Search a Query on a Search Portal in a Web Browser

Creates an appropriate query string for a search engine and then opens up the resulting page in a web browser.

search_site(
  query,
  site = c("google", "bing", "duckduckgo", "ddg", "startpage", "sp", "qwant", "rseek",
    "rstudio community", "rscom", "twitter", "stackoverflow", "so", "github", "gh",
    "grep", "bitbucket", "bb"),
  rlang = TRUE
)

search_google(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_bing(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_duckduckgo(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_ddg(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_ixquick(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_startpage(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_sp(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_ecosia(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_rseek(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_qwant(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_rstudio_community(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_rscom(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_twitter(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_stackoverflow(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_so(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_github(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_gh(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_grep(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_bitbucket(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

search_bb(query = geterrmessage(), rlang = TRUE)

Arguments

query: Contents of string to search. Default is the error message.
site: Name of site to search on. Supported options: "google" (default), "bing", "duckduckgo", "startpage", "qwant","rstudio community", "twitter","stackoverflow", "github", "grep", and "bitbucket".
rlang: Search for results written in R. Default is TRUE

Value

The generated search URL or an empty string.

Google Search

The search_google function searches Google using: https://www.google.com/search?q=<query>

See https://moz.com/learn/seo/search-operators for details.

Bing Search

The search_bing() function searches Bing using: https://www.bing.com/search?q=<query>

DuckDuckGo Search

The search_duckduckgo() and search_ddg() functions both search DuckDuckGo using: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=<query>

Startpage Search

The search_startpage() function searches startpage using: https://startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=<query>

Ecosia Search

The search_ecosia() function searches Ecosia using: https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=<query>

For additional details regarding Ecosia's search interface please see: https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/502-ecosia-on-desktop

Rseek Search

The search_rseek() function searches Rseek using: https://rseek.org/?q=<query>

Qwant Search

The search_qwant() function searches Qwant using: https://www.qwant.com/?q=<query>

RStudio Community Search

The search_rstudio_community() and search_rscom() functions both search RStudio Community using: https://community.rstudio.com/search?q=<query>

For additional details regarding RStudio Community's search interface please see the Discourse API documentation: https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Search

Twitter Search

The search_twitter() functions search Twitter using: https://twitter.com/search?q=<query>

For additional details regarding Twitter's search interface please see: https://help.twitter.com/en/using-x/x-advanced-search

StackOverflow Search

The search_stackoverflow() and search_so() functions both search StackOverflow using: https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Br%5D+<query>

For additional details regarding StackOverflow's search interface please see: https://stackoverflow.com/help/searching

GitHub Search

The search_github() and search_gh() functions both search GitHub using: https://github.com/search?q=<query>+language%3Ar+type%3Aissue&type=Issues

For additional details regarding GitHub's search interface please see: https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/about-searching-on-github and https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-code/

grep.app Search

The search_grep() function searches all public code on GitHub using grep.app by querying: https://grep.app/search?q=<query-here>&filter[lang][0]=R

BitBucket Search

The search_bitbucket() and search_bb() functions both search BitBucket using: https://bitbucket.org/search?q=lang%3Ar+<query>

For additional details regarding BitBucket's search interface please see: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/code-search-in-bitbucket-873876782.html

Examples

# Search in a generic way
search_site("r-project", "google")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://google.com/search?q=r-project%20r%20programming

# Search Google
search_google("r-project")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://google.com/search?q=r-project%20r%20programming

# Search Bing
search_bing("Microsoft R")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://bing.com/search?q=Microsoft%20R%20r%20programming

# Search DuckDuckGo
search_duckduckgo("R language")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=R%20language%20r%20programming

# Search startpage
search_startpage("VS Code")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=VS%20Code%20r%20programming

# Search Rseek
search_rseek("searcher")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://rseek.org/?q=searcher%20

# Search Qwant
search_qwant("Quarto")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://www.qwant.com/?q=Quarto%20r%20programming

# Search RStudio Community
search_rstudio_community("RStudio IDE")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://community.rstudio.com/search?q=RStudio%20IDE

# Search Twitter
search_twitter("searcher")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://twitter.com/search?q=searcher %23rstats

# Search StackOverflow for Convolutions in the r tag
search_stackoverflow("convolutions")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=convolutions%20[r]

# Search all languages on StackOverflow for convolutions
search_stackoverflow("convolutions", rlang = FALSE)
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=convolutions

# Search GitHub Issues for bivariate normal in the language:r
search_github("bivariate normal")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://github.com/search?q=bivariate%20normal%20language:r%20type:issue&type=Issues

# Search all languages on GitHub Issues for bivariate normal
search_github("bivariate normal", rlang = FALSE)
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://github.com/search?q=bivariate%20normal&type=Issues

# Search R code on GitHub for numerical optimization
search_grep("optim")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://grep.app/search?q=optim%20&filter[lang][0]=R

# Search all code on GitHub for numerical optimization
search_grep("optim", rlang = FALSE)
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://grep.app/search?q=optim

# Search BitBucket for assertions
search_bitbucket("assertions")
#> Please type into your browser:
#> https://bitbucket.com/search?q=assertions%20lang:r

if (FALSE) {
# On error, automatically search the message on google
options(error = searcher("google"))
options(error = search_google)
}