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does the searching happen on your machine (scrape google search results by crafting a url query) or does it get routed to a central server that we are forced to
by curiousjorge 11y ago
does the searching happen on your machine (scrape google search results by crafting a url query) or does it get routed to a central server that we are forced to trust? If the latter, no way in hell this is going to be popular around here.
- spenvo 11y agoIt uses Reddit's API, Algolia's HN API, and the Google News Api. Any of these services can be toggled individually in settings. [0] - Reddit - https://github.com/reddit/reddit/wiki/API https://github.com/reddit/reddit/wiki/API [1] - HN - https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api [2] - https://developers.google.com/news-search/v1/devguide#getting-started https://developers.google.com/news-search/v1/devguide#gettin... Also, it can be set to search a-la-carte by toggling Research Mode.