StackExchange Search for Alfred
Search for answers on StackExchange sites from Alfred 4+.
Download
Get StackExchange for Alfred from GitHub releases.
Usage
The main action (keyword stack) shows a list of all StackExchange
sites. Choose one to search it.
There is also a search for StackOverflow.com configured (keyword
.so), but it is easy to add searches for your own favourite
StackExchange sites.
stack [<query>]— Choose a StackExchange site to search.↩— Select site⌘↩— Set as default site⌥↩— Reveal site icon in Finder⌘C— Copy site ID to clipboard (for adding Script Filters)
.so <query>— Search StackOverflow.com for<query>. See below for syntax.↩or⌘+NUM— Open result in default browser⌘L— Show full question title in Alfred's Large Text window
Query syntax
Prefix a word in your <query> with . (full stop) to indicate that
it's a tag, e.g requests .python will search for answers tagged
python with the query requests.
Results
Answered questions will be shown first in the list of results (and have a green check mark on their icon).
Adding custom searches
You can easily add your own searches for specific sites by adding your own Script Filter with the following Script:
/usr/bin/python so.py search --site <siteid> "$1"The easiest way to do this is to make and edit a copy of the built-in StackOverflow.com search.
To get a site ID, use the site search (keyword stack) and hit ⌘C on
the desired site to copy its ID to the clipboard.
You can also use ⌥↩ on a site to reveal its icon in Finder.
Licensing, thanks
This workflow is released under the MIT Licence.
It is heavily based on Alfred-Workflow, also MIT-licensed.