:mag_right: Google/Bing search results scraping using PHP. Tested and working / May 13, 2020
The purpose of this library is to provide an easy, undetectable, and captcha resistant way to extract search results
from popular search engines like Google and Bing.
The recommended way to install this is via Composer:
composer require athlon1600/serpscraper "^4.0"
<?php
use SerpScraper\Engine\GoogleSearch;
$page = 1;
$google = new GoogleSearch();
// all available preferences for Google
$google->setPreference('results_per_page', 100);
//$google->setPreference('google_domain', 'google.lt');
//$google->setPreference('date_range', 'hour');
$results = array();
do {
$response = $google->search("how to scrape google", $page);
// error field must be empty otherwise query failed
if(empty($response->error)){
$results = array_merge($results, $response->results);
$page++;
} else if($response->error == 'captcha'){
// read below
break;
}
} while ($response->has_next_page);
For this to work, you will need to register for 2captcha.com services, and get an API key.
It is also highly recommended to use a proxy server.
Install a private proxy server on your own VPS here:
https://github.com/Athlon1600/useful#squid
<?php
use SerpScraper\Engine\GoogleSearch;
use SerpScraper\GoogleCaptchaSolver;
$google = new GoogleSearch();
$browser = $google->getBrowser();
$browser->setProxy('PROXY:IP');
$solver = new GoogleCaptchaSolver($browser);
while(true){
$response = $google->search('famous people born in ' . mt_rand(1500, 2020));
if ($response->error == 'captcha') {
echo "Captcha detected!" . PHP_EOL;
$temp = $solver->solveUsingTwoCaptcha($response, '2CAPTCHA_API_KEY', 90);
if ($temp->status == 200) {
echo "Captcha solved successfully!" . PHP_EOL;
} else {
echo 'Solving captcha has failed...' . PHP_EOL;
}
} else {
echo "OK. ";
}
sleep(2);
}
<?php
use SerpScraper\Engine\BingSearch;
$bing = new BingSearch();
$results = array();
for($page = 1; $page < 10; $page++){
$response = $bing->search("search bing using php", $page);
if($response->error == false){
$results = array_merge($results, $response->results);
}
if($response->has_next_page == false){
break;
}
}
var_dump($results);