nglexuen / query-server

A simple Query Server that stores a query string on a server

query-server

Query Server that stores a query string on a server.

This mini-tool can be used to process a query string. This string calls the Google search result scraper at searss and the output from the scraper is written to a file, named with the query string as file name.

Requirements

• Python 2
• Node.js
• PIP
• Mechanize
• Feedgen
• BeautifulSoup4
• html5lib

Installing

Make sure you have Nodejs installed. Running this tool requires installing the nodejs as well as python dependencies.

$ git clone https://github.com/fossasia/query-server.git 
$ cd query-server
$ npm install
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Running

To run the query server:

$ npm start

The search is prompted then.

Search for >>

Type query like (search engine choice)(query). For example: gharambe or d~fossasia