How to make your own search plugin for Firefox

Firefox search engine plugins are xml files stored in the Profile folder of Firefox.
In the profile folder you can find searchplugins folder.
A sample xml looks like the one below.

<SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/" xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<os:ShortName>Technology Freaks me out!!!</os:ShortName>
<os:Description>Search Tyrants World</os:Description>
<os:InputEncoding>UTF-8</os:InputEncoding>
<os:Image width="16" height="16">data:image/x-icon;base64,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</os:Image>
<SearchForm>http://tyrantsworld.blogspot.com/search</SearchForm>
<os:Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://tyrantsworld.blogspot.com/search">
  <os:Param name="q" value="{searchTerms}"/>
</os:Url>
</SearchPlugin>

1. os:ShortName
The name to be displayed on the search plugins select box.


2. os:Description
Any description as you want.


3. os:InputEncoding
Encoding to be used while searching. Usually it is UTF-8


4. os:Image
An image to be displayed along with search enging name. You can add the site logo or favicon. Image data should be provided as a base64 encoded string. A free online converter can be found here


5. SearchForm



6. os:Url
The search action. In the above xml search action is "http://tyrantsworld.blogspot.com/search". os:Url should have an argument "os:Param". os:Param name is the name of the search box in the web page and value should be {searchTerms}

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