Sorry for a Noob question…. I have written a code which searches google for an image stored locally on my computer. I accomplished this using the requests module. I want to scrape the result page for information about the image but request module never fetches the entire page. It only fetches a part of it and thus I am not able to scrape the website for results
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import requests2
import webbrowser3
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup4
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filePath = "C:\Users\mjjha\Documents\Checkrow\monaLisa.jpg"6
searchUrl = 'http://www.google.com/searchbyimage/upload'7
multipart = {'encoded_image': (filePath, open(filePath, 'rb')), 'image_content': ''}8
response = requests.post(searchUrl, files=multipart, allow_redirects=False)9
fetchUrl = response.headers['Location']10
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r=requests.get(fetchUrl)12
webbrowser.open(fetchUrl)13
soup=BeautifulSoup(r.content,'html.parser')14
head=soup.find_all('a')15
for i in head:16
print(i['href'])17
The web page looks like this:
but when I scrape it for anchor tag links using beautiful soup I get the following result:
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http://www.google.co.in/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi2
http://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&tab=wl3
https://play.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w84
http://www.youtube.com/?gl=IN&tab=w15
https://news.google.com/?tab=wn6
https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm7
https://drive.google.com/?tab=wo8
https://www.google.co.in/intl/en/about/products?tab=wh9
http://www.google.co.in/history/optout?hl=en10
/preferences?hl=en11
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?hl=en&passive=true&continue=http://www.google.hr/webhp%3Ftbs%3Dsbi:AMhZZisFTqPOZmEYpGB89rRLg4R4TfmF3WVQ_1gHEFiENQ8wbYqQq7-KsJUE5KuuxvINd0hFo10EMmP4RzWvOBvRxmsHZ7vm6etW-I36-QfCwmwir1NawORzsWZJffCnSwTpdts39mmQ1EfkcH0R8eGsiJ4_1Xw9DA_1C9mqLpChwRYdgOT-oFNcpt2O25Zhmo6ouG2XA5ZelCbKAChT4DJfGz0TXphXB_1dGEluDV6R_15n42URKCX5Q1zIqR6_16CR0rgXBphz95FMrETLqtPURRbAaWzauYisnSk6jF_1T5GbuoJKHtqThXevhogUSW9ERfZr5vbbWI6DA9c&ec=GAZAAQ12
/search?ie=UTF-8&q=Anne+Frank&oi=ddle&ct=236393864&hl=en-GB&si=AC1wQDDagiMg03ncxeOQZbwVe-CJxRCchC-jr2hCPTxjc9wbgOxFdg4PkIAWeA8WhyCLGGzkibRoi5B84SONt2NaUNMtZff0HVDXAtNUKeMfxbgImvSIzyY%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQPQgD13
/advanced_search?hl=en-IN&authuser=014
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=hr&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAU 15
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=hi&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAY 16
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=bn&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAc 17
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=te&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAg 18
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=mr&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAk 19
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=ta&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAo20
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=gu&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAs 21
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=kn&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCAw 22
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=ml&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCA023
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_jZL2NlEWh9JZhydIGUbq3LjMUs0%3D&hl=pa&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjT1qipk8f4AhUCTmwGHZy2BLcQ2ZgBCA4 24
/intl/en/ads/25
http://www.google.co.in/services/26
/intl/en/about.html27
http://www.google.hr/setprefdomain?prefdom=US&sig=K_fWA_BOpuaXy87gYOc9cg4jE6KwU%3D28
/intl/en/policies/privacy/29
/intl/en/policies/terms/30
PS C:UsersmjjhaDocumentsCheckrow> python -u "c:UsersmjjhaDocumentsCheckrow1.py"31
http://www.google.co.in/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi32
http://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&tab=wl33
https://play.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w834
http://www.youtube.com/?gl=IN&tab=w135
https://news.google.com/?tab=wn36
https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm37
https://drive.google.com/?tab=wo38
https://www.google.co.in/intl/en/about/products?tab=wh39
http://www.google.co.in/history/optout?hl=en40
/preferences?hl=en41
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?hl=en&passive=true&continue=http://www.google.hr/webhp%3Ftbs%3Dsbi:AMhZZiuVpzNQ_10ZbUunarcxtcBADLP2GPHTlIiPAtNpsOezRg48a1S4ofT8Df9C4NRT_1PzMk4baDStlOQGRp2okPHCALA5TvLodRqGj_1Q9_19KWykusySDjQNkbi67Ob6Kx7LZ0ybQ59c9mvyda27CBq8_19XutgXXgl4hGCLdXX9M3Od0WI9BckSHxv_1zajCMhKj1XaLKl9p7T9S0hfQbyZs4zQNcudXEk_1y3Zle6anU1rmSpEdpeCXC6r_1HnTnTLAtYWQlVFVF6QuCT8W5djGXGXwTjQH7NgkXnOi6q7v4F_1DqTVytnSAcBX6rc1eJFlXwIR2dzR73cs983mzb686VgOqUUNS1IG8w&ec=GAZAAQ42
/search?ie=UTF-8&q=Anne+Frank&oi=ddle&ct=236393864&hl=en-GB&si=AC1wQDDagiMg03ncxeOQZbwVe-CJxRCchC-jr2hCPTxjc9wbgOxFdg4PkIAWeA8WhyCLGGzkibRoi5B84SONt2NaUNMtZff0HVDXAtNUKeMfxbgImvSIzyY%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQPQgD43
/advanced_search?hl=en-IN&authuser=044
