google_query.py

import requests

api_key = "XXX" #Google API
cse_id = "XXX" #Search engine ID
q = "information"

def google_query(q, api_key, cse_id):
    ''' Use Google custom search without google-api-python-client'''

    rData = []
    url = "https://customsearch.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1"
    params = {'key': api_key, 'cx': cse_id ,'q': q}

    r = requests.get(url, params=params)

    query_results = r.json()

    try:
        my_results = query_results['items']
        for item in my_results:
            rData.append((item['htmlTitle'], item['link'], item['htmlSnippet']))
        return rData
    except:
        return None