1. Participation Page: http://tw.rpi.edu/web/Courses/WebSci/2011/Participati onPage http://tw.rpi.edu/web/Courses/WebSci/2011/Participati onPage Direct Link to code snippet: http://tw.rpi.edu/media/latest/project1.zip Using the xgoogle library Dan Rotondo Web Science September 23 rd, 2011

2.  A Python library for Google Search  Avoids having to use the Google API  Less limitations on number of search queries  http://www.catonmat.net/blog/python- library-for-google-search/ http://www.catonmat.net/blog/python- library-for-google-search/

3.  Gets the Google website with your search results  Use’s Beautiful Soup to parse the HTML code (http://www.crummy.com/software/Beau tifulSoup/)http://www.crummy.com/software/Beau tifulSoup/  Returns the results in text format (utf8)

4.  method get_results() – gets a page of results (a list of SearchResult objects)  property num_results – number of search results found  property results_per_page – sets/gets number of results per page  property page – sets/gets the search page

5.  SearchBase.py interfaces with xgoogle  Must implement this class with any of your subclasses

6. import abc from SearchBase import SearchBase class YourClassName(SearchBase): [… your code here …] abc stands for Abstract Base Classes. If you’re interested in what they are: http://docs.python.org/library/abc.html http://docs.python.org/library/abc.html

7.  Do not download xgoogle from their website!!! (it’s out of date)  Do use the website as a way to familiarize yourself with the library  Go over the SportsSearch.py example  Have Fun!