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=hr&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAU 45
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=hi&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAY 46
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=bn&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAc 47
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=te&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAg 48
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=mr&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAk 49
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=ta&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAo 50
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=gu&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAs 51
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=kn&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCAw 52
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=ml&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCA0 53
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_cvjNCWi4vNXxh56c1c4ZqxAqvrQ%3D&hl=pa&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibiJivk8f4AhVaTmwGHenOD1wQ2ZgBCA4 54
/intl/en/ads/55
http://www.google.co.in/services/56
/intl/en/about.html57
http://www.google.hr/setprefdomain?prefdom=US&sig=K_d19wKMnK5qQH_fmlL2YBuhhR_BE%3D58
/intl/en/policies/privacy/59
/intl/en/policies/terms/60
PS C:UsersmjjhaDocumentsCheckrow> python -u "c:UsersmjjhaDocumentsCheckrow1.py"61
http://www.google.co.in/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi62
http://maps.google.co.in/maps?hl=en&tab=wl63
https://play.google.com/?hl=en&tab=w864
http://www.youtube.com/?gl=IN&tab=w165
https://news.google.com/?tab=wn66
https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=wm67
https://drive.google.com/?tab=wo68
https://www.google.co.in/intl/en/about/products?tab=wh69
http://www.google.co.in/history/optout?hl=en70
/preferences?hl=en71
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?hl=en&passive=true&continue=http://www.google.hr/webhp%3Ftbs%3Dsbi:AMhZZiu1U_1mLzDh7oSZSFpNdcot7N84lXExmiJp6LMIJ1NO2PHle7mcBr72CTgX45DTbkkF8yfhvT0GATXTIzgd--ayauOaI-gLvTa-DAeOAodk35Kz6mpzCzl8ly6YYdUbn2S5cCe35BP37ysxT-tSFbvtLPwovJuiNPmunzpk_1j0a88zkXOmb1tn3vfgXnb6IhaucZJIMZztSDOIljOiaSTIzhdQ1aSusETDAu3EMNnoWRaFWqzcUGHzIWuABI9gJkelzjDaV-aK4ilxQJhwGJnzuKNHDbJ4GSX33an2jIfssmwfoWZLFej_1V0Zijr2fuFqULhoAg2lku41nHNxHY1nI0gNU4M2Q&ec=GAZAAQ72
/search?ie=UTF-8&q=Anne+Frank&oi=ddle&ct=236393864&hl=en-GB&si=AC1wQDDagiMg03ncxeOQZbwVe-CJxRCchC-jr2hCPTxjc9wbgOxFdg4PkIAWeA8WhyCLGGzkibRoi5B84SONt2NaUNMtZff0HVDXAtNUKeMfxbgImvSIzyY%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQPQgD73
/advanced_search?hl=en-IN&authuser=074
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=hr&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAU 75
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=hi&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAY 76
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=bn&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAc 77
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=te&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAg 78
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=mr&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAk 79
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=ta&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAo 80
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=gu&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAs 81
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=kn&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCAw82
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=ml&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCA0 83
http://www.google.hr/setprefs?sig=0_S9cBw3JrMA0drw1wRsLp0wK1RFM%3D&hl=pa&source=homepage&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj64PWzk8f4AhXqS2wGHdm9C0MQ2ZgBCA4 84
/intl/en/ads/85
http://www.google.co.in/services/86
/intl/en/about.html87
http://www.google.hr/setprefdomain?prefdom=US&sig=K_5Sxk31MIG7AiUTjwI71yoWFyO_E%3D88
/intl/en/policies/privacy/89
/intl/en/policies/terms/90
The content fetched by requests module doesn’t contain the full web page I don’t know why. I want to scrape information in image ,anchor and h3 tags from the page using beautiful soup but its just not working out.
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Answer
The main problem is Python Requests module doesn’t render JavaScript. As a result, you are not getting the webpage you are supposed to get.
You are using a webbrowser module to view your URL where JavaScript is enabled, so you are getting the page as expected. But next, when you use the requests module to get the page, javascript stays disabled, and google doesn’t let you render the page but instead redirects you to another page(Google Homepage). And there, you get different HTML resulting in no search results(you did in the first place).
IN 1 is the URL you are trying to hit, and 2 is the URL you are redirected to.
Look at the difference is google.com/webhp?tbs=sbi:AMhZZisX…
VS google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZisX…
The HTML of that page results in is this –
Always use the source HTML given by the requests module, which shows you the actual result. As you can see, this is not the search result page.
So to reach your goal, try using Selenium.