Quick-and-Simple

Dear fellow lazy people,

Note: This is made for the purpose of a quick and simple search and not for advanced searches. You still gotta do work for those.

Let me lay out a scenario for you. Imagine that you had just started up your PC. You now want to watch a Youtube video or go on Google. To do that, you must

1. Open your browser.
2. Click on the search bar (assuming you don't use Google Chrome or a favorites feature of any browser).
3. Type in "Youtube.com" or "Google.com".
4. Enter your query into the secondary search bar.
5. Press Enter.

Now that might not seem like a lot of steps but if you are anything like me, it gets worse if you have to do it many times throughout the day. With this program, you can save your few precious seconds. Your dream of living a slothful life is one step closer to coming true. All you have to do is leave the program open, press two buttons on your keyboard, and you will already be at whichever search bar you want to be using (predictive search not included). All you gotta do is type your query and press Enter.

Specifications

This program is written in Python 3.7.7 using the win32 api designed for use in Windows only.

Required Packages:

• pywin32 - Python extensions for Microsoft Windows. Provides access to much of the Win32 API. Provides much of the interface along with tkinter (included with Python).
• pynput - A library for controlling and monitor input devices. Provides hotkey functionality for the program.
• requests A HTTP library for Python. Provides access to the endpoint http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search for predictive searching capabilities.

This program includes a requirements file for easy installation of the required packages using PyPI.
It is recommended that you install a virtual environment before installing requirements.
To do so, feel free to read up on python virtual environments.

$pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

$python main.py

To conduct a Google search, use hotkey Alt + z.
To conduct a Youtube search, use hotkey Alt + x.
These features are also available through the system tray icon.
To quit the program, right click the system tray icon and select quit.

Contributing

All contributions or feedback are welcomed.

Credit

Based off Simon Brunning's SysTrayIcon.py sample system tray application.