pygoogle is a very basic Google search module for Python. It has a limitation of only 64 results. If you want more results, see xgoogle

Pages

Google's Search API returns 4 or 8 results per 'page'. So, if you want 40 results, you will need to request 4x10pages or 8x5pages. pygoogle uses 8 results per page (default, use rsz to change this to 4).

Examples

Get URLs from the first 5 result pages

from pygoogle import pygoogle g = pygoogle('quake 3 arena') g.pages = 5 print '*Found %s results*'%(g.get_result_count()) g.get_urls()

Use at command line

you can use pygoogle at command line: python pygoogle.py quake 3 arena

will show about 10 results (truncated): ``` Found 4540000 results [id Software: Quake III Arena] Welcome to the Arena, where high-ranking warriors are transformed into spineless mush. Abandoning every ounce of common sense and any trace of doubt, http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake3-arena/

[id Software] the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and PC. ... DOOM, QUAKE and Enemy Territory have become staples of popular culture for generations of http://www.idsoftware.com/

[Quake III Arena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] Quake III Arena (also known as Quake 3; abbreviated as Q3A or Q3), is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game released on December 2, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quake_III_Arena ```

Notes

| method | return | |:-----------|:-----------| | search() | returns a dict of Title/URLs | | get_urls() |returns list of result URLs | | get_result_count() | returns the number of results | | display_results()| prints results (for command line) |

Installation

• svn checkout http://pygoogle.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ pygoogle-read-only
• python setup.py build
• sudo python setup.py install