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# Search the web from the command line using a Google Custom Search engine Note: Should work anywhere you have access to a Factotum (Plan9, 9front, plan9port) ## Installation ``` go get github.com/halfwit/google go install github.com/halfwit/google ``` ## Usage google [[-i] [-it type] [-is size] [-ic color] [-id scale]] [-m results] [-r url] [-a key] [-f type] [-e match] [-x exclude] [ -s safe] query - -m Number of results per query - -r Search for sites related to [url] - -a Use API key instead of factotum - -f File type [bmp|gif|png|jpg|svg|pdf] - -e Match string exactly - -x Phrase to exclude - -s Safe search [active|high|medium|off] - -i Image search ### Requires -i - -it Image type [clipart|face|lineart|news|photo] - -is Image size [huge|icon|large|medium|small|xlarge|xxlarge] - -ic Image color [black|blue|brown|gray|green|orange|ping|purple|red|teal|white|yellow] - -id Image scale [color|gray|mono] ## Authentication To use this, you need an API key for Google Custom Search engine. See https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/introduction, select "Get A Key" Additionally, you also have to create a Custom Search Engine itself. When you create a Custom Search Engine, you'll also get a `cx` key. Store these keys in your Factotum - `gcli` - your API key (AIza...) - `gcse` - your CSE key ## Performance (Subjective) Using this, I was able to complete a search with 50 results, in 0.03 seconds. A similar search on the popular Python program `googler` was roughly 0.19 seconds.