Google Image search (yii extension) ¶

1. Limitations by service
2. 1. With given example
3. 2. Write your own controller/view
4. Screenshots

This extension use "Google Image Search API JSON interface" https://developers.google.com/image-search/v1/jsondevguide

Limitations by service ¶

• Max results per page: 8
• Max pages: 8

This means you can not get more than 8 pages by one given query string. BUT you can change some of the url params and get different results.

One example is to change image type [png|jpg|gif|bmp] (but not search word) so you can get 4 times more results querying like this. Start with 8 pages of png, and continue with other types. In result you get 32 pages and every page with 8 results.

Requirements ¶

• cURL

Extension includes ¶

• GoogleImageSearch (CComponent) - it can be used alone with your code
• ImageSearchController (CExtController) - Example of component use
• views/search.php - html/js/css view for ImageSearchController (jQuery required)

How to use ¶

You can use it in two ways.

1. Based on given example
2. Write your own controller/view

But both ways need same init configuration:

<?php
//..
'components'=>array(

    // Google image search component
     'imgSearch'=>array(
         'class'=>'application.extensions.googleImageSearch.GoogleImageSearch',
         //'cacheSec' => 3600, //default 1week
     ),

)
//..

1. With given example ¶

For given example you need to add configuration to your controllerMap:

<?php
//..
'controllerMap'=>array(
    'imgSearch'=>array(
        'class'=>'application.extensions.googleImageSearch.controllers.ImageSearchController',
        //'layout' => '//layouts/layout', //default: layouts/main
    ),
),
//..

Now you can access example by adding /imgSearch/search to your base url (Result: http://my-domain.lc/imgSearch/search)

2. Write your own controller/view ¶

You can use GoogleImageSearch component and use it where you want in you code. Here is a quick example:

<?php
        $imgSearch = Yii::app()->imgSearch;

        // All possible params:
        // https://developers.google.com/image-search/v1/jsondevguide#json_args
        $imgSearch->setParams(array(
            'rsz' => 4, //default: 8
            //'as_filetype' => 'png', //default to all types
        ));

        // OR set params one by one
        //$imgSearch->setParam('rsz',4);
        //$imgSearch->setParam('as_filetype','png');

        $jsonRaw = $imgSearch->getResults( $searchString );
        $json = json_decode( $jsonRaw );
        var_dump($json);

Available params ¶

https://developers.google.com/image-search/v1/jsondevguide#json_args

About & More ¶

Project at bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/briiC/googleimagesearch.yii.ext

Screenshots ¶