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SearchifyX

SearchifyX, predecessor to Searchify, is a fast Quizlet, Quizizz, and Brainly webscraper with various accessibility features.

SearchifyX lets you easily query a question through different answer websites (similar to Socratic on mobile), and sort them based on how similar they are to your query. It also includes a screen OCR scanner, hotkeys, and other features.

SearchifyX in action

in actionZ

Download

Binaries

Download Windows binaries here

Running from source code

Install the Python 3.8 dependencies:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

You also need to install Tesseract to use the OCR tool, or download and extract the portable archive to the root directory.

CLI usage

An alternative for Linux/Mac OS users is to use scraper.py as a CLI tool.

Usage:

scraper.py [-h] [--query QUERY] [--output OUTPUT] [--sites SITES] [--engine {google,bing,startpage,duckduckgo}]

Required arguments:

--query QUERY, -q QUERY
                      query to search for

Optional arguments:

-h, --help            show this help message and exit

--output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
                      output file (optional)
--sites SITES, -s SITES
                      question sources quizlet,quizizz (comma seperated list)
--engine ENGINE, -e ENGINE
                      search engine to use

What it does

  • Searches online for Quizlet and Quizizz results

  • Sort results by how similar the identified question is to the input question

Stealth options

  • Prevent window switching

  • Customizable global hotkeys

    • Hide/show window hotkey

    • OCR & search hotkey

    • Paste & search hotkey

    • Quickly change window opacity hotkey

  • Change window opacity (slider in title bar)

  • Option to not show in taskbar

  • Hide from screen capture

Window switching safety lock

Many websites can detect when the window focus is lost. SearchifyX includes a window switching safety lock to prevent websites from knowing you are using a different window.

Here is a demo website that turns black when the window is out of focus:

window safety lock

Improvements from Searchify

  • Completely rewritten from scratch

  • Added stealth features (listed above)

  • Added screen OCR scanner

  • Added global hotkeys

  • Major changes to UI

  • Major changes web scraper code (averages 1-2 seconds now; uses significantly less CPU)

  • Completely fixed the "Too many requests" error

  • Significantly more stable & returns better results

Interface

Dark theme

dark mode

Light theme

light mode

Settings page

settings

Disclaimer

The purpose of this program is to provide an example of asynchronous webscraping and data gathering in Python. I am not in any way attempting to promote cheating, and I am not responsible for any misuse of this tool. This tool was created strictly for educational purposes only.