google-images-download

Download hundreds of images from google images

This is a Python program to search keywords/key-phrases on Google Images and then also optionally download all Images.

Usage

Download command have following option:

Usage: google-images-download download [OPTIONS] [SEARCH_KEYWORDS]...

Options:
  --keywords TEXT           Additional keyword input.
  -nc, --no-clobber         Skip downloads that would download to existing files (overwriting them)
  --download-limit INTEGER  Download limit. set 0 for no limit.
  --requests-delay INTEGER  Delay between requests(seconds). set 0 for no delay.
  --filename-format [basename|sha256]
                            Filename format of the url. default: basename
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

To download keyword 'Taj mahal' and 'Pyramid of Giza'

google-images-download download 'Taj Mahal' 'Pyramid of Giza'

To download keyword 'Taj mahal' and 'Pyramid of Giza' with additional keyword 'high resolution'

google-images-download download 'Taj Mahal' 'Pyramid of Giza'  --keywords 'high resolution'
# this will search 'Taj Mahal high resolution' and 'Pyramid of Giza high resolution'

Starting from version 0.3.0 filename format flag added. The downloaded image will be renamed based on available filename format such as the file's sha256 checksum

google-images-download download 'Taj Mahal' --filename-format sha256
# this will download `Taj Mahal` pic and renamed it based on sha256 checksum

Starting from version 0.2.0 it also can search similar picture from the file. To do that do the following:

google-images-download search filename.jpg
# this willl open google image to search image similar to 'filename.jpg'

Usage as server for Hydrus (alpha)

1. Run server with following command

google-images-download-server run -d -p 5001 -t

It will run on debug and threaded mode on port 5001

2. choose which booru mode to install in Hydrus:

Simple google image search

!Booru
_advance_by_page_num: true
_image_data: '[link]'
_image_id: null
_name: gid_booru
_search_separator: +
_search_url: http://127.0.0.1:5001/?query=%tags%&page=%index%
_tag_classnames_to_namespaces: {tag-page-url: gid page url, tag-picture-subtitle: gid
    subtitle, tag-picture-title: gid title, tag-query: gid query, tag-site: gid site,
  tag-site-title: gid site title}
_thumb_classname: thumb

Google simlar image search

!Booru
_advance_by_page_num: false
_image_data: '[link]'
_image_id: null
_name: gid_similar_booru
_search_separator: +
_search_url: http://127.0.0.1:5001/f/?file_path=%tags%&search_type=1
_tag_classnames_to_namespaces: {tag-page-url: gid page url, tag-picture-subtitle: gid
    subtitle, tag-picture-title: gid title, tag-query: gid query, tag-site: gid site,
  tag-site-title: gid site title}
_thumb_classname: thumb

Google image size search

!Booru
_advance_by_page_num: false
_image_data: '[link]'
_image_id: null
_name: gid_size_booru
_search_separator: +
_search_url: http://127.0.0.1:5001/f/?file_path=%tags%&search_type=2
_tag_classnames_to_namespaces: {tag-page-url: gid page url, tag-picture-subtitle: gid
    subtitle, tag-picture-title: gid title, tag-query: gid query, tag-site: gid site,
  tag-site-title: gid site title}
_thumb_classname: thumb

Google image size search without cache

!Booru
_advance_by_page_num: false
_image_data: '[link]'
_image_id: null
_name: gid_size(dc)_booru
_search_separator: +
_search_url: http://127.0.0.1:5001/f/?file_path=%tags%&search_type=2&disable_cache=y
_tag_classnames_to_namespaces: {tag-page-url: gid page url, tag-picture-subtitle: gid
    subtitle, tag-picture-title: gid title, tag-query: gid query, tag-site: gid site,
  tag-site-title: gid site title}
_thumb_classname: thumb

Google simlar image search from image url

!Booru
_advance_by_page_num: false
_image_data: '[link]'
_image_id: null
_name: gid_size_booru
_search_separator: +
_search_url: http://127.0.0.1:5001/f/?url=%tags%&search_type=1
_tag_classnames_to_namespaces: {tag-page-url: gid page url, tag-picture-subtitle: gid
    subtitle, tag-picture-title: gid title, tag-query: gid query, tag-site: gid site,
  tag-site-title: gid site title}
_thumb_classname: thumb

Google image size search from image url

!Booru
_advance_by_page_num: false
_image_data: '[link]'
_image_id: null
_name: gid_size_booru
_search_separator: +
_search_url: http://127.0.0.1:5001/f/?url=%tags%&search_type=2
_tag_classnames_to_namespaces: {tag-page-url: gid page url, tag-picture-subtitle: gid
    subtitle, tag-picture-title: gid title, tag-query: gid query, tag-site: gid site,
  tag-site-title: gid site title}
_thumb_classname: thumb

3. Search the image. For similar image search and size image search you need to input image path.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/rachmadaniHaryono/google-images-download
cd ./google-images-download
pip install .
# to install package needed for server
pip install .[server]

or using pip to install it directly from github

pip install git+https://github.com/rachmadaniHaryono/google-images-download.git

Compatibility

This program is now compatible with python 3.x and tested under version 3.5. It is a download-and-run program with couple of changes like the keywords 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. Also looking for collaborator.

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!

Licence

MIT LICENSE

Authors

• Hardik Vasa (@hardikvasa)
• rytoj (@rytoj)
• Rachmadani Haryono (@rachmadaniHaryono)

google_images_download was written by Hardik Vasa.