Questions tagged [google-image-search]
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Is there a Google Image Search API?
I'm searching for an API or a program (preferably Python and open-source) which lets me download the first n pictures of a Google Image Search for let's say bicycles. It would also be helpful if it could download the first n .pdf files from a normal…

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Google images: get large image URL from thumbnail URL
Is there any way to build the URL of a medium/large/original image corresponding to a thumbnail URL returned by the Google Custom Search API?
In other words, from this thumbnail URL:…

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Python script for "Google search by image"
I have checked Google Search API's and it seems that they have not released any API for searching "Images". So, I was wondering if there exists a python script/library through which I can automate the "search by image feature".

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Is there a way to index the images generated by "Next/Image Component" in Google Image Search?
I am having issues with indexing the images that are optimized by the Next/Image component these images are in the public folder of my Next.js app.
I haven't seen any examples where any resource/URL like below, that was generated by Next/Image…

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Date range search using Google Custom Search API
I am using the Google Custom Search API to search for images. My implementation is using Java, and this is how I build my search string:
URL url = new URL("https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/images?"
+…

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Google Custom Search for Image Returns 500 Error
Started about 40 hours ago, Google Custom Search when used for image search (searchType=image) always returns 500 error. I have double checked with the APIs documentation and there seems to be no change. This is affecting quite a lot of people as…

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How to upload image and then perform custom google image search based on that image in iOS?
Smart Peoples,
I have worked on performing custom google image search like entering text and it will display a list of images ,i got that file in JSON.
I have already referred https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
NOW I want to…

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How to do a Google Image Search in an android app
I'm developing an Android app that will do a Google Image Search and return the images to the user in a list. I've looked around on StackOverflow and have run into some problems. First off, I'm a total newbie programmer with only 4 months' worth of…

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Google image search date filter workaround
From what I understand, Google removed custom date range filters for image searches around 2018 - 2019. I was wondering if anyone has found a workaround.
Are there other image search engines that allow you to filter images in this way?
Is there a…

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How to search for an image with JavaScript on Google image?
I want to start searching for an image, stored locally, using JavaScript and Google Image (Google Image Link). I know how to do it manually, but I can't figure out how to automate the search through JavaScript. Is that possible? I can't find…

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Google Image Search API, does anyone have an example that works?
Trying to find out how to do Google image searches via an API / REST call. Apparently the image search API is deprecated and directs us to the Custom Search API.
But my first experiments with the Custom Search API, return results from my own website…

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How do I set the license for images on my site in Google Images?
Google Images has an option to filter images based on license.
Each image on my site has a details page, where I have the following link to denote the license:

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Get more than 8 image search results
I'm using Google image search API in my Android app to search images. It is working fine, but I'm getting only 8 results of query.
How can I get more than 8 images? (Or is there any better way to search images?)
Below is my code:
public class…

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Getting the "best guess" info of an image like google reverse image search
I would like to add a function to my App similar to the "Best guess" section like the pic below, what is the best way to implement such feature? Any advice will be appreciated.
Further more, since Google image search API has been deprecated, and the…

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Get Google Search Images using php
Search on Google images with car keyword & get car images.
I found two links to implement like this,
PHP class to retrieve multiple images from Google using curl multi
handler
Google image API using cURL
implement also but it gave 4 random…

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