Google image search in Python3

image-search.py

# setup a custom search http://www.google.com/cse/manage/all
# you can set up wildcards like *.com, *.org, *.net etc to cast a broad net for your custom search
# remmeber to flip the "images" switch if you want that service
from googleapiclient.discovery import build

def image_search (query):
    service = build("customsearch", "v1",
               developerKey="[YOUR API KEY - console.developers.google.com]")
    
    res = service.cse().list(
         q=query, #'lectures',
         cx='[your custom search ID - go to http://www.google.com/cse/manage/all to find your cx',
         searchType='image',
         rights='cc_publicdomain cc_attribute cc_sharealike cc_noncommercial cc_nonderived',
       ).execute()
    
    
    urls = [item['link'] for item in res['items']]
    return urls

img_urls = image_search('lectures')

# we can download and open an image

from io import BytesIO
import requests
from PIL import Image

def load_image (url):
    bytes = requests.get(url).content
    file = BytesIO(bytes)
    return Image.open(file)

img = img_urls[0]
load_image(img)