How do you make a new search engine in Google Chrome if the search term has to be a POST variable?
I tried translating the POST data into a GET querystring with the %s placeholder but this didn't work.
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How do you make a new search engine in Google Chrome if the search term has to be a POST variable?
I tried translating the POST data into a GET querystring with the %s placeholder but this didn't work.
Best Answer
Try
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URLI managed to get what I want with this (pretty nasty indeed) workaround: a
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URL that creates and immediately submits the form. This means, when you define your search engine, instead of a URL like this:you would use this URL/code:
Since it'll most likely be a pretty long string it's better to prepare it in a text editor and then copy-paste it into the URL bar.
Example: This is the search URL for an Italian-English dictionary:
And here the same thing again, but with the single line manually reformatted into multiple lines to make it easier to read and understand:
P.S. Unfortunately, this method doesn't work when performing search from empty "New Tab" page. This can be fixed by installing "Ultimate New tab" extension.