simple google script

By zenx on Jun 23, 2012

Useful for example in PHP bots

<?php

// GsearchResultClass, unescapedUrl, url, visibleUrl, cacheUrl, title, titleNoFormatting, content

function gfind ($search) {
        $json = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0&rsz=large&q=".str_replace(" ", "+", $search).""));
        $answer = $json->responseData->results[0];
        print_r($answer);
        if ($answer->title != '') { return $answer; } else { return 0; }
}

$m = gfind("dog");
echo $m->title;

?>

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FordLawnmower - Jun 24, 2012

This is the old api and has been depreciated : http://developers.google.com/web-search/docs/
I'm glad it's still working for now. This is what I used for my advanced google scripts.

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Jethro - Jun 24, 2012

This API without a key utilizing Ajax can really come in handy. Thanks for the submission.

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Hawkee - Jun 24, 2012

I didn't realize they had an open API that doesn't require a key. This is handy.

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zenx - Jun 23, 2012

stdClass Object
(
[GsearchResultClass] => GwebSearch
[unescapedUrl] => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog
[url] => http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog
[visibleUrl] => en.wikipedia.org
[cacheUrl] => http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:dIBIpaJI7JgJ:en.wikipedia.org
[title] => Dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[titleNoFormatting] => Dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[content] => The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), is a subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus), a member of the Canidae family of the mammilian order Carnivora.
)

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