[Feature] Make Openverse a browser's search engine

[fcoveram]

Description

I am a Firefox user, and I use many different search engines through shortcuts on the search bar to reach content. This feature significantly improves the experience by using personal settings to browse the web. For me, it is another touchpoint to interact with Openverse, similar to the browser extension.

Additional context

I was looking for how to add other searches, under a browser-agnostic approach, and saw that it is based on OpenSearch

[zackkrida]

This reminds me for CC Search, there is a !cc flag for DuckDuckGo where if you search !cc dogs it will go right to CC Search.

https://duckduckgo.com/

[obulat]

Oh, that's what this file is for! I love this suggestion, @panchovm. We can also set it to have two different searches: for images and for audios, once audio is launched. I guess this will have to be added to the WP theme?

[zackkrida]

I guess this will have to be added to the WP theme?

Yes, great point. We should probably actually remove the file in the frontend repo so we aren't somehow duplicating this functionality.

[AetherUnbound]

Bump! 😄 I would SO love to see this feature!

[dhruvkb]

I just realized that the !cc DuckDuckGo search now directs to Openverse which is very awesome.

[AetherUnbound]

I just realized that the DuckDuckGo search now directs to Openverse which is very awesome.

Really? In what way? :O

[dhruvkb]

Because DuckDuckGo search with !cc (I missed this condition which I believe was the reason for your surprise) redirects to CC Search, which now redirects to Openverse.

[AetherUnbound]

I had no idea, that's so cool!

[obulat]

I just realized that the !cc DuckDuckGo search now directs to Openverse which is very awesome.

I think we need to document it somewhere. We could also add it to the text in the search guide or about us page.

[sarayourfriend]

I'm going to close this issue as won't fix. After moving out of the iframe, the application's opensearch.xml file should start working properly again, right? If I go to staging.openverse.org and right-click the search box, I get an option from Firefox to add a keyword for Openverse search.

[fcoveram]

I added the search engine in Firefox from the staging site, but it redirects me to wp.org. Here is the flow I followed.

Step	Screenshot
Adding Openverse staging as search engine
Assigned a keyword
Search from the browser
Landing in wp.org site

[obulat]

We'll need to update the URL in the opensearch.xml:

https://github.com/WordPress/openverse-frontend/blob/77dc0b5ea091a88116ce6b258cd2c2275d69a4fe/src/static/opensearch.xml#L9

The logo URL there will also need to be updated.

[obulat]

The URL was fixed in WordPress/openverse-frontend#2166, so now you can search from your search bar in Firefox using Openverse! 🎉

[AetherUnbound]

I just tried it and it works great!!! Thank you all 🤩