Custom Hostname Redirection for Empty Queries

[limaceous-bushwhacker]

Description:
I have some custom site searches that use the site: operator in Google (e.g., searching Reddit with site:reddit.com). However, when I perform a search without entering a query, I end up on a Google search results page with site:reddit.com as the only input. Instead, I would like to be redirected directly to reddit.com.

Expected Behavior:
If a custom site search (e.g., site:reddit.com) is used without a query, yang should redirect to reddit.com instead of a Google search page.

Potential Solution:
Introduce a configuration option to specify custom hostname redirections when no query is provided.

This would allow users to define fallback URLs when performing site-specific searches with no query.

Would love to hear your thoughts on whether this is possible or if there's already a way to achieve this. Thanks for your work on yang!

[dmlls]

Hi @limaceous-bushwhacker, and thank you for the detailed feature request!

I can see this being useful. Right now there is the option to "Open Base URL" when no query is inputted, but it's true that this can be a bit limiting in some cases (e.g., your case, or also in case you don't want to open the base URL but rather some specific path within that URL).

I'll try to find a way of implementing this without cluttering too much the settings. Together with #33 (which will also require changes in the storage schema), it can make a good new feature for a 1.0.0 release.

[limaceous-bushwhacker]

Thanks for considering this. The "Open Base URL" option is useful, but having more control over redirections would be a great improvement.

Let me know if I can help test anything when the time comes.