yussuf-codes/google-images-scraper

A command-line-based Google images scraper to automate downloading high-quality large datasets for machine learning engineers, Built using Selenium WebDriver & urllib.request.

google-images-scraper

⚒️ Built using

• Selenium WebDriver
• urllib.request

⚠️ Prerequisites

• Python >3.10

  Debian GNU/Linux Bash

    sudo apt install python3.10 && apt install python3.10-venv

• Chrome >115

⚙️ Installation

1. Download the project

   Debian GNU/Linux Bash

   wget -O google-images-scraper-master.zip https://github.com/yussuf-codes/google-images-scraper/archive/master.zip
   sudo apt install unzip
   unzip google-images-scraper-master.zip

2. Navigate to source directory

   cd ./google-images-scraper-master/src/

3. Create a virtual environment

   Debian GNU/Linux Bash

   python3.10 -m venv .venv

   Windows PowerShell

   python -m venv .venv

4. Activate the virtual environment

   Debian GNU/Linux Bash

   source ./.venv/bin/activate

   Windows PowerShell

   Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser
   .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

5. Install the requirements

   pip install -r ./google_images_scraper/requirements.txt

🚀 Run

Debian GNU/Linux Bash

python3.10 main.py -q <SEARCH_QUERY> -n <NUMBER_OF_IMAGES> -d <IMAGES_DIRECTORY>

Windows PowerShell

python main.py -q <SEARCH_QUERY> -n <NUMBER_OF_IMAGES> -d <IMAGES_DIRECTORY>

Repository Structure

.
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── src
    ├── google-images-scraper
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   ├── implementation.py
    │   └── requirements.txt
    └── main.py

📄 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

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