• Crul@lemm.ee
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      2 years ago

      Got it, thanks for the patience :)

      It makes the job easier than reverse searching image with Yandex (which is the best method I use).

      Regarding reverse image search, this is the bookmarklet I use to lauch 5 different searches at once. On firefox you can set a keyword so I just type rev on the navbar on a tab with an image.

      pretty-print reverse image searches bookmarklet
      (function() {
          var url;
          var args = '%s';
          var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");
          var imgIdx = undefined;
          if (imgs.length == 0) return;
          if (imgs.length > 1) {
              if (args.length > 1) imgIdx = parseInt(args[1]);
              if (imgIdx === undefined || isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) {
                  numberImgs();
                  imgIdx = parseInt(prompt(`There are ${imgs.length} images, select index:`, 1));
              }
              if (isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) return;
              url = imgs[imgIdx - 1].src;
          } else {
              url = imgs[0].src;
          }
          if (!url) return;
          url = encodeURIComponent(url);
          window.open("https://saucenao.com/search.php?url=" + url);
          window.open("https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=" + url);
          window.open("https://www.bing.com/images/searchbyimage?cbir=sbi&imgurl=" + url);
          window.open("https://www.tineye.com/search?url=" + url);
          window.open("https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=" + url);
      
          function numberImgs() {
              var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");
              for (var img = 0; img < imgs.length; img++) {
                  var parent = imgs[img].parentElement;
                  if (!parent) continue;
                  var numberDiv = document.createElement("div");
                  numberDiv.innerHTML = 1 + img;
                  numberDiv.className = "tmpImgNumberDiv";
                  numberDiv.style.position = "absolute";
                  numberDiv.style.padding = "2px 9px 2px 6px";
                  numberDiv.style.background = "#f00";
                  numberDiv.style.color = "#fff";
                  numberDiv.style.zIndex = "9999";
                  numberDiv.style.lineHeight = "normal";
                  parent.prepend(numberDiv);
              }
              setTimeout(function() {
                  var imgNumbers = document.getElementsByClassName("tmpImgNumberDiv");
                  var idx = imgNumbers.length - 1;
                  while (idx >= 0) {
                      imgNumbers[idx].remove();
                      idx--;
                  }
              }, 5000);
          }
      })();
      

       

      One-liner:

      javascript:(function() {var url;var args = '%s';var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");var imgIdx = undefined;if (imgs.length == 0) return;if (imgs.length > 1) {if (args.length > 1) imgIdx = parseInt(args[1]);if (imgIdx === undefined || isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) {numberImgs();imgIdx = parseInt(prompt(`There are ${imgs.length} images, select index:`, 1));}if (isNaN(imgIdx) || imgIdx < 1 || imgIdx > imgs.length) return;url = imgs[imgIdx - 1].src;} else {url = imgs[0].src;}if (!url) return;url = encodeURIComponent(url);window.open("https://saucenao.com/search.php?url=" + url);window.open("https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=" + url);window.open("https://www.bing.com/images/searchbyimage?cbir=sbi&imgurl=" + url);window.open("https://www.tineye.com/search?url=" + url);window.open("https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=" + url);function numberImgs() {var imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img");for (var img = 0; img < imgs.length; img++) {var parent = imgs[img].parentElement;if (!parent) continue;var numberDiv = document.createElement("div");numberDiv.innerHTML = 1 + img;numberDiv.className = "tmpImgNumberDiv";numberDiv.style.position = "absolute";numberDiv.style.padding = "2px 9px 2px 6px";numberDiv.style.background = "#f00";numberDiv.style.color = "#fff";numberDiv.style.zIndex = "9999";numberDiv.style.lineHeight = "normal";parent.prepend(numberDiv);}setTimeout(function() {var imgNumbers = document.getElementsByClassName("tmpImgNumberDiv");var idx = imgNumbers.length - 1;while (idx >= 0) {imgNumbers[idx].remove();idx--;}}, 5000);}})();
      

      The 5 searches it launches are (replacing XXXX with the image URL):

      • Google: https://lens.google.com/uploadbyurl?url=XXXX
      • Bing: https://www.bing.com/images/searchbyimage?cbir=sbi&imgurl=XXXX
      • TinEye: https://www.tineye.com/search?url=XXXX
      • Yandex: https://yandex.com/images/search?rpt=imageview&url=XXXX
      • SauceNAO: https://saucenao.com/search.php?url=XXXX
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          2 years ago

          An extension that does this with over 30 image search engines is Search By Image, a Mozilla recommended extension

          I don’t know how I missed that until now, thanks!! I will try it right now.

          I also use ImgOps.com

          Yeah, that’s what I was using for a while and what motivated me to write the bookmarklet to avoid going through it every time.

          Regarding the different searches, I foudn that they cover very different needs:

          • TinEye: usually the best when you want (almost) exact matches.
          • Yandex: probably the stronger as a general search
          • Google: in my experience, the best to “understand” the image and identify the object / subject even if there are no real matches for that image
          • Bing: you sometimes get lucky with it when the others fail
          • SauceNAO: the most convenient to find the original pages for DeviantArt, ArtStation and Twitter images.