jump from the command line to the browser and search against specified sites

duckshift.py

# Start a search against multiple sites from the command line
# Usage: python duckshift.py <search terms>

import sys
import subprocess
import webbrowser
try:
    from urllib.parse import quote
except ImportError:
    from urllib import quote  # python 2

sites = """
stackoverflow.com
unix.stackexchange.com
serverfault.com
superuser.com
bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com/solutions
access.redhat.com/articles
openshift.com
github.com/openshift
trello.com
kubernetes.io
"""


def make_url(terms=[], sites=[]):
    """ Compose search terms and sites with url safe encoding. """
    terms = [quote(x, safe='') for x in terms]
    sites = ','.join(sites.strip().split('\n'))
    sites = quote('site:' + sites, safe='')
    url = 'https://duckduckgo.com/?q=' + '+'.join(terms + [sites])
    return url


def browse(url):
    """ Visit url with system browser. """
    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
        subprocess.Popen(['open', url])
    else:
        webbrowser.open_new_tab(url)
    pass


if __name__ == '__main__':
    terms = sys.argv[1:]
    url = make_url(terms, sites=sites)
    print(url)
    check = input('Open url in browser? Y|n ')
    if not check.strip().lower().startswith('n'):
        browse(url)
    pass

Example usage:

$ alias duckshift="python ~/gists/duckshift.py"
$ duckshift error foo bar
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=error+foo+bar+site%3Astackoverflow.com%2Cunix.stackexchange.com%2Cserverfault.com%2Csuperuser.com%2Cbugzilla.redhat.com%2Caccess.redhat.com%2Fsolutions%2Caccess.redhat.com%2Farticles%2Copenshift.com%2Cgithub.com%2Fopenshift%2Ctrello.com%2Ckubernetes.io
Open url in browser? Y|n