google.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# Python bindings to the Google search engine
# Copyright (c) 2009-2016, Mario Vilas
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__all__ = ['search', 'search_images', 'search_news', 'search_videos', 'search_shop', 'search_books', 'search_apps', 'lucky']

import os
import sys
import time

if sys.version_info[0] > 2:
    from http.cookiejar import LWPCookieJar
    from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
    from urllib.parse import quote_plus, urlparse, parse_qs
else:
    from cookielib import LWPCookieJar
    from urllib import quote_plus
    from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
    from urlparse import urlparse, parse_qs

try:
    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
    is_bs4 = True
except ImportError:
    from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
    is_bs4 = False

# URL templates to make Google searches.
url_home = "https://www.google.%(tld)s/"
url_search = "https://www.google.%(tld)s/search?hl=%(lang)s&q=%(query)s&btnG=Google+Search&tbs=%(tbs)s&safe=%(safe)s&tbm=%(tpe)s"
url_next_page = "https://www.google.%(tld)s/search?hl=%(lang)s&q=%(query)s&start=%(start)d&tbs=%(tbs)s&safe=%(safe)s&tbm=%(tpe)s"
url_search_num = "https://www.google.%(tld)s/search?hl=%(lang)s&q=%(query)s&num=%(num)d&btnG=Google+Search&tbs=%(tbs)s&safe=%(safe)s&tbm=%(tpe)s"
url_next_page_num = "https://www.google.%(tld)s/search?hl=%(lang)s&q=%(query)s&num=%(num)d&start=%(start)d&tbs=%(tbs)s&safe=%(safe)s&tbm=%(tpe)s"

# Cookie jar. Stored at the user's home folder.
home_folder = os.getenv('HOME')
if not home_folder:
    home_folder = os.getenv('USERHOME')
    if not home_folder:
        home_folder = '.'   # Use the current folder on error.
cookie_jar = LWPCookieJar(os.path.join(home_folder, '.google-cookie'))
try:
    cookie_jar.load()
except Exception:
    pass


# Request the given URL and return the response page, using the cookie jar.
def get_page(url):
    """
    Request the given URL and return the response page, using the cookie jar.

    @type  url: str
    @param url: URL to retrieve.

    @rtype:  str
    @return: Web page retrieved for the given URL.

    @raise IOError: An exception is raised on error.
    @raise urllib2.URLError: An exception is raised on error.
    @raise urllib2.HTTPError: An exception is raised on error.
    """
    request = Request(url)
    request.add_header('User-Agent',
                       'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0)')
    cookie_jar.add_cookie_header(request)
    response = urlopen(request)
    cookie_jar.extract_cookies(response, request)
    html = response.read()
    response.close()
    cookie_jar.save()
    return html


# Filter links found in the Google result pages HTML code.
# Returns None if the link doesn't yield a valid result.
def filter_result(link):
    try:

        # Valid results are absolute URLs not pointing to a Google domain
        # like images.google.com or googleusercontent.com
        o = urlparse(link, 'http')
        if o.netloc and 'google' not in o.netloc:
            return link

        # Decode hidden URLs.
        if link.startswith('/url?'):
            link = parse_qs(o.query)['q'][0]

            # Valid results are absolute URLs not pointing to a Google domain
            # like images.google.com or googleusercontent.com
            o = urlparse(link, 'http')
            if o.netloc and 'google' not in o.netloc:
                return link

    # Otherwise, or on error, return None.
    except Exception:
        pass
    return None


# Shortcut to search images
# Beware, this does not return the image link.
def search_images(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
                  stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}):
    return search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, num, start, stop, pause, only_standard, extra_params, tpe='isch')


# Shortcut to search news
def search_news(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
                stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}):
    return search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, num, start, stop, pause, only_standard, extra_params, tpe='nws')


# Shortcut to search videos
def search_videos(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
                  stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}):
    return search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, num, start, stop, pause, only_standard, extra_params, tpe='vid')


# Shortcut to search shop
def search_shop(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
                stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}):
    return search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, num, start, stop, pause, only_standard, extra_params, tpe='shop')


# Shortcut to search books
def search_books(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
                 stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}):
    return search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, num, start, stop, pause, only_standard, extra_params, tpe='bks')


# Shortcut to search apps
def search_apps(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
                stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}):
    return search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, num, start, stop, pause, only_standard, extra_params, tpe='app')

# Shortcut to single-item search. Evaluates the iterator to return the single
# URL as a string.
def lucky(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', only_standard=False,
          extra_params={}, tpe=''):
    gen = search(query, tld, lang, tbs, safe, 1, 0, 1, 0., only_standard, extra_params, tpe)
    return next(gen)

# Returns a generator that yields URLs.
def search(query, tld='com', lang='en', tbs='0', safe='off', num=10, start=0,
           stop=None, pause=2.0, only_standard=False, extra_params={}, tpe=''):
    """
    Search the given query string using Google.

