/image-scraper

Python library to download images from popular search engines.

Primary LanguagePython

Image Scraper

How to install

To install the package using github, first clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/michsun/image-scraper

Then run the setup.py file from the project directory.

sudo python setup.py install

Alternatively, you can use pip to install the package.

pip install git+https://github.com/michsun/image-scraper.git#egg=imagescraper

How to use in terminal

The package can be imported and used in a regular python script.

To run the package in a terminal, make sure you are in directory of the cloned repository before running the following commands.

To run a simple keyword search on google, you can run the following command.

python image_scraper -gs <query>

To search pinterest

python image_scraper -ps <query>

Will also work for both search engines

python image_scraper -gps <query>

For a search query that is more than one word, be sure to enclose the search term in quotations.

python image_scraper -gs "three word search"

For pinterest, there is also a custom pinterest board scraper.

python image_scraper -pb <pinterest_board_url>

Disclaimer

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