[GH-ISSUE #595] [FEATURE] Bangs without any search term should redirect to the homepage #380

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opened 2026-02-25 20:35:36 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-25 20:35:36 +03:00

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Originally created by @lenicyl on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/595

Currently Whoogle bangs work this way :
!yt <search term> redirects to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=<search term> which is nice

However if you use the bang !yt without really adding any search terms it again redirects to https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query= which is somewhat annoying

It would be nice if it were to be changed so that if a search term isnt used, it redirects to the homepage, which in the examples used above would mean !yt redirects to https://youtube.com

Originally created by @lenicyl on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search/issues/595 Currently Whoogle bangs work this way : `!yt <search term>` redirects to `https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=<search term>` which is nice However if you use the bang `!yt` without really adding any search terms it again redirects to `https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=` which is somewhat annoying It would be nice if it were to be changed so that if a search term isnt used, it redirects to the homepage, which in the examples used above would mean `!yt` redirects to `https://youtube.com`

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@Albonycal commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021):

hmm maybe I could work on this
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@Albonycal commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021): hmm maybe I could work on this @benbusby

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2026-02-25 20:35:36 +03:00

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@benbusby commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021):

@Albonycal sure. You'd just need to modify app/utils/bangs.py -> resolve_bang() to make sure the URL replacement value isn't empty first. So something like (pseudocode-ish):

def resolve_bang
    # ... rest of function ...
    bang_query = query.replace(operator if operator in split_query
                               else operator[1:] + operator[0], '').strip(), 1)
    if bang_query:
        return bangs_dict[operator]['url'].replace('{}', bang_query)
    return ''

@benbusby commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021): @Albonycal sure. You'd just need to modify `app/utils/bangs.py -> resolve_bang()` to make sure the URL replacement value isn't empty first. So something like (pseudocode-ish): ```py def resolve_bang # ... rest of function ... bang_query = query.replace(operator if operator in split_query else operator[1:] + operator[0], '').strip(), 1) if bang_query: return bangs_dict[operator]['url'].replace('{}', bang_query) return '' ```

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2026-02-25 20:36:55 +03:00

[PR #380] [MERGED] Fix handling of links: only external links should open in a new tab #858