search-api

import requests

def google_search(query, api_key, cx_id, num_results=5):
    """
    A function that performs a web search using Google Custom Search API.
    
    :param query: The search term provided by the user.
    :param api_key: Your Google API key.
    :param cx_id: Your custom search engine ID.
    :param num_results: Number of results to return (default is 5).
    :return: List of search result titles and URLs.
    """
    url = 'https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1'
    
    params = {
        'q': query,
        'key': api_key,
        'cx': cx_id,
        'num': num_results
    }
    
    response = requests.get(url, params=params)
    search_results = response.json()
    
    if 'items' in search_results:
        results = []
        for item in search_results['items']:
            title = item['title']
            link = item['link']
            snippet = item.get('snippet', '')  # Brief summary of the search result.
            results.append({'title': title, 'link': link, 'snippet': snippet})
        return results
    else:
        return 'No results found.'

# Example usage
api_key = 'your_google_api_key'  # Replace with your API Key
cx_id = 'c744c356cbc574107'  # Replace with your Custom Search Engine ID
query = 'latest sports news'
search_results = google_search(query, api_key, cx_id)

for result in search_results:
    print(f"Title: {result['title']}\nLink: {result['link']}\nSnippet: {result['snippet']}\n")