By default, qBittorrent does not come with any search plugins installed. Users are encouraged to visit the qbittorrent/search-plugins repository to choose and download the plugins they desire:
The page is located here: https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins
How awesome would it be to automate this process?
I made a script that automates the download of the public ones.
On Linux, it's a Python script. As a pre-requisite, install python3-bs4 prior. After, run this command:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michaeljh9/PluginParadise/main/qbittorrent-search-plugin-downloader.py && python3 qbittorrent-search-plugin-downloader.py
On Windows, it's a Powershell script. Run this command:
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/michaeljh9/PluginParadise/main/qbt-plugin-downloader.ps1 | iex
It creates a folder located at ~/Desktop titled 'engines' and downloads the search plugins:
When it's all done, it tells you where they are with steps on how to import them:
First, have the search tab enabled:
Click on the 'Search Plugins...' button in the lower-right corner:
The 'Search plugins' window appears. Click on the 'Install a new one' button. Click on the 'Local file' button. Navigate to the folder where the script downloaded all of the plugins. Type ctrl + a to select all to get all of them. Click the Open button. Wait half a minute while qBittorrent makes it happen.
You'll potentially get an error if any plugins are unsupported. In my demonstration, this is the only one that wasn't happy and because it's a search site I don't regularly use, I'll live another day.
Success! You now have an all-in-one, one-stop-shop place to search the internet for your Linux ISOs! Enjoy!
