getGoogleImagesSearchResults

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// GET GOOGLE IMAGES SEARCH RESULTS 

//

// I use the ajax.googleapis.com json search results to fetch the image

// urls into a string array and display them one at a time

//

// Youssef Faltas, Feb 2014

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String searchTerm = "sisi";

int numofResults = 40;                  // choose a multiple of four

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String[] imgUrls = new String[0];

String[] links = new String[0];

JSONArray results; 

JSONObject response;

PImage img;

int i =0;

int t =0;

void setup()

{

  size(800,600);

  links = img_urls(numofResults/4);      // returns an array of image url strings

  int t = second();                      // start a clock 

}

void draw(){

 if ( second() < t ) t = 0 ;          // fixing the clock at the start of every minute

 if ( i == numofResults ) i = 0 ;     // starting over when we reach the final result 

 if (second() > t+2 )                 // display a new image every two seconds

  {

   t = second();                      

   i++;  

   img = loadImage(links[i],"jpg");

   if (img != null ) image(img, 0, 0, width, height);  // display and fit image to display window

   println(i);

   println(links[i]);                 // prints its link to console

   }

} 

String[] img_urls(int fours)

{

  String[] url = new String[fours];

  String[] links = new String[4*fours];

  for(int t=0; t<fours; t++)

      {        

        url[t] = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/images?v=1.0&q="+searchTerm+ "&start="+(t*4)+"&as_filetype=jpg"+"&imgsz=medium"; //ift:jpg,isz:m";

        // find more search arguments here

        // https://developers.google.com/image-search/v1/jsondevguide#json_args

        response = loadJSONObject(url[t]);

        response = response.getJSONObject("responseData");

        results = response.getJSONArray("results");

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        for (int i = 0; i < results.size(); i++) {

          JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i); 

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          int high = result.getInt("height");

          int wide = result.getInt("width");

          String linkstring = result.getString("unescapedUrl");

          links[(i+(4*t))] = linkstring;

          //println("Photo has height " + high + " and width " + wide + " is at ");

          //println(linkstring);        

        } 

      }    

   return links;

}

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