    @type  query: str
    @param query: Query string. Must NOT be url-encoded.

    @type  tld: str
    @param tld: Top level domain.

    @type  lang: str
    @param lang: Languaje.

    @type  tbs: str
    @param tbs: Time limits (i.e "qdr:h" => last hour, "qdr:d" => last 24 hours, "qdr:m" => last month).

    @type  safe: str
    @param safe: Safe search.

    @type  num: int
    @param num: Number of results per page.

    @type  start: int
    @param start: First result to retrieve.

    @type  stop: int
    @param stop: Last result to retrieve.
        Use C{None} to keep searching forever.

    @type  pause: float
    @param pause: Lapse to wait between HTTP requests.
        A lapse too long will make the search slow, but a lapse too short may
        cause Google to block your IP. Your mileage may vary!

    @type  only_standard: bool
    @param only_standard: If C{True}, only returns the standard results from
        each page. If C{False}, it returns every possible link from each page,
        except for those that point back to Google itself. Defaults to C{False}
        for backwards compatibility with older versions of this module.

    @type  extra_params: dict
    @param extra_params: A dictionary of extra HTTP GET parameters, which must be URL encoded.
        For example if you don't want google to filter similar results you can set the extra_params to
        {'filter': '0'} which will append '&filter=0' to every query.

    @type  tpe: str
    @param tpe: Search type (images, videos, news, shopping, books, apps)
            Use the following values {videos: 'vid', images: 'isch', news: 'nws',
                                      shopping: 'shop', books: 'bks', applications: 'app'}

    @rtype:  generator
    @return: Generator (iterator) that yields found URLs. If the C{stop}
        parameter is C{None} the iterator will loop forever.
    """
    # Set of hashes for the results found.
    # This is used to avoid repeated results.
    hashes = set()

    # Prepare the search string.
    query = quote_plus(query)

    # Check extra_params for overlapping
    for builtin_param in ('hl', 'q', 'btnG', 'tbs', 'safe', 'tbm'):
        if builtin_param in extra_params.keys():
            raise ValueError(
                'GET parameter "%s" is overlapping with \
                the built-in GET parameter',
                builtin_param
            )

    # Grab the cookie from the home page.
    get_page(url_home % vars())

    # Prepare the URL of the first request.
    if start:
        if num == 10:
            url = url_next_page % vars()
        else:
            url = url_next_page_num % vars()
    else:
        if num == 10:
            url = url_search % vars()
        else:
            url = url_search_num % vars()

    # Loop until we reach the maximum result, if any (otherwise, loop forever).
    while not stop or start < stop:

        try:  # Is it python<3?
            iter_extra_params = extra_params.iteritems()
        except AttributeError:  # Or python>3?
            iter_extra_params = extra_params.items()
        # Append extra GET_parameters to URL
        for k, v in iter_extra_params:
            url += url + ('&%s=%s' % (k, v))

        # Sleep between requests.
        time.sleep(pause)

        # Request the Google Search results page.
        html = get_page(url)

        # Parse the response and process every anchored URL.
        if is_bs4:
            soup = BeautifulSoup(html, 'html.parser')
        else:
            soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
        anchors = soup.find(id='search').findAll('a')
        for a in anchors:

            # Leave only the "standard" results if requested.
            # Otherwise grab all possible links.
            if only_standard and (
                    not a.parent or a.parent.name.lower() != "h3"):
                continue

            # Get the URL from the anchor tag.
            try:
                link = a['href']
            except KeyError:
                continue

            # Filter invalid links and links pointing to Google itself.
            link = filter_result(link)
            if not link:
                continue

            # Discard repeated results.
            h = hash(link)
            if h in hashes:
                continue
            hashes.add(h)

            # Yield the result.
            yield link

        # End if there are no more results.
        if not soup.find(id='nav'):
            break

        # Prepare the URL for the next request.
        start += num
        if num == 10:
            url = url_next_page % vars()
        else:
            url = url_next_page_num % vars()