Forum ‹ Games ‹ Google Custom Search API in Flash?

[bohdan]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any experience using the Google Custom Search API in Flash? I'm wondering if I could make a google image search within my game, and use the results to put thumbnail images into my game. Anyone know anything about that? I'm not even sure if the Google Custom Search API supports image searches.

Thanks a ton,

Bo

[ZEGMAN]

I don't think so.
But you could pass the word they are searching for into the parameter for google image search and parse the page your self with:

Code: Select all

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY;
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, moduleLoadedCompleteHandler);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, moduleLoaderErrorHandler);
loader.load(new URLRequest("http://google.com/"));

function moduleLoadedCompleteHandler(e:Event): void {
    var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(e.target);
    var data:ByteArray = ByteArray(loader.data);
    trace(data);
}

function moduleLoaderErrorHandler(e:Event): void {
   
}