go-ogle

A command line way to search google in a chrome tab.

What?

A minimal command line app + a chrome extension which allows you to:

1. Search Google for something
2. Navigate using [^ v]
3. Select a link using [Enter]

Install

TODO:

1. Install the plugin
2. Install the CLI app

Design

                                        WebSocket Server

                                       +-----------------+
                             +--------->                 |
 Chrome Browser              |         | localhost:18881 <------------------+
                             |  +------*                 |                  |
+-------------------+        |  |      +-----------------+                  |
|                   |        |  |                                           |
|                   |        |  |                                           |
|  Extension        |        |  |                                           |
| +------------+    |        |  |                                           |
| |            *-------------+  |       CLI App                             |
| +---------^--+    |           |                                           |
|           |       |           |      +-----------------+                  |
|           +-------------------+      |                 |                  |
|                   |                  |                 *------------------+
+-------------------+                  |                 |
                                       |                 |
                                       |                 |
                                       |                 |
                                       +-----------------+

Contents

• extension implements the chrome extension implemented in Javascript.
• hub implements a golang library that implements a pub-sub socket.
• server implements a golang websocket server library.
• types contain application specific types that are usually passed around library instances.
• main.go implements the cli app which will self-spawn a daemon process to connect to.

TODOs

1. Advanced keyboard input cases - next page / prev page / next-result from page etc
2. If selected item is not focused on page - center it.