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"""ajaxgoogle.py - Simple bindings to the AJAX Google Search API
(Just the JSON-over-HTTP bit of it, nothing to do with AJAX per se)
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_intro_fonje
brendan o'connor - gist.github.com/28405 - anyall.org"""
try:
import json
except ImportError:
import simplejson as json
import urllib, urllib2
import os.path
TEMPLATE = "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0"
if os.path.exists(os.environ['HOME'] + '/.ajaxgooglekey'):
KEY = open(os.environ['HOME']+'/.ajaxgooglekey').read().strip()
else:
KEY = None
if KEY:
TEMPLATE += "&key=" + KEY
def search_url(q, **kwds):
url = TEMPLATE
url += "&q=" + urllib.quote(q)
if kwds:
url += "&" + urllib.urlencode(kwds)
return url
def search(q, **kwds):
"""See options at http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_intro_fonje including:
rsz= large | small (8 vs 4)
start= <0-indexed offset>
hl= <language of searcher>
lr= <language of results>
safe= active | moderate | off
"""
f = urllib2.urlopen(search_url(q, **kwds))
ret = json.load(f)
if ret['responseStatus']==200 and ret['responseData']: return ret['responseData']
raise Exception("Google API error %s: %s\n (%s)" % (ret['responseStatus'],ret['responseDetails'],repr(ret)))
if __name__=='__main__':
import sys
from pprint import pprint
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
q = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
else: q = "query a question to whom in what sense"
pprint(search(q))
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