Google changed their design, which killed the current functionality of this scraper. I have a lot going on right now and don't have time to fix this. I will try to return in June 2024 to create a patch, or an alternative solution utilizing the official google api. Sorry, thanks.

Project Description A multithreaded Google Images scraper without Chromium. Only requires the python standard library, requests, and a few helper libraries. Aimed at being cross-platform, with a preference towards linux.

A Note:

Scraping too aggressively can create large server loads, and lead to 503 errors. I'm sure this is less of an issue for Google, but please be considerate. Thanks :)

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As of now, there's no packaging or runner scripts. You have to clone the repo, manually install the dependencies, and run main with python.

git clone https://github.com/talleyhoe/google-image-scraper.git

pip install -r requirements.txt

$ -> python src/main.py [keyword]
optional arguments:
  --count, -c       How many images to try to scrape ( < 500 usually works )
  --directory, -d   What directory to save the images in 
                    (Default is ~/Downloads/[keyword]))
  --threads, -t     How many threads to scrape with
                    (Default is single threaded)

• Proper packaging
• Extensibility to scrape other sites
  • May not implement for a while unless there is sufficient interest