google-search-results-dotnet 1.2.0

Google/Bing/Baidu Search Result in Dotnet / CSharp / .Net

This Dotnet package is meant to scrape and parse Google or Bing or Baidu results using SerpApi.

This extension is in development. But the code can be re-use for production because the API is already stable.

The following services are provided:

• Search API
• Location API - not implemented
• Search Archive API - not implemented
• Account API - not implemented

Serp API provides a script builder to get you started quickly.

Feel free to fork this repository to add more backends.

Installation

Install dotnet I have only tested on OSX only.

Quick start

Search Google (default search engine)

using System;
using GoogleSearchResults;
using System.Net.Http;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using System.Collections;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

class Program
{

  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    // secret api key from https://serpapi.com/dashboard
    String apiKey = "";

    // Localized search for Coffee shop in Austin Texas
    Hashtable ht = new Hashtable();
    ht.Add("location", "Austin, Texas, United States");
    ht.Add("q", "Coffee");
    ht.Add("hl", "en");
    ht.Add("google_domain", "google.com");

    try
    {
      GoogleSearchResultsClient client = new GoogleSearchResultsClient(ht, apiKey);
      JObject data = client.GetJson();

      Console.WriteLine("local coffee shop");
      JArray coffeeShops = (JArray)data["local_results"];
      foreach (JObject coffeeShop in coffeeShops)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Found: " + coffeeShop["title"]);
      }

      Console.WriteLine("organic result coffee shop");
      coffeeShops = (JArray)data["organic_results"];
      foreach (JObject coffeeShop in coffeeShops)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Found: " + coffeeShop["title"]);
      }
    }
    catch (GoogleSearchResultsException ex)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Exception:");
      Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
    }
  }
}

This example displays the top 3 coffee shop in Austin Texas found in the local_results. Then it displays all 10 coffee shop found in the regular google search named: organic_results.

Note: If you like to search with Baidu or Bing.

string engine = "bing"; # baidu
client =  new GoogleSearchResultsClient(ht, apiKey, engine);

TODO

• Add test
• Implement all 4 API
• Enable CI integration
• Publish package
• Add advanced examples like: https://github.com/serpapi/google-search-results-ruby (wait for user feedback)