google search

plugins/google.lua

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+function googlethat(query)
+  local api        = "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&"
+  local parameters = "q=".. (URL.escape(query) or "")
+
+  -- Do the request
+  local res, code = https.request(api..parameters)
+  if code ~=200 then return nil  end
+  local data = json:decode(res)
+  local results={}
+  for key,result in ipairs(data.responseData.results) do
+    table.insert(results,{result.titleNoFormatting, result.url})
+  end
+  return results
+end
+
+function stringlinks(results)
+  local stringresults=""
+  for key,val in ipairs(results) do
+    stringresults=stringresults..val[1].." - "..val[2].."\n"
+  end
+  return stringresults
+end
+
+function run(msg, matches)
+   vardump(matches)
+   local results = googlethat(matches[1])
+   return stringlinks(results)
+end
+
+return {
+   description = "Searches Google",
+   usage = "!google terms",
+   patterns = {
+      "^!google (.*)$",
+      "^.[g|G]oogle (.*)$"
+   },
+   run = run
+}