Allows the usage of custom search engines in Opera GX by running a redirect server.
I created this project because I wanted to use Brave Search on Opera GX, but when I went to make it default the option was blanked out. In my opinion, regardless of what Opera says about preventing "malicious" acts by doing this, I think its unacceptable.
This project works by creating a https server in python with the domain "redir.opera.com" and making it redirect to Brave Search (customizable).
- Install OpenSSL
- Install Python
- Download the project's source code.
- Move it to the C: drive.
- Change your search engine in Opera (GX) to Amazon.
- Open Task Scheduler.
- Create a basic task.
- Call it anything.
- Select "When I log on" for Trigger.
- Select "Start a program" for Action.
- For the action settings put the following:
- Program/script: py
- Add arguments: rewrite.py
- Start in: "C:\Opera-GX-Search-Engine-Rewrite-main"
- Right click Properties on the new task.
- Change the following settings:
- Run whether user is logged on or not
- Do not store password.
- Hidden