#!/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/bangs.json`, but you can specify the BANGS_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("BANGS_CONFIG_PATH") or os.path.expanduser("~/.config/bangs.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", no_lines=False): rofi_path = config.get("rofi_path", "rofi") args = ["-dmenu", "-p", title] if no_lines: args += ["-l", "0"] completed_process = subprocess.run( [rofi_path] + args, 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): try: bang = next(bang for bang in config["bangs"] if handle == bang["handle"]) except StopIteration: 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", nargs="+", help="launch with this bang already set") ap.add_argument("-f", "--queries-file", help="file with one bang argument per line") args = ap.parse_args() config = load_config() if config is None: exit("Can't load config file.") if args.list: list_bangs(config) return queries = [] if listfile := args.queries_file: try: with open(listfile, "rt") as file: queries = [line.rstrip() for line in file.readlines()] except OSError: exit("Can't load queries file.") # If a bang is specified on the command line, use it, optionally with its args. if bang_args := args.bang: handle = bang_args[0] if bang_args[1:]: queries.append(" ".join(bang_args[1:])) # Else show a Rofi with the list of available bangs. else: process_input = "\n".join( i["handle"] for i in sorted(config["bangs"], key=lambda bang: bang["handle"]) ) + "\n" output = run_rofi(config, input_text=process_input) parts = output.split(maxsplit=1) if len(parts) < 1: exit("Bad Rofi output.") handle = parts[0] if len(parts) > 1: queries.append(parts[1]) # If no queries were obtained during options parsing, show Rofi now to get a single query. if not queries: queries.append(run_rofi(config, title=handle, no_lines=True)) for query in queries: open_bang(config, handle, query) if __name__ == "__main__": main()