Google scrap-VBA

[Jeyachandran]

Hi guys,
I need small changes in code, ie., i need google search result Link only (href, div.r) not a description, can anyone please help me...

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Option Explicit
Const TargetItemsQty = 30 ' results for each keyword

Sub GWebSearchIECtl()

    Dim objSheet As Worksheet
    Dim objIE As Object
    Dim x As Long
    Dim y As Long
    Dim strSearch As String
    Dim lngFound As Long
    Dim st As String
    Dim colGItems As Object
    Dim varGItem As Variant
    Dim strHLink As String
    Dim strDescr As String
    Dim strNextURL As String

    Set objSheet = Sheets("Sheet1")
    Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
    objIE.Visible = True ' for debug or captcha request cases
    y = 2 ' start searching for the keyword in the first row
    With objSheet
        .Select
        .Range(.Columns("B:B"), .Columns("B:B").End(xlToRight)).Delete ' clear previous results
        .Range("A2").Select
        Do Until .Cells(y, 1) = ""
            x = 2 ' start writing results from column B
            .Cells(y, 1).Select
            strSearch = .Cells(y, 1) ' current keyword
            With objIE
                lngFound = 0
                .Navigate "[URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=']Google[/URL]" & EncodeUriComponent(strSearch) ' go to first search results page
                Do
                    Do While .Busy Or Not .readyState = 4: DoEvents: Loop ' wait IE
                    Do Until .document.readyState = "complete": DoEvents: Loop ' wait document
                    Do While TypeName(.document.getElementById("res")) = "Null": DoEvents: Loop ' wait [#res] element
                    Set colGItems = .document.getElementById("res").getElementsByClassName("g") ' collection of search result [.g] items
                    For Each varGItem In colGItems ' process each item in collection
                        If varGItem.getElementsByTagName("a").Length > 0 And varGItem.getElementsByClassName("st").Length > 0 Then ' must have hyperlink and description
                            strHLink = varGItem.getElementsByTagName("a")(0).href ' get first hyperlink [a] found in current item
                            strDescr = GetInnerText(varGItem.getElementsByClassName("st")(0).innerHTML) ' get first description [span.st] found in current item
                            lngFound = lngFound + 1
                            With objSheet ' put result into cell
                                .Hyperlinks.Add .Cells(y, x), strHLink, , , strDescr
                                .Cells(y, x).WrapText = True
                                x = x + 1 ' next column
                            End With
                            If lngFound = TargetItemsQty Then Exit Do ' continue with next keyword - necessary quantity of the results for current keyword found
                        End If
                        DoEvents
                    Next
                    If TypeName(.document.getElementById("pnnext")) = "Null" Then Exit Do ' continue with next keyword - no [a#pnnext.pn] next page button exists
                    strNextURL = .document.getElementById("pnnext").href ' get next page url
                    .Navigate strNextURL ' go to next search results page
                Loop
            End With
            y = y + 1 ' next row
        Loop
    End With
    objIE.Quit

    ' google web search page contains the elements:
    ' [div#res] - main search results block
    ' [div.g] - each result item block within [div#res]
    ' [a] - hyperlink ancor(s) within each [div.g]
    ' [span.st] - description(s) within each [div.g]
    ' [a#pnnext.pn] - hyperlink ancor to the next search results page

End Sub

Function EncodeUriComponent(strText As String) As String
    Static objHtmlfile As Object

    If objHtmlfile Is Nothing Then
        Set objHtmlfile = CreateObject("htmlfile")
        objHtmlfile.parentWindow.execScript "function encode(s) {return encodeURIComponent(s)}", "jscript"
    End If
    EncodeUriComponent = objHtmlfile.parentWindow.encode(strText)
End Function

Function GetInnerText(strText As String) As String
    Static objHtmlfile As Object

    If objHtmlfile Is Nothing Then
        Set objHtmlfile = CreateObject("htmlfile")
        objHtmlfile.Open
        objHtmlfile.Write "<body></body>"
    End If
    objHtmlfile.body.innerHTML = strText
    GetInnerText = objHtmlfile.body.innerText
End Function

