Google search API wrapper for Node.js

Question

I am looking for a Google search API wrapper to be used in Node.js, I have searched around but haven't found something updated and fully baked. Can anyone please recommend something working? Thanks

Answer 1

Why aren't you using node client lib for Google APIs? https://github.com/google/google-api-nodejs-client

var googleapis = require('googleapis');
googleapis.discover('customsearch', 'v1').execute(function(err, client) {
  // set api key
  client.withApiKey('...');
  client.search.cse.list({ q: '...' }).execute(console.log);
});

Answer 2

I just used node-google-images and it worked right away in less than 2 minutes:

https://github.com/vdemedes/node-google-images

Just call

npm install google-images

and then

client = require( 'google-images' );

client.search( 'Chicken Teriyaki', function (err, images) {
    console.log(images)
});

will return

[ { width: '1920', height: '1280', url: 'http://www.springkitchenrestaurant.com/Chicken_Teriyaki.jpg', writeTo: [Function] }]

(actually, it will return 4 results but stackoverflow prevents me from posting more than 2 links... - you get the gist!)

Answer 3

I'm assuming you are not referring to the deprecated Google Web Search API...

The Google Custom Search API is a RESTful API. This means that you can easily access it without a specialized wrapper.

There are a couple of modules that make this easier. The one I usually use is the request module, which lets you make HTTP requests very simply.

Answer 4

You can use jsearch module. Install with:

npm install jsearch

Usage:

js.google('queryStringYouWant',10,function(response){
    console.log(response) // for Google results 
})