No output being given when selecting a part of the Google search

Question

I'm making a basic "I'm feeling lucky" Python application but when I try to select the link, it returns nothing.

import requests, webbrowser, bs4, sys

print('Googling...')
res = requests.get('https://google.com/search?q=%s' % sys.argv[1])

if res.status_code != 200:
    print('Invalid input')
    sys.exit()

res = res.text
soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(res, features='html.parser')

search = soup.select('.r') # trying to select the class "r"
print(search) # returns "[]"

Please search for the same issue before you ask a question. – randomuser5215 Aug 31 '19 at 21:14 — randomuser5215, Aug 31 '19 at 21:14
I did, I can't go through every single possible query. – Aug 31 '19 at 21:14 — , Aug 31 '19 at 21:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '19 at 21:12

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This happens because Google sends a redirect page, not a result page. This prevents the system from working.

answered Aug 31 '19 at 21:12

randomuser5215

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So how do I fix this? – Aug 31 '19 at 21:12
I currently don't know an answer. – randomuser5215 Aug 31 '19 at 21:13

No output being given when selecting a part of the Google search

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