DuckDuckGo now makes POST requests for search

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/prem-k-r/MaterialYouNewTab/compare/v3.2...main)
 
 ### Improved
-
 - Updated search suggestion behavior to autocomplete the current search term upon selection via keyboard ([@prem-k-r](https://github.com/prem-k-r)), ([@itz-rj-here](https://github.com/itz-rj-here)) ([#33](https://github.com/prem-k-r/MaterialYouNewTab/pull/33))
 
 ### Localized
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Added edit functionality for todo list ([@GauravKukreti](https://github.com/GauravKukreti)) ([#719](https://github.com/XengShi/materialYouNewTab/pull/719))
 
 ### Changed
-
+- DuckDuckGo now makes POST requests for search instead of GET requests ([@spj2401Dev](https://github.com/spj2401Dev))
 - Weather retention time set to 7.25 minutes for user-entered API keys and 16 minutes otherwise ([@prem-k-r](https://github.com/prem-k-r)) ([#428](https://github.com/XengShi/materialYouNewTab/pull/428))
 - Changed default Vietnamese font to 'Be Vietnam Pro' ([@prem-k-r](https://github.com/prem-k-r)) ([#442](https://github.com/XengShi/materialYouNewTab/pull/442))
 - Improved date format for Japanese and Korean ([@prem-k-r](https://github.com/prem-k-r)), ([@dempavof](https://github.com/dempavof)) ([#529](https://github.com/XengShi/materialYouNewTab/pull/529))

scripts/search.js

@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ const searchQueryURLs = {
     engine9: "https://www.quora.com/search?q="
 };
 
+// DDG supports POST requests
+const duckDuckGoConfig = {
+    url: "https://duckduckgo.com/",
+    param: "q"
+};
+
 // Showing border or outline when you click on the searchbar
 searchbar.addEventListener("click", function (event) {
     event.stopPropagation();
@@ -218,13 +224,36 @@ function performSearch(query) {
                 var fallbackUrl = searchQueryURLs.engine1 + encodeURIComponent(searchTerm);
                 window.location.href = fallbackUrl;
             }
+        } else if (selectedOption === "engine2") {
+            // POST request for DDG
+            submitPostSearch(duckDuckGoConfig, searchTerm);
         } else {
+            // GET request for all other search engines
             var searchUrl = searchQueryURLs[selectedOption] + encodeURIComponent(searchTerm);
             window.location.href = searchUrl;
         }
     }
 }
 
+function submitPostSearch(config, searchTerm) {
+    const form = document.createElement("form");
+    form.method = "POST";
+    form.action = config.url;
+    form.style.display = "none";
+
+    const searchInput = document.createElement("input");
+    searchInput.type = "hidden";
+    searchInput.name = config.param;
+    searchInput.value = searchTerm;
+    form.appendChild(searchInput);
+
+    document.body.appendChild(form);
+    form.submit();
+    setTimeout(() => {
+        document.body.removeChild(form);
+    }, 0);
+}
+
 // Event listeners
 enterBTN.addEventListener("click", () => performSearch());
 // Enter key handling is managed in the search suggestions keydown listener