static int tbSearch_defaultMax = 3;
static new ThreadLocal<Bool> tbSearch_quick;
static new ThreadLocal<S> tbSearch_html;

static L<Snippet> tbSearch(S query) {
  ret tbSearch(tbSearch_defaultMax, query);
}

static L<Snippet> tbSearch(int max, S query) {
  bool quick = isTrue(getAndClearThreadLocal(tbSearch_quick));
  S url = tb_mainServer() + "/tb/search.php?q=" + urlencode(query) + "&limit=" + max + (quick ? "&quick=1" : "") + standardCredentials();
  ret tbSearch_url(url);
}
    
static L<Snippet> tbSearch_url(S url) {
  S page = loadPage(url);
  if (eq(tbSearch_html!, "want"))
    tbSearch_html.set(page);
  Matcher m = Pattern.compile(">(#\\d+)</a> - (.*?)<br>").matcher(page);

  new L<Snippet> results;
  while (m.find())
    results.add(new Snippet(
      m.group(1),
      htmldecode(dropTags(m.group(2))),
      null)); // no md5 for now
  ret results;
}

Began life as a copy of #1002569