Getting the URLs for the first Google search results in a shell script

Question

It\'s relatively easy to parse the output of the AJAX API using a scripting language:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import urllib
import json

base = \'http://ajax.goog         


        

Answer 1

Just for reference: By November 2013, you will need to replace the ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web calls completely.

Most likely, it has to be replaced with Custom Search Engine (CSE). The problem is that you won't be able to get "global" results from CSE. Here is a nice tip on how to do this: http://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/d/msg/customsearch/0aoS-bXgnEM/lwlZ6_IyVDQJ.