google-image-scraper

This project is currently broken

Google changed their design, which killed the current functionality of this scraper. I have a lot going on right now and don't have time to fix this. I will try to return in June 2024 to create a patch, or an alternative solution utilizing the official google api. Sorry, thanks.

Project Description A multithreaded Google Images scraper without Chromium. Only requires the python standard library, requests, and a few helper libraries. Aimed at being cross-platform, with a preference towards linux.

A Note:

Scraping too aggressively can create large server loads, and lead to 503 errors. I'm sure this is less of an issue for Google, but please be considerate. Thanks :)

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Usage

As of now, there's no packaging or runner scripts. You have to clone the repo, manually install the dependencies, and run main with python.

Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/talleyhoe/google-image-scraper.git

Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run main.py

$ -> python src/main.py [keyword]
optional arguments:
  --count, -c       How many images to try to scrape ( < 500 usually works )
  --directory, -d   What directory to save the images in 
                    (Default is ~/Downloads/[keyword]))
  --threads, -t     How many threads to scrape with
                    (Default is single threaded)

Future Improvements

• Proper packaging
• Extensibility to scrape other sites
  • May not implement for a while unless there is sufficient interest