Query Tool

Simple tool to query websites using clipboard content and your keyboard!

To use on Linux, please install the x11 Library. Example install command for Debian systems:

sudo apt-get install xorg-dev

This program creates a custom URL using the provide front, then your clipboard content, and will add the back content if provided.

How to use

Create a configuration TOML file to indicate how you want the program to work. The config file can be made up of multiple config table entries. Example:

copy_mode = false # Optional global setting

[[config]]
    front = "https://www.google.com/search?q="
    keys = "LAlt+Key1"

[[config]]
    front = "https://www.bing.com/search?q="
    back = "%20sauce"
    keys = "LAlt+Key2"
    copy_mode = true

If my clipboard contained the word taco, by pressing left alt+1 it would do a google query for "taco". If I preass left alt+2 it would do a Bing query for "taco sauce".

config file parts

At the top level, The following options are available:

• copy_mode - Optional, bool value, indicates if you want the program to copy highlighted text prior to doing the web query.

The following fields are avaiable for the [[config]] table:

• front - Required, this is the website URL that is the base of the query.
• keys - Required, these are the keys that trigger the web query. Use + as a delimiter between keys.
• back - Optional, this is content to be added at the end of the URL.
• copy_mode - Optional bool, this sets this config to copy highlighted text prior to performing query

Valid keynames

The following key names are valid for use in Key field. NOTE: Keys are named for US keyboard layouts, international keyboard keys may not map correctly in all cases:

"Key1"
"Key2"
"Key3"
"Key4"
"Key5"
"Key6"
"Key7"
"Key8"
"Key9"
"A"
"B"
"C"
"D"
"E"
"F"
"G"
"H"
"I"
"J"
"K"
"L"
"M"
"N"
"O"
"P"
"Q"
"R"
"S"
"T"
"U"
"V"
"W"
"X"
"Y"
"Z"
"F1"
"F2"
"F3"
"F4"
"F5"
"F6"
"F7"
"F8"
"F9"
"F10"
"F11"
"F12"
"Escape"
"Space"
"LControl"
"RControl"
"LShift"
"RShift"
"LAlt"
"RAlt"
"Meta"
"Enter"
"Up"
"Down"
"Left"
"Right"
"Backspace"
"CapsLock"
"Tab"
"Home"
"End"
"PageUp"
"PageDown"
"Insert"
"Delete"
"Grave"
"Minus"
"Equal"
"LeftBracket"
"RightBracket"
"BackSlash"
"Semicolon"
"Apostrophe"
"Comma"
"Dot"
"Slash"