= GScraper
* http://gscraper.rubyforge.org/
* Postmodern (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
== DESCRIPTION:
GScraper is a web-scraping interface to various Google Services.
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
* Supports the Google Search service.
* Provides access to search results and ranks.
* Provides access to the Sponsored Links.
* Provides HTTP access with custom User-Agent strings.
* Provides proxy settings for HTTP access.
== REQUIREMENTS:
* mechanize >= 0.9.0
== INSTALL:
$ sudo gem install gscraper
== EXAMPLES:
* Basic query:
q = GScraper::Search.query(:query => 'ruby')
* Advanced query:
q = GScraper::Search.query(:query => 'ruby') do |q|
q.without_words = 'is'
q.within_past_day = true
q.numeric_range = 2..10
end
* Queries from URLs:
q = GScraper::Search.query_from_url('http://www.google.com/search?as_q=ruby&as_epq=&as_oq=rails&as_ft=i&as_qdr=all&as_occt=body&as_rights=%28cc_publicdomain%7Ccc_attribute%7Ccc_sharealike%7Ccc_noncommercial%29.-%28cc_nonderived%29')
q.query # => "ruby"
q.with_words # => "rails"
q.occurrs_within # => :title
q.rights # => :cc_by_nc
* Getting the search results:
q.first_page.select do |result|
result.title =~ /Blog/
end
q.page(2).map do |result|
result.title.reverse
end
q.result_at(25) # => Result
q.top_result # => Result
* A Result object contains the rank, title, summary, cahced URL, similiar
query URL and link URL of the search result.
page = q.page(2)
page.urls # => [...]
page.summaries # => [...]
page.ranks_of { |result| result.url =~ /^https/ } # => [...]
page.titles_of { |result| result.summary =~ /password/ } # => [...]
page.cached_pages # => [...]
page.similar_queries # => [...]
* Iterating over the search results:
q.each_on_page(2) do |result|
puts result.title
end
page.each do |result|
puts result.url
end
* Iterating over the data within the search results:
page.each_title do |title|
puts title
end
page.each_summary do |text|
puts text
end
* Selecting search results:
page.results_with do |result|
((result.rank > 2) && (result.rank < 10))
end
page.results_with_title(/Ruby/i) # => [...]
* Selecting data within the search results:
page.titles # => [...]
page.summaries # => [...]
* Selecting the data of search results based on the search result:
page.urls_of do |result|
result.description.length > 10
end
* Selecting the Sponsored Links of a Query:
q.sponsored_links # => [...]
q.top_sponsored_link # => SponsoredAd
* Setting the User-Agent globally:
GScraper.user_agent # => nil
GScraper.user_agent = 'Awesome Browser v1.2'
== LICENSE:
GScraper - A web-scraping interface to various Google Services.
Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Hal Brodigan (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
* http://gscraper.rubyforge.org/
* Postmodern (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
== DESCRIPTION:
GScraper is a web-scraping interface to various Google Services.
== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:
* Supports the Google Search service.
* Provides access to search results and ranks.
* Provides access to the Sponsored Links.
* Provides HTTP access with custom User-Agent strings.
* Provides proxy settings for HTTP access.
== REQUIREMENTS:
* mechanize >= 0.9.0
== INSTALL:
$ sudo gem install gscraper
== EXAMPLES:
* Basic query:
q = GScraper::Search.query(:query => 'ruby')
* Advanced query:
q = GScraper::Search.query(:query => 'ruby') do |q|
q.without_words = 'is'
q.within_past_day = true
q.numeric_range = 2..10
end
* Queries from URLs:
q = GScraper::Search.query_from_url('http://www.google.com/search?as_q=ruby&as_epq=&as_oq=rails&as_ft=i&as_qdr=all&as_occt=body&as_rights=%28cc_publicdomain%7Ccc_attribute%7Ccc_sharealike%7Ccc_noncommercial%29.-%28cc_nonderived%29')
q.query # => "ruby"
q.with_words # => "rails"
q.occurrs_within # => :title
q.rights # => :cc_by_nc
* Getting the search results:
q.first_page.select do |result|
result.title =~ /Blog/
end
q.page(2).map do |result|
result.title.reverse
end
q.result_at(25) # => Result
q.top_result # => Result
* A Result object contains the rank, title, summary, cahced URL, similiar
query URL and link URL of the search result.
page = q.page(2)
page.urls # => [...]
page.summaries # => [...]
page.ranks_of { |result| result.url =~ /^https/ } # => [...]
page.titles_of { |result| result.summary =~ /password/ } # => [...]
page.cached_pages # => [...]
page.similar_queries # => [...]
* Iterating over the search results:
q.each_on_page(2) do |result|
puts result.title
end
page.each do |result|
puts result.url
end
* Iterating over the data within the search results:
page.each_title do |title|
puts title
end
page.each_summary do |text|
puts text
end
* Selecting search results:
page.results_with do |result|
((result.rank > 2) && (result.rank < 10))
end
page.results_with_title(/Ruby/i) # => [...]
* Selecting data within the search results:
page.titles # => [...]
page.summaries # => [...]
* Selecting the data of search results based on the search result:
page.urls_of do |result|
result.description.length > 10
end
* Selecting the Sponsored Links of a Query:
q.sponsored_links # => [...]
q.top_sponsored_link # => SponsoredAd
* Setting the User-Agent globally:
GScraper.user_agent # => nil
GScraper.user_agent = 'Awesome Browser v1.2'
== LICENSE:
GScraper - A web-scraping interface to various Google Services.
Copyright (c) 2007-2008 Hal Brodigan (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA