Hello, Awhile ago I got my hands on the API key, but I lost it some how. Is there a way to get it back from Google ? Why did they stop giving keys? Let's suppose I can't get the key back. I want to perform some customized searches and to parse the result with ease. How can I do that without Google API key? Just manually parse the results? I can do that, but if Google decides to change the SERPS format I am going down the drain.
Ummm...good luck with getting it from them again. In fact, don't bother trying. An alternative is to build a scraper that grabs a query and parses the results. I have one at my site diydollars.com/tools/google2.php if you want to use it. Basically, I wrote a script that does an advanced Google search, pulls all the URLS, and parses them three ways so I can copy and paste the list for whatever I might need. Tell me if that works for ya.
I thought it will be hard to get that key back. Why did they stop giving keys? I want to do a same script like you did, but since you already done it I will try to use it. Thanks man.
Oh yeah I should have mentioned this: if you REALLY need to get keys, try some creative Google searching. One morning about two weeks ago I was working on a script and needed to use the Google API. Well guess what I didn't have one. So I did what I always do in these situations, I said to myself "Plep ol boy, use your noodle and figure out where to get one from someone else!" So I searched Google for the string "google_api" and "$googleapi" and "googleapi=" and etc. and guess what I found four of them embedded in people's scripts. I figured I had enough by then so I stopped. All of them worked except for one because too many requests had already been made on it...