geekcomputers / geekcomputers/Python
Google search result scraper
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Description
I've noticed I can't seem to scrape the results anymore.
On my debug console:
soup.select('.r a') = []
An empty list. Despite the fact the results are under the class .r with links in the a element.
Anyone else having trouble?
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Research direction
Start by locating the scraper code that calls soup.select('.r a') and reproduce the empty-result behavior against Google search results. Determine the current result-link selector and verify that the scraper extracts links successfully; no file or test path is provided in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100