The query server can be used to search a keyword/phrase on a search engine (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask, DuckDuckGo, Baidu, Exalead, Quora, Parsijoo, Dailymotion, Mojeek and Youtube) and get the results as json, xml or csv. The tool also stores the searched query string in a MongoDB database for analytical purposes.
A test deployment of the project is available here: https://query-server.herokuapp.com
The API(s) provided by query-server are as follows:
GET /api/v1/search/<search-engine>?query=query&format=format
search-engine : [
ask,bing,duckduckgo,yahoo,baidu,exalead,quora,youtube,parsijoo,mojeek,dailymotion]
query : query can be any string
format : [
json,xml,csv]
A sample query : /api/v1/search/bing?query=fossasia&format=xml&num=10
404 Not Found : Incorrect Search Engine, Zero Response
400 Bad Request : query and/or format is not in the correct format
500 Internal Server Error : Server Error from Search Engine
Found an issue? Post it in the issue tracker For pull requests please read Open Source Developer Guide and Best Practices at FOSSASIA
This project is currently licensed under the Apache License version 2.0. A copy of LICENSE should be present along with the source code. To obtain the software under a different license, please contact FOSSASIA.