https://github.com/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow

Search for answers on StackOverflow from Alfred
https://github.com/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow

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Search for answers on StackOverflow from Alfred

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow
• Owner: techouse
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-10-23T14:51:24.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-03T15:16:12.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-02-03T16:26:59.366Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: alfred, alfred-workflow, stackoverflow, stackoverflow-api
• Language: Dart
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.07 MB
• Stars: 11
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# StackOverflow Search for Alfred

![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow.svg)

![GitHub All Releases](https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow/total.svg)

![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/license/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow.svg)

Search [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com) questions using [Alfred](https://www.alfredapp.com/).

Heavily inspired by [deanishe/alfred-stackexchange](https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-stackexchange). :seedling:

![demo](demo.gif)

## Installation

1. [Download the latest version](https://github.com/techouse/alfred-stackoverflow/releases/latest)

2. Install the workflow by double-clicking the `.alfredworkflow` file

3. You can add the workflow to a category, then click "Import" to finish importing. You'll now see the workflow listed

   in the left sidebar of your Workflows preferences pane.

## Usage

Just type `so` followed by your ``.

```

so how to encode an http query in python

```

Either press `⌘Y` to Quick Look the result, or press `` to open it in your web browser.

### 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.

### Note

The search uses the [StackExchange Advanced Search API](https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/advanced-search) which has

a [hard limit of 10,000 queries per IP address per day](https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/throttle).