 

[Sharid]

Have a look at this My Post

Also tag your code, or members may refuse to help you. Like this

Option Explicit
Const TargetItemsQty = 30 ' results for each keyword

Sub GWebSearchIECtl()

Dim objSheet As Worksheet
Dim objIE As Object
Dim x As Long
Dim y As Long
Dim strSearch As String
Dim lngFound As Long
Dim st As String
Dim colGItems As Object
Dim varGItem As Variant
Dim strHLink As String
Dim strDescr As String
Dim strNextURL As String

Set objSheet = Sheets("Sheet1")
Set objIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
objIE.Visible = True ' for debug or captcha request cases
y = 2 ' start searching for the keyword in the first row
With objSheet
.Select
.Range(.Columns("B:B"), .Columns("B:B").End(xlToRight)).Delete ' clear previous results
.Range("A2").Select
Do Until .Cells(y, 1) = ""
x = 2 ' start writing results from column B
.Cells(y, 1).Select
strSearch = .Cells(y, 1) ' current keyword
With objIE
lngFound = 0
.Navigate "[URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=']Google[/URL]" & EncodeUriComponent(strSearch) ' go to first search results page
Do
Do While .Busy Or Not .readyState = 4: DoEvents: Loop ' wait IE
Do Until .document.readyState = "complete": DoEvents: Loop ' wait document
Do While TypeName(.document.getElementById("res")) = "Null": DoEvents: Loop ' wait [#res] element
Set colGItems = .document.getElementById("res").getElementsByClassName("g") ' collection of search result [.g] items
For Each varGItem In colGItems ' process each item in collection
If varGItem.getElementsByTagName("a").Length > 0 And varGItem.getElementsByClassName("st").Length > 0 Then ' must have hyperlink and description
strHLink = varGItem.getElementsByTagName("a")(0).href ' get first hyperlink [a] found in current item
strDescr = GetInnerText(varGItem.getElementsByClassName("st")(0).innerHTML) ' get first description [span.st] found in current item
lngFound = lngFound + 1
With objSheet ' put result into cell
.Hyperlinks.Add .Cells(y, x), strHLink, , , strDescr
.Cells(y, x).WrapText = True
x = x + 1 ' next column
End With
If lngFound = TargetItemsQty Then Exit Do ' continue with next keyword - necessary quantity of the results for current keyword found
End If
DoEvents
Next
If TypeName(.document.getElementById("pnnext")) = "Null" Then Exit Do ' continue with next keyword - no [a#pnnext.pn] next page button exists
strNextURL = .document.getElementById("pnnext").href ' get next page url
.Navigate strNextURL ' go to next search results page
Loop
End With
y = y + 1 ' next row
Loop
End With
objIE.Quit

' google web search page contains the elements:
' [div#res] - main search results block
' [div.g] - each result item block within [div#res]
' [a] - hyperlink ancor(s) within each [div.g]
' [span.st] - description(s) within each [div.g]
' [a#pnnext.pn] - hyperlink ancor to the next search results page

End Sub

Function EncodeUriComponent(strText As String) As String
Static objHtmlfile As Object

If objHtmlfile Is Nothing Then
Set objHtmlfile = CreateObject("htmlfile")
objHtmlfile.parentWindow.execScript "function encode(s) {return encodeURIComponent(s)}", "jscript"
End If
EncodeUriComponent = objHtmlfile.parentWindow.encode(strText)
End Function

Function GetInnerText(strText As String) As String
Static objHtmlfile As Object

If objHtmlfile Is Nothing Then
Set objHtmlfile = CreateObject("htmlfile")
objHtmlfile.Open
objHtmlfile.Write "<body></body>"
End If
objHtmlfile.body.innerHTML = strText
GetInnerText = objHtmlfile.body.innerText
End Function

Also You may want to use bing and not Google as Google will pick up that your a bot, in Bing you can do larger searches

 

[Jeyachandran]

Thanks sir,,,