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GenXdev.Queries.Webbrowser

Overview

GenXdev.Queries.Webbrowser opens search queries across every major search engine and information site. It covers general search (Google, Bing), code (GitHub, Stack Overflow), media (YouTube, IMDB, MovieQuotes), site analysis (BuiltWith, SimilarWeb, Whois, Wayback Machine), reference (Wikipedia, Wolfram Alpha, Grokipedia), and geographic lookup (Instant StreetView).

What It Offers

Command Aliases What it does
Open-SearchEngine q Open a search in the configured default search engine
Open-GoogleQuery — Open a Google search with extensive customization options
Open-BingQuery bq Open a Bing search query
Open-GithubQuery qgithub, qgh Search GitHub repositories, code, issues, and more
Open-StackOverflowQuery qso Search Stack Overflow
Open-YoutubeQuery youtube Search YouTube
Open-IMDBQuery imdb Search IMDB
Open-MovieQuote moviequote Open a video clip of a movie quote
Open-WikipediaQuery wikipedia Search Wikipedia
Open-WikipediaNLQuery wikinl Search Dutch Wikipedia
Open-GrokipediaQuery wiki Search Grokipedia
Open-WolframAlphaQuery qalpha Query Wolfram Alpha
Open-WebsiteAndPerformQuery owaq Open a website and execute queries on it
Open-BuiltWithSiteInfo — Check what technology a site is built with
Open-SimularWebSiteInfo simularsite View SimilarWeb traffic analysis for a site
Open-WhoisHostSiteInfo whois Look up domain registration info
Open-WaybackMachineSiteInfo wayback View historical snapshots of a site
Open-GoogleSiteInfo — View Google's cached information about a site
Open-InstantStreetViewQuery isv Open a location in Instant StreetView
Copy-PDFsFromGoogleQuery — Download PDFs found through Google search results

How It All Comes Together

Open-SearchEngine (q) opens a query in Google or via parameter specified searchengine. Each other cmdlet targets a specific service:

  • Search: Open-GoogleQuery, Open-BingQuery (bq), Open-YoutubeQuery (youtube)
  • Reference: Open-WikipediaQuery (wikipedia), Open-WikipediaNLQuery (wikinl), Open-GrokipediaQuery (wiki), Open-WolframAlphaQuery (qalpha)
  • Code: Open-GithubQuery (qgithub, qgh), Open-StackOverflowQuery (qso)
  • Media: Open-IMDBQuery (imdb), Open-MovieQuote (moviequote)
  • Site analysis: Open-BuiltWithSiteInfo, Open-SimularWebSiteInfo (simularsite), Open-WhoisHostSiteInfo (whois), Open-WaybackMachineSiteInfo (wayback), Open-GoogleSiteInfo
  • Other: Open-InstantStreetViewQuery (isv), Open-WebsiteAndPerformQuery (owaq), Copy-PDFsFromGoogleQuery

See Also