[Programming question]: Searching google

[haesleinhuepf]

I would like to program a Python function with the signature search_goole(search_term:str)->str.

git-bob comment on how to do this

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Hey there! For searching Google using Python, I recommend using the googlesearch-python library. Here's a simple notebook showing how to do it:

# Install the library first
!pip install googlesearch-python

from googlesearch import search

def search_google(search_term: str) -> str:
    """
    Search Google and return first result
    """
    try:
        # Get first result from Google search
        return next(search(search_term, num_results=1))
    except StopIteration:
        return "No results found"
    except Exception as e:
        return f"Error occurred: {str(e)}"

# Example usage
result = search_google("python programming")
print(result)

Please note that excessive automated queries might get your IP temporarily blocked by Google. For production use, consider using Google's official Custom Search API instead.

Let me know if you need any clarification! 👋