Stack Overflow Command Line Search Tool

Why StackOverflow?

StackOverflow has been around for many years and it has been really a powerful tool for my every technical role. So i decide to make this site available for my use in terminal. For my current role I get to work with server Maintenance, Monitoring and Backup. This will be a great search tool when working with remote servers and you don't have to open a browser to search for errors fix ideas.

Finished Tool: https://github.com/jenzzly/jenzzly

1. Stack Overflow API customization

You will need to customize your search to your liking on this ' https://api.stackexchang.com/docs/answers' remember there is a limit on how much to hit the request.

Example: https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/answers?order=desc&sort=activity&site=stackoverflow

2. Ruby Script

Here is my ruby script but remember your can write your own as well and change however you want it.

jenzzly / jenzzly

Search on stack overflow script

Jenzzly

Welcome to jenzzly gem, This scripts help do search on stackoverflow thru command line.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'jenzzly'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install jenzzly

Usage

Once done with Installation $jenzzly Your_search_key_word

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jenzzly/jenzzly.

License

The gem is available as…

View on GitHub

3. Publish as Gem CLI

I chose to publish as gem mostly because it was easier and I like ruby anyway. For creating a gem please follow this repo below.

4. Usage

Once done with Installation you can use your new tool like this: Mine is called "jenzzly" and my search will be
"jenzzly your_key_word_search_text".

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