Quickly Search Any Website’s Archive With Drafts For iOS

Drafts is one of our favourite note taking apps, and a simple URL action will allow it to instantly search the archive of any website.

As you probably already know, prepending a Google search with “site:(URL)” will limit the search to the specified web site’s content. For example, searching for site:lifehacker.com note taking will return a list of Lifehacker posts about taking notes. It’s this Google-fu that lets us automate one-click site searches within Drafts, using the new URL actions feature introduced in the latest version. All you need to do is create a new URL action from the app’s settings menu, and type in the following, replacing lifehacker.com with the site of your choice:

If you’re reading this on an iOS device, you can download that Lifehacker search action to Drafts by clicking here. Then, you’ll be able to easily duplicate and edit it to create other site searches.