using-custom-search-engine-api

How to Use Google Custom Search Engine API in Python

To run this:

• pip3 install -r requirements.txt
• You need to setup a CSE account, check the tutorial on how you can set up one.
• Change API_KEY and SEARCH_ENGINE_ID variables to yours, and then:

  python search_engine.py "python"
  

  This will use the query "python" to search for results, here is a cropped output:

  ========== Result #1 ==========
  Title: Welcome to Python.org
  Description: The official home of the Python Programming Language.
  URL: https://www.python.org/
  
  ========== Result #2 ==========
  Title: The Python Tutorial — Python 3.8.2 documentation
  Description: It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple but effective approach to 
  object-oriented programming. Python's elegant syntax and dynamic typing,
  together ...
  URL: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
  
  ========== Result #3 ==========
  Title: Download Python | Python.org
  Description: Looking for Python with a different OS? Python for Windows, Linux/UNIX, Mac OS     
  X, Other. Want to help test development versions of Python? Prereleases ...
  URL: https://www.python.org/downloads/
  <..SNIPPED..>
  

• You can specify the page number, let's get 3rd result page for instance:

  python search_engine.py "python" 3
  

  Here is a truncated output:

  ========== Result #21 ==========
  Title: Python Tutorial - Tutorialspoint
  Description: Python is a general-purpose interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, and high-  
  level programming language. It was created by Guido van Rossum during 1985-
  ...
  URL: https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/index.htm
  
  ========== Result #22 ==========
  Title: Google Python Style Guide
  Description: Python is the main dynamic language used at Google. This style guide is a list of 
  dos and don'ts for Python programs. To help you format code correctly, we've ...
  URL: http://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html
  
  ========== Result #23 ==========
  Title: Individual Edition | Anaconda
  Description: Open Source Anaconda Individual Edition is the world's most popular Python        
  distribution platform with over 20 million users worldwide. You can trust in…
  URL: https://www.anaconda.com/products/individual
  <..SNIPPED..>