User-defined commands for Universal Search Command Line Patch

[runukraine]

The Universal Search Command Line patch is one of my favorite patches. Dsevil has made it a necessary part of my WebOS experience. I am constantly using commands such as .gc for garbage collection, .qmemo for memos, and .az for amazon searches.

The patch allows for the creation of user-defined commands by placing a file called uscl.json in the root directory.

My question to the community is, how do you take advantage of user-defined commands? What do your commands do? If you have something you want to tell us about, please post the code you used.

At this point I haven't done anything with it... so I'm eagerly anticipating any ideas others have.

Link to sample command line code from Dsevil's website: http://webonastick.com/uscl/feeds/uscl.json.txt

[Analog]

I added this:

		"ixquick": {
			"title": "Ixquick",
			"usage": "<var>keywords</var>",
			"example": "search engine privacy",
			"description": "Search Ixquick.com",
			"url": "https://us.ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl?cat=web&cmd=process_search&language=english&enginecount=8&query=",
			"noArguments": {
				"url": "https://us.ixquick.com/"
			}
		},
		"ix": "ixquick",

...to the sample .json file. It does a secure (https) ixquick.com search on the keywords you enter.

[Audemars02]

I LOVE this patch too..one of my favorites. and I added the following to get

1) Youtube mobile search
2) Fatwallet search (to find sites that give you cash back)
3) tv.com

{
	"entries": {
		"yt": {
			"title": "YouTube",
			"usage": "<var>keywords</var>",
			"example": "palm pre review",
			"description": "Find videos on youtube.com.",
			"url": "http://m.youtube.com/results?is_adult=True&hl=en&gl=US&client=mv-google&q=",
			"noArguments": {
				"url": "http://m.youtube.com/"
			}
		},
		"youtube": "yt",
		"fw": {
			"title": "Fatwallet",
			"usage": "<var>keywords</var>",
			"example": "Palm",
			"description": "Find deals on fatwallet.com.",
			"url": "http://www.fatwallet.com/coupons-cash-back/#/search=",
			"noArguments": {
				"url": "http://www.fatwallet.com/coupons-cash-back/"
			}
		},
		"fatwallet": "fw",
		"tv": {
			"title": "TV.com",
			"usage": "<var>keywords</var>",
			"example": "highlander",
			"description": "Find articles on TV.com.",
			"url": "http://www.tv.com/search.php?type=11&stype=all&tag=search%3Bfrontdoor&qs=",
			"noArguments": {
				"url": "http://www.tv.com/"
			}
		}
	}
}

[runukraine]

Originally Posted by Analog

I added this:

...to the sample .json file. It does a secure (https) ixquick.com search on the keywords you enter.

Thank you! Had no clue what ixquick was... now I think I'm incorporating it into my regular life.

Originally Posted by Audemars02

I LOVE this patch too..one of my favorites. and I added the following to get

1) Youtube mobile search
2) Fatwallet search (to find sites that give you cash back)
3) tv.com

...and Audemars thank you! Never heard of Fatwallet before... you've just gone and impacted my bottom-line.

[runukraine]

Anyone have an idea of how far you can go using this uscl.json file to manipulate your phone? Is it limited to site-specific searches, or can you do other things like have it open up a specific app and modify data in it. Could I, as an example, create a .qflash command which creates a new flash card in my flash card app without opening it?

[JHNSTN00]

Originally Posted by runukraine

The Universal Search Command Line patch is one of my favorite patches. Dsevil has made it a necessary part of my WebOS experience. I am constantly using commands such as .gc for garbage collection, .qmemo for memos, and .az for amazon searches.

The patch allows for the creation of user-defined commands by placing a file called uscl.json in the root directory.

My question to the community is, how do you take advantage of user-defined commands? What do your commands do? If you have something you want to tell us about, please post the code you used.

At this point I haven't done anything with it... so I'm eagerly anticipating any ideas others have.

Link to sample command line code from Dsevil's website: http://webonastick.com/uscl/feeds/uscl.json.txt

I emailed uscl.json to pre, but it's a txt file. Will that work, tried .update then tried search but phone does not recognize my command. .pc or .pre to search precentral.net

[splashote]

Hey,
I recently discovered this patch. It's genius!

How do I edit existing shortcuts? I'm used to have shorter ones in the FF url-field. For example
i for imdb
gm for google maps

etc.

[patricksmangan]

is .gc built in? I might install it even if I only remember that for garbage collect