getImagesGoogleImages.py

from random import sample
from string import digits, ascii_uppercase, ascii_lowercase
from tempfile import gettempdir
from os import path

def rand_fname(suffix='', length=8):
  chars = ascii_lowercase + ascii_uppercase + digits
  #fname = path.join(gettempdir(), 'tmp-' + ''.join(sample(chars, length)) + suffix)
  fname = 'tmp-' + ''.join(sample(chars, length)) + suffix
  
  return fname if not path.exists(fname) \
      else rand_fname(suffix, length)
	  
import os
import re
import urllib
import urllib.request

def getimages(html_file):
	linestring = open(html_file, encoding="utf8").read()

	for match in re.findall(r'imgurl=(.*?(?:&|\.(?:jpg|gif|png|jpeg)))', linestring, re.I):
		#print (match)
		 
		file_save_dir = 'images'
		filename_length = 20
		filename = rand_fname()
		
		try:
			dest = os.path.join(file_save_dir, filename + '.png')
			print ("OK, saving to:" + dest)
			
			urllib.request.urlretrieve (match, dest)
		except Exception as e:
			print ("Error: %s" % e)
		
import sys
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    getimages( sys.argv[1] )