Startpage/DuckDuckGo search plugins that use POST

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Startpage/DuckDuckGo search plugins that use POST

Unread post by moonbat » 2019-09-01, 03:34

For added privacy, Startpage & DuckDuckGO offer their search using POST instead of GET so that your search query is hidden from the referrer for the sites you visit. The search plugin for both however is only offered using GET.
I was able to change them so thought I'd share. Save these as XML files in the searchplugins/ directory in your Palemoon profile, and restart the browser to use it.

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<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/" xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<os:ShortName>Startpage.com - Post</os:ShortName>
<os:Description>Startpage POST search</os:Description>
<os:InputEncoding>UTF-8</os:InputEncoding>
<os:Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAACXBIWXMAAACNAAAAjQHGZvekAAAAhklEQVQ4jWNMLf6fwMDAMIGBgYGfgTTwkYGBoYCJTM0MUD0TmMjUDDeEiQLNYDBqAAMD4807///LSjMwcHKQacD/////owveuvOM4fOXH3D+mfN3sWq+dfsZA2NEfAnYgCdPXzA8efqSdBcoaLpiuIAUMDjSAShXkQs+ggwoINOQjwwMDAUAhucl85AOIvIAAAAASUVORK5CYII=</os:Image>
<SearchForm>https://www.startpage.com</SearchForm>
<os:Url type="text/html" method="POST" template="https://www.startpage.com/sp/search" resultDomain="startpage.com">
  <os:Param name="query" value="{searchTerms}"/>
</os:Url><os:Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="https://www.startpage.com/cgi-bin/csuggest?query={searchTerms}&limit=10&lang=english&format=json" resultDomain="startpage.com">
</os:Url>
</SearchPlugin>
Here's the POST version of the DuckDuckGo plugin, found at <install location>/browser/searchplugins.

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<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/" xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<os:ShortName>DuckDuckGo PM</os:ShortName>
<os:Description>Search DuckDuckGo</os:Description>
<os:InputEncoding>UTF-8</os:InputEncoding>
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<os:Url type="text/html" method="POST" template="https://duckduckgo.com/" resultDomain="duckduckgo.com">
  <os:Param name="t" value="palemoon"/>
  <os:Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/>
</os:Url><os:Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="https://duckduckgo.com/ac/" resultDomain="duckduckgo.com">
  <os:Param name="type" value="list"/>
  <os:Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/>
</os:Url>
</SearchPlugin>
In both cases, I've changed the name so that it doesn't overwrite the existing 'GET' versions and you can use either method.
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