Add suggestion URL for custom search engine in chrome

Question

I have a local search engine backed by a elasticsearch and a thin nodejs API for search. I want to be able to search those documents from Google Chrome (builds available from Go

Answer 1

There is a Setting Overrides mechanism for Chrome Extensions, which is not widely known, which can achieve what you want, but:

• At least according to the docs, it only works on Windows.
• You won't be able to publish the extension unless you can verify the site in Webmaster Tools. Otherwise, you are stuck with unpacked installs.