow/releases

[demo]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deanishe/alfred-stackoverflow/master/demo.gif