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Is there a way to generate a url for a particular query? I have a homepage with a bunch of search boxes. Incidentally, anyone know if there is a way to genera

by pg 17y ago

Is there a way to generate a url for a particular query? I have a homepage with a bunch of search boxes. Incidentally, anyone know if there is a way to generate a url for a Twitter search? The one I had been using stopped working recently.

chaosmachine 17y ago
Like this? http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all#hl=all&q=this http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all#hl=all&q=this http://twitter.com/#search?q=this http://twitter.com/#search?q=this
- pg 17y ago
  I'm having trouble making an html form that will generate the request Google seems to need. Do you know what a form would have to look like? The Twitter url doesn't work for me, incidentally. I get a Twitter search page but with no query or search results.
  - jarek 17y ago
    Try http://search.twitter.com/search?q=this http://search.twitter.com/search?q=this
    - pg 17y ago
      Great; this works: <form action="http://search.twitter.com/search" method="get"> <input type="text" size="30" name="q"/> </form>
  - nostrademons 17y ago
    The only thing Google needs is the q parameter: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20google http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20g... You just need a form with action="http://www.google.com http://www.google.com and a text input of name "q", assuming you only care about English-only.
    - pg 17y ago
      I'm not trying to generate an ordinary Google search. I'm trying to generate one with the clean search results pages Google had before the redesign, which you can get from the search page linked to in the OP: http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all My question is how to make a web form that produces the same results as the page above.
      - nostrademons 17y ago
        http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20google&hl=all http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20g... i.e. put a hidden input with a hl=all in the form. (I make no warranties about this hack continuing to work past next week.)
        pg 17y ago
        That works. Thank you so much! What a relief. <form action="http://google.com/search" method=get> <input type=text value="" name=q size=30> <input type=submit value="Go"> <input name=hl type=hidden value="all"> </form>

by pg 17y ago

chaosmachine 17y ago

Like this? http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all#hl=all&q=this http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all#hl=all&q=this http://twitter.com/#search?q=this http://twitter.com/#search?q=this

pg 17y ago
I'm having trouble making an html form that will generate the request Google seems to need. Do you know what a form would have to look like? The Twitter url doesn't work for me, incidentally. I get a Twitter search page but with no query or search results.
- jarek 17y ago
  Try http://search.twitter.com/search?q=this http://search.twitter.com/search?q=this
  - pg 17y ago
    Great; this works: <form action="http://search.twitter.com/search" method="get"> <input type="text" size="30" name="q"/> </form>
- nostrademons 17y ago
  The only thing Google needs is the q parameter: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20google http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20g... You just need a form with action="http://www.google.com http://www.google.com and a text input of name "q", assuming you only care about English-only.
  - pg 17y ago
    I'm not trying to generate an ordinary Google search. I'm trying to generate one with the clean search results pages Google had before the redesign, which you can get from the search page linked to in the OP: http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all My question is how to make a web form that produces the same results as the page above.
    - nostrademons 17y ago
      http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20google&hl=all http://www.google.com/search?q=site:news.ycombinator.com%20g... i.e. put a hidden input with a hl=all in the form. (I make no warranties about this hack continuing to work past next week.)
      - pg 17y ago
        That works. Thank you so much! What a relief. <form action="http://google.com/search" method=get> <input type=text value="" name=q size=30> <input type=submit value="Go"> <input name=hl type=hidden value="all"> </form>