Google Images Download
Python Script for 'searching' and 'downloading' hundreds of Google images/image links!
Summary
This is a Python program to search keywords/key-phrases on Google Images and then also optionally download all Images.
Compatability
This program is now compatible with both the versions of python (2.x and 3.x). It is a download-and-run program with couple of changes like the ketwords for which you want to search and download images.
Status
This is a small program which is ready-to-run, but still under development. Many more features will be added to it shortly.
Usage
search_keyword = ['Taj Mahal', 'Pyramid of Giza']
This list is used to search keywords. You can edit this list to search for google images of your choice. You can simply add and remove elements of the list.
keywords = [' high resolution',' paintings',' at night',' from top']
This list is used to further add suffix to your search term. Each element of the list will help you download 100 images. First element is blank which denotes that no suffix is added to the search keyword of the above list. You can edit the list by adding/deleting elements from it.So if the first element of the search_keyword is 'Australia' and the first element of keywords is 'high resolution' as shown above, then it will search for 'Australia High Resolution' images.
SSL Errors
If you do see SSL errors on Mac for Python 3 please go to Finder —> Applications —> Python 3 —> Click on the ‘Install Certificates.command’ and run the file.
Disclaimer
This program lets you download tons of images from Google. Please do not download any image without violating its copyright terms. Google Images is a search engine that merely indexes images and allows you to find them. It does NOT produce its own images and, as such, it doesn't own copyright on any of them. The original creators of the images own the copyrights.
Images published in the United States are automatically copyrighted by their owners, even if they do not explicitly carry a copyright warning. You may not reproduce copyright images without their owner's permission, except in "fair use" cases, or you could risk running into lawyer's warnings, cease-and-desist letters, and copyright suits. Please be very careful before its usage!