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Get number of search results from Google
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get_n_results.py
def get_n_results_dumb(q):
r = requests.get('http://www.google.com/search',
params={'q': q,
"tbs": "li:1"})
r.raise_for_status()
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(r.text)
s = soup.find('div', {'id': 'resultStats'}).text
if not s:
return 0
m = re.search(r'([0-9,]+)', s)
return int(m.groups()[0].replace(',', ''))
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