Java code for using google custom search API

Question

Can anyone please share some java codes for getting started with google search api's.I searched on Internet but not found any proper documentation or good sample codes.The codes which I found doesn't seem to be working.I'll be thankful if anyone can help me.(I have obtained API key and custom search engine id).

Thanks.

Answer 1

I have changed the while loop in the code provided by @Zakaria above. It might not be a proper way of working it out but it gives you the result links of google search. You just need to parse the output. See here,

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    String key="YOUR KEY";
    String qry="Android";
    URL url = new URL(
            "https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key="+key+ "&cx=013036536707430787589:_pqjad5hr1a&q="+ qry + "&alt=json");
    HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
    conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
            (conn.getInputStream())));

    String output;
    System.out.println("Output from Server .... \n");
    while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {

        if(output.contains("\"link\": \"")){                
            String link=output.substring(output.indexOf("\"link\": \"")+("\"link\": \"").length(), output.indexOf("\","));
            System.out.println(link);       //Will print the google search links
        }     
    }
    conn.disconnect();                              
}

Hope it works for you too.