DeepSearch is a Chrome Extension that supercharges Ctrl+F, letting you search for text on all linked pages simultaneously. You can review your matches in tooltips next to the links or download them in a CSV file for future analysis.
Advanced users can use Regular Expressions (regex) complete with capture groups to extract exactly the information they are looking for. This works both on the current page and as part of a "deep" search.
- Open the DeepSearch interface with "Alt+Shift+F" or click the
.*icon in your Chrome toolbar. - You can cycle through "shallow" results with the "Find" and "Find Prev" buttons or by hitting "Enter" and "Shift+Enter" respectively.
- Performing "deep" search (with the chevron selected) can take several seconds as it downloads all of the linked pages. This delay is a function of your internet connection and the number of links present. You can cancel your search at any time by clicking the
Xbutton. - You may download results as a CSV from a tooltip (for "deep" searches) or the DeepSearch menu (for "shallow" searches). This file can be opened with any spreadsheet tool (e.g., Excel).
Even a modest web page can have hundreds of links, so a particularly unperformant regex may take significant time to resolve, or, depending on your computer's resources, even cause the extension or page to hang. Chrome is excellent at keeping your processes isolated so there should be no risk of a general browser crash. In the event you need to reload DeepSearch, go to chrome://extensions and click reload.