#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Bangs in DDG style without using DDG but just Rofi. Load a JSON config file to have the bangs available. Rofi should return, using its dmenu option, the handle followed by your query, e.g. "w burger" if you want a Wikipedia article for "burger", or at least a much needed disambiguation… Config file example: { "bangs": [ { "handle": "w", "name": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={}&go=Go" } ] } Optionally, a bang object can contain a "raw" key with a boolean value: if true, arguments are passed without being URL-encoded. By default this scripts attempts to load your config file from `~/.config/rofibangs.json`, but you can specify the ROFIBANGS_CONFIG_PATH environment variable or pass the path through the -c command-line option. """ import argparse import json import os import subprocess import urllib.parse import webbrowser def load_config(config_path=None): if config_path is None: config_path = os.environ.get("ROFIBANGS_CONFIG_PATH") or os.path.expanduser( "~/.config/rofibangs.json" ) try: with open(config_path, "rt") as bangs_file: return json.load(bangs_file) except OSError: return None def list_bangs(config): for item in config["bangs"]: name = item["name"] handle = item["handle"] print(f"- {handle} {name}") def run_rofi(config, input_text="", title="bang"): rofi_path = config.get("rofi_path", "rofi") completed_process = subprocess.run( [rofi_path, "-dmenu", "-p", title], text=True, capture_output=True, input=input_text, ) output = completed_process.stdout if not output: exit("Empty Rofi output.") return output def open_bang(config, handle, query): for bang in config["bangs"]: if handle == bang["handle"]: break else: print("Unknown handle.") return query = query.strip() if not bang.get("raw", False): query = urllib.parse.quote(query) url = bang["url"].format(query) webbrowser.open_new_tab(url) def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("-c", "--config", help="path to JSON config file") ap.add_argument("-l", "--list", action="store_true", help="show available bangs") ap.add_argument("-b", "--bang", help="launch with this bang already set") args = ap.parse_args() config = load_config() if config is None: exit("Can't load config file.") if args.list: list_bangs(config) return if handle := args.bang: query = run_rofi(config, title=handle) else: process_input = "\n".join(i["handle"] for i in config["bangs"]) + "\n" output = run_rofi(config, input_text=process_input) parts = output.split(maxsplit=1) if len(parts) < 1: exit("Bad Rofi output.") if len(parts) == 1: handle = parts[0] query = run_rofi(config, title=handle) else: handle, query = parts open_bang(config, handle, query) if __name__ == "__main__": main()