This package can fetch results for the paid version of a Google Custom Search Engine. It returns an array with searchresults. You'll need to know how to set up a Google Custom Search Engine.
Spatie is a webdesign agency in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website.
| Laravel | googlesearch |
|---|---|
| 4.2.x | 1.x |
| 5.x | 2.x |
You're free to use this package (it's MIT-licensed), but if it makes it to your production environment you are required to send us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.
Our address is: Spatie, Samberstraat 69D, 2060 Antwerp, Belgium.
The best postcards will get published on the open source page on our website.
This package can be installed through Composer.
composer require spatie/googlesearchWhen using Laravel there is a service provider that you can make use of.
// Laravel 5: config/app.php
'providers' => [
'...',
'Spatie\GoogleSearch\GoogleSearchServiceProvider'
];GoogleSearch also comes with a facade, which provides an easy way to call the the class.
// Laravel 5: config/app.php
'aliases' => [
...
'GoogleSearch' => 'Spatie\GoogleSearch\Facades\GoogleSearch',
...
]You can publish the config file of the package using artisan
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\GoogleSearch\GoogleSearchServiceProvider"This command creates a file within your config directory in which you can specify the id of the Custom Search Engine you want to use.
Here is a sample call to get search results:
/*
This function returns an array with keys
"name" // the name of the found page
"url" // the url of the found page
"snippet" // a little piece of text found on the page
*/
$searchResults = GoogleSearch::getResults('The meaning of life'); // is 42When no results are found an empty array is returned.
Spatie is a webdesign agency in Antwerp, Belgium. You'll find an overview of all our open source projects on our website.