coatless-rpkg · coatless · May 20, 2025 · May 20, 2025
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: searcher
 Title: Query Search Interfaces 
-Version: 0.0.7
+Version: 0.0.7.2
 Authors@R: c(
              person("James", "Balamuta",
                     email = "[email protected]", 

diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export(ask_perplexity)
 export(search_bb)
 export(search_bing)
 export(search_bitbucket)
+export(search_brave)
 export(search_ddg)
 export(search_duckduckgo)
 export(search_ecosia)
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export(search_github)
 export(search_google)
 export(search_grep)
 export(search_ixquick)
+export(search_kagi)
 export(search_qwant)
 export(search_rscom)
 export(search_rseek)

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 - Added new vignettes:
     - `search-with-ai-assistants.Rmd`: Overview of the AI Searching Techniques
     - `managing-ai-prompts.Rmd`: Overview of `searcher`'s AI Prompt Management System
+- Added search portals:
+    - `search_brave()`: Searches on Brave. 
+      ([#42](https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/searcher/pull/42))
+    - `search_kagi()`: Searches on Kagi. 
+      ([#42](https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/searcher/pull/42))
 - Added searcher logo ([#40](https://github.com/coatless-rpkg/searcher/pull/40))
 
 

diff --git a/R/index-sites.R b/R/index-sites.R
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ site_index =
     site_entry("startpage", "https://startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=", "sp"),
     site_entry("ecosia", "https://www.ecosia.org/search?q="),
     site_entry("qwant", "https://www.qwant.com/?q="),
+    site_entry("brave", "https://search.brave.com/search?q="),
+    site_entry("kagi", "https://kagi.com/search?q="),
     site_entry(
       "stackoverflow",
       "https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=",

diff --git a/R/search-functions.R b/R/search-functions.R
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 #' @rdname search_site
 #' @export
 #' @seealso [search_google()], [search_bing()], [search_duckduckgo()],
-#'          [search_startpage()], [search_rseek()], [search_qwant()], [search_twitter()],
+#'          [search_startpage()], [search_rseek()], [search_qwant()],
+#'          [search_brave()], [search_kagi()], [search_twitter()],
 #'          [search_rstudio_community()], [search_stackoverflow()],
 #'          [search_github()], [search_grep()], [search_bitbucket()], and [searcher()]
 #' @examples
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@
 #' # Search Qwant
 #' search_qwant("Quarto")
 #'
+#' # Search Brave
+#' search_brave("webR")
+#'
 #' # Search RStudio Community
 #' search_rstudio_community("RStudio IDE")
 #'
@@ -85,6 +89,8 @@ search_site = function(query,
                          "sp",
                          "qwant",
                          "rseek",
+                         "brave",
+                         "kagi",
                          "rstudio community",
                          "rscom",
                          "twitter",
@@ -119,6 +125,8 @@ search_site = function(query,
     sp             = search_startpage(query, rlang),
     qwant          = search_qwant(query, rlang),
     rseek          = search_rseek(query, rlang),
+    brave          = search_brave(query, rlang),
+    kagi           = search_kagi(query, rlang),
     `rstudio community` = , # empty case carried below
     rscom          = search_rstudio_community(query, rlang),
     twitter        = search_twitter(query, rlang),
@@ -261,6 +269,23 @@ search_rseek = searcher("rseek")
 #' Qwant using: `https://www.qwant.com/?q=<query>`
 search_qwant = searcher("qwant")
 
+#' @rdname search_site
+#' @export
+#' @section Brave Search:
+#' The `search_brave()` function searches
+#' Brave using: `https://search.brave.com/search?q=<query>&source=web`
+search_brave = searcher("brave")
+
+#' @rdname search_site
+#' @export
+#' @section Kagi Search:
+#' The `search_kagi()` function searches
+#' Kagi using: `https://kagi.com/search?q=<query>`
+#'
+#' This is a paid search engine, and you will need to
+#' sign up for an account to use it.
+search_kagi = searcher("kagi")
+
 ########################### End Search Engines
 
 

diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ The `search_*()` functions can be used to search a query directly from _R_ on
 major search engines, programming help websites, and code repositories. The following search
 platforms are supported: [Google](https://www.google.com), [Bing](https://www.bing.com/),
 [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/), [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/en/),
-Ecosia, [rseek](https://rseek.org/), Qwant, X (formerly Twitter), [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/), 
+Ecosia, [rseek](https://rseek.org/), Qwant, [Brave](https://search.brave.com/), 
+Kagi, X (formerly Twitter), [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/), 
 [RStudio Community](https://community.rstudio.com/search), 
 [GitHub](https://github.com/search), [grep.app](https://grep.app/), 
 and [BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/product/).
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ search_bing("R project")
 search_ecosia("R project")
 search_rseek("R project")
 search_qwant("R project")
+search_brave("R project")
+search_kagi("R project")
 search_duckduckgo("R project")                           # or search_ddg(...)
 search_startpage("R project")                            # or search_sp(...)
 
@@ -178,6 +181,8 @@ search_bing()
 search_ecosia()
 search_rseek()
 search_qwant()
+search_brave()
+search_kagi()
 search_twitter()
 search_grep()
 search_duckduckgo()        # or search_ddg()

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ repositories. The following search platforms are supported:
 [Google](https://www.google.com), [Bing](https://www.bing.com/),
 [DuckDuckGo](https://duckduckgo.com/),
 [Startpage](https://www.startpage.com/en/), Ecosia,
-[rseek](https://rseek.org/), Qwant, X (formerly Twitter),
-[StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/), [RStudio
-Community](https://community.rstudio.com/search),
+[rseek](https://rseek.org/), Qwant, [Brave](https://search.brave.com/),
+Kagi, X (formerly Twitter), [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/),
+[RStudio Community](https://community.rstudio.com/search),
 [GitHub](https://github.com/search), [grep.app](https://grep.app/), and
 [BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/product/). By default, an appropriate
 suffix for each platform that ensures relevant results to *R* is
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ search_bing("R project")
 search_ecosia("R project")
 search_rseek("R project")
 search_qwant("R project")
+search_brave("R project")
+search_kagi("R project")
 search_duckduckgo("R project")                           # or search_ddg(...)
 search_startpage("R project")                            # or search_sp(...)
 
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ search_bing()
 search_ecosia()
 search_rseek()
 search_qwant()
+search_brave()
+search_kagi()
 search_twitter()
 search_grep()
 search_duckduckgo()        # or search_ddg()

diff --git a/man/search_site.Rd b/man/search_site.Rd
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-search-functions.R b/tests/testthat/test-search-functions.R
@@ -82,6 +82,35 @@ test_that("Check link generation - rseek", {
 
 })
 
+
+test_that("Check link generation - Brave", {
+
+  expect_identical(
+    search_brave("toad"),
+    "https://search.brave.com/search?q=toad%20r%20programming"
+  )
+
+  expect_identical(
+    search_brave("toad", rlang = FALSE),
+    "https://search.brave.com/search?q=toad"
+  )
+
+})
+
+test_that("Check link generation - kagi", {
+
+  expect_identical(
+    search_kagi("toad"),
+    "https://kagi.com/search?q=toad%20r%20programming"
+  )
+
+  expect_identical(
+    search_kagi("toad", rlang = FALSE),
+    "https://kagi.com/search?q=toad"
+  )
+
+})
+
 test_that("Check link generation - RStudio Community", {
 
   expect_identical(