Blogger: Combined Search with multiple labels and keywords

In Blogger it is not possible to do some advanced search from the built-in search boxes or label/tag cloud.

I present here a workaround for this - implemented in AutoHotkey and Javascript (for my personal Chrome extension) that allows to make combined searches with multiple labels and keywords in a Blogger/blogspot Blog.

Problem description

Solution

Source: narfisil's old blog: Blogger Multiple label Query (narfisil2.blogspot.com)

The Url for a search with labels looks like:

Single label search: https://tdalon.blogspot.com/search/label/autohotkey 

Combined label and keyword search: https://tdalon.blogspot.com/search?q=label:autohotkey+label:microsoft-teams+reaction

Blogger Quick Search AutoHotkey Implementation

Function is implemented in ahk/Lib/Blogger.ahk-> Blogger_Search

Blogger_Search(sUrl,sDefSearch:=""){

RegExMatch(sUrl,"https?://[^/]*",sRootUrl)

ReRootUrl := StrReplace(sRootUrl,".","\.")

If (sDefSearch = "") {

    ; Get def search from input url

    If RegExMatch(sUrl,"/search/label/([^\?&]*)",sMatch) {

        sDefSearch = #%sMatch1%

    } Else If RegExMatch(sUrl,"\?q=([^&]*)",sDefSearch) {

       

        sDefSearch := sDefSearch1  

        sPat := "label:([^\+]*)"

        Pos=1

        While Pos :=    RegExMatch(sDefSearch, sPat, tag,Pos+StrLen(tag))

            sTags := sTags . " #" . tag1

       

        sDefSearch := RegExReplace(sDefSearch,sPat,"")

        sDefSearch := sTags . "+" . sDefSearch

       

        sDefSearch := StrReplace(sDefSearch,"%20"," ")

        sDefSearch := StrReplace(sDefSearch,"+"," ")

        sDefSearch := Trim(sDefSearch)

    }

    InputBox, sSearch , Blogger Search, Enter search string (use # for tags):,,640,125,,,,,%sDefSearch%

    if ErrorLevel

        return

    sSearch := Trim(sSearch)

}

sPat := "#([^\s]*)"

sTags =

Pos=1

While Pos :=    RegExMatch(sSearch, sPat, tag,Pos+StrLen(tag))

    sTags := sTags . "+label:" . tag1

If Not (sTags = "") {

    sTags := SubStr(sTags,2) ; remove starting +

    sSearch := RegExReplace(sSearch,sPat,"")

    sSearch := Trim(sSearch)

    If (sSearch = "")

        sSearch := sTags

    Else

        sSearch := sTags . "+" . sSearch

}

sSearchUrl := sRootUrl . "/search?q=" . sSearch . "&max-results=500"

;Run, %sSearchUrl%

Send ^n ; New Window

Sleep 500

Clip_Paste(sSearchUrl)

Send {Enter}

} ; eofun

NWS PowerTool Integration

This feature is implemented in the NWS PowerTool QuickSearch feature.

Simply use Win+F when viewing a Blogger post in the Browser, to trigger the Quick Search.

Chrome Extension Implementation

I have also implemented such a functionality to quickly search in my blog via the omnibar and my customed Chrome Extension.

You can view the code in this GitHub repository: https://github.com/tdalon/my_crx

I trigger this from the omnibar, typing 'm' followed by TAB to activate the specific chrome extension action. Then type the main keyword 'mb' (for my blog) followed by the string to search.

Words prefixed with # are interpreted as Labels.

Typing enter will then run the search in my blog.