How to use Firefox with Search DuckDuckGo service?

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How to use Firefox with Search DuckDuckGo service?

In System preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services > Search

I have an item called Search with DuckDuckGo. I don't know if everyone has this item or it is something I added myself a long time ago. This item enables me to search the internet using DuckDuckGo with the current text selection using a keyboard shortcut. I use this option a lot.

But the search occurs in Safari while by favorite browser is Firefox. Can I edit the script of this command to make it work with my current favorite browser of Firefox instead? I don't where the script is located on my machine.

Note that my interface is in French and that I am translating what I see in English so my translation may not be exact.

Posted on Dec 22, 2021 7:07 PM

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JeanMeslier Author

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Dec 22, 2021 8:50 PM in response to dialabrain

I created a new Quick Action in Automator as a zsh script:

/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -search $(</dev/stdin)

It is work well but it is opening a new window instead of using the current one. I've assigned a keyboard shortcut.

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JeanMeslier Author

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Dec 22, 2021 9:20 PM in response to JeanMeslier

Better. I made one in Python searching in the current window:

import subprocess
import urllib

stdin = open("/dev/stdin")
search = stdin.read()
stdin.close()
subprocess.Popen(["/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox", "--new-tab", "--url", "https://duckduckgo.com?q=" + urllib.quote(search)])

😀

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dialabrain

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Dec 22, 2021 7:22 PM in response to JeanMeslier

You can set DuckDuckGo as the default search engine in Firefox > Preferences > Search…

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JeanMeslier Author

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Dec 22, 2021 7:31 PM in response to dialabrain

Please read the question.

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dialabrain

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Dec 22, 2021 7:38 PM in response to JeanMeslier

I have no "Search with DuckDuckGo" service. So if you have Firefox set as the default browser in System Preferences > General and it doesn't work, I don't know how you can make it work.

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How to use Firefox with Search DuckDuckGo service?

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