# oxylabs/how-to-scrape-google-images

Real time google image scraper. The process is automated by sending HTTP requests to retrieve image data which is then parsed and saved.

Repository: https://github.com/oxylabs/how-to-scrape-google-images
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/how-to-scrape-google-images
Language: Python
License Family: other
Topics: google-image-scraper, google-images-crawler, image-scrape, image-scraper, image-scraping, scrape-images, google-image-api, google-image-scraper-api, scrape-google-image, google-image-search, google-search-scraper
Last push: 2026-06-19T07:18:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 60
- inputs: {"age_days": 840, "days_push": 75, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2055, forks 3 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.824941+00:00)

## What it is
A Python-based command-line tool that scrapes Google Images search results, including reverse image search based on a provided image URL. It sends HTTP requests to retrieve image data, parses the results, and saves them (e.g., to CSV).

## Use cases
- scrape google images search results
- reverse image search by image url
- download google image search data to csv
- build a google image scraper in python
- extract image urls from google search
- monitor google images results for a query

## When to choose
- you need a free, ready-to-run Google Images scraper with minimal setup
- you want reverse image search results from an image URL
- you prefer a simple CLI workflow in Python

## When to avoid
- you need a supported, licensed library for production use (no license is provided)
- you need large-scale scraping without proxy infrastructure or an API service
- you need a general-purpose search engine scraper beyond Google Images

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, http-client, parser, ocr
- domain: crawlers, image-processing, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: google-images, reverse-image-search, scraper, serp-scraping, image-search, python, search

## Member repositories
- oxylabs/how-to-scrape-google-images (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.824941+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:57:16.791434+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oxylabs/how-to-scrape-google-images (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.824941+00:00, sha f4a37b7e0cb1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.