Category Archives: You-Tube-Search

Browser Extension, Google Chrome, Javascript, uTube-Search, You-Tube-Search

Update – The You-Tube Search extension for Chrome is now renamed to uTube Search

You-Tube Search was taken down and replaced with uTube Search

You-Tube Search was taken down and replaced with uTube Search

Google is fussy about copyright stuff and browser extensions. I used a dash in the name to get around their copyright rules – they caught me. Google owns youtube.com, as well as you-tube.com apparently (even though it doesn’t resolve, it goes through google nameservers) – they don’t own utube.com (Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation does – I don’t think they’ll complain about my browser extension). So I think this new name will be OK (hopefully). I just want to mention that I am just trying to make searching youtube.com easier and more convenient  – nothing more.  I’m sorry if this caused my users or Google any inconvenience or problems.

The newly named version (uTube Search) is available in the Chrome Store here.

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Browser Extension, Google Chrome, Javascript, You-Tube-Search

Google Chrome Extension – You-Tube (youtube.com) Search, an Omnibox extension

Google Chrome Omnibox Search extension that enables you to search YouTube from the Omnibox.  To use, simply type ‘yt’, a space, and your search query into the Omnibox and it will open your search results up in a new tab.

manifest.json


{
	"name" : "You-Tube Search",
	"short_name": "yt Search",
	"description" : "To use, type 'yt' & space, and a query term into the Omnibox. timothytocci.com",
	"version" : "0.1",
	"background" : {
		"scripts" : ["background.js"]
	},
	"omnibox" : {
		"keyword" : "yt"
	},
	"icons" : {
		"16" : "yt_16.png",
		"32" : "yt_32.png",
		"48" : "yt_48.png",
		"128" : "yt_128.png"
	},
	"manifest_version" : 2
}

background.js


chrome.omnibox.onInputEntered.addListener(function (text) {
	var createProperties = {
		url : "http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query="
		 + encodeURIComponent(text)
	};
	chrome.tabs.create(createProperties);
});
chrome.omnibox.onInputStarted
.addListener(function () {
	var suggestion = {
		description : "Search YouTube for the query: %s "
	}
	chrome.omnibox.setDefaultSuggestion(suggestion);
});

Install You-Tube Search Extension (chrome store)

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