googlecustomsearch.js

//custom-search-apikey.js
/*
//Replace with your own api key and credentials
const googleCustomSearchApiKey = "BJzaSyCkY6EYcaQlbq57TqXosLEHdG3olY81WLA";
const cx = "0115429292988874712327:lo4lvgeu1bq";

module.exports = { googleCustomSearchApiKey, cx };
*/

const customSearchCredentials = require("./config/custom-search-apikey");
const request = require("request-promise");

async function searchOnCustomSearch({ apikey, cx, searchquery }) {
  if (!apikey) {
    apikey = customSearchCredentials.googleCustomSearchApiKey;
  }

  if (!cx) {
    cx = customSearchCredentials.cx;
  }

  const url = `https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=${apikey}&cx=${cx}&q=${searchquery}&prettyPrint=false`;

  try {
    const result = await request.get(url, { json: true });

    return result.items;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error.error);
    throw new Error(
      "Error fetching Google search results, is your google api credentials OK?"
    );
  }
}

module.exports = searchOnCustomSearch;