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tiny-web-search
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Google Custom Search API
npm i tiny-web-search
You need the Custom Search API key and to create a Search Engine.
https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/
const WebSearch = require('tiny-web-search')
const google = new WebSearch()
const results = await google.search('Who created the US dollar?')
const results2 = await google.search(results.query, { start: results.nextPage })
// => { query, items, nextPage }
/* items[0] => {
title: 'Money 101 Quiz | MyCreditUnion.gov',
link: 'https://mycreditunion.gov/learning-resources/learning-tools/money-101-quiz',
snippet: 'The United States $5 dollar bill, first issued in the 1962 features the 16th ...',
metatags: {
author: null,
og: {
description: 'How well do you know the faces on dollars and coins? Take the quiz now and find out!',
type: 'page',
image: 'https://mycreditunion.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/dollars-coins.jpg',
imageAlt: null
},
twitter: { creator: null },
article: { author: null, publishedTime: '2024-10-24' }
}
} */
google = new WebSearch([options])
Create a new WebSearch instance.
Options:
{
key: process.env.GOOGLE_CUSTOM_SEARCH_KEY,
cx: process.env.GOOGLE_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID
}
results = await google.search(query[, options])
Search in the internet by query.
Options:
{
start: 1 // Limited by 10 results, so next page is 11
}
Returns: { query, items, nextPage }
.
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FAQs
Google Custom Search API
The npm package tiny-web-search receives a total of 2 weekly downloads. As such, tiny-web-search popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that tiny-web-search demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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