SE::DuckDuckGo::Images - image scraper

Scraper overview

A scraper for DuckDuckGo search engine images. Thanks to the SE::DuckDuckGo::Images scraper, you can obtain databases of image links or images ready for further use. You can use queries in the same form as you enter them into the DuckDuckGo search bar.

A-Parser functionality allows you to save DuckDuckGo scraper settings for future use (presets), set scraping schedules, and much more. You can use automatic query multiplication, substitution of subqueries from files, permutation of alphanumeric combinations, and lists to obtain the maximum possible number of results.

Saving results is possible in the form and structure you need, thanks to the built-in powerful Template Toolkit templating engine, which allows you to apply additional logic to the results and output data in various formats, including JSON, SQL, and CSV.

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Scraper use cases

Downloading images by link

A-Parser allows you to use a chain of tasks: upon completion of the first, the second will begin execution, using links from the first task as queries for the second.

Download example

How to import an example into A-Parser

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Features

Choose the number of pages to scrape
Search by region
Choose the search language
Choose SafeSearch level
Specify image size
Choose image type
Choose layout
Choose by color

Collected data

Image links
Image anchors
Page links
Height and width
Preview links

Use cases

Collecting images for filling blogs, tubes, doorways...
Collecting avatar databases

Queries

Specify search phrases as queries, for example:

Audi  
Box  
Byron  
hunting and fishing

Query substitutions

You can use built-in macros to multiply queries; for example, if we want to get a very large database of forums, we can specify several main queries in different languages:

forum
forum
foro
论坛

In the query format, we will specify a character iteration from a to zzzz; this method allows for maximum rotation of search results and obtaining many new unique results:

$query {az:a:zzzz}

This macro will create 475254 additional queries for each original search query, which in total gives 4 x 475254 = 1901016 search queries, an impressive number, but that's no problem for A-Parser. At a rate of 2000 queries per minute, such a task will be processed in just 16 hours.

Results output examples

A-Parser supports flexible results formatting thanks to the built-in Template Toolkit, which allows it to output results in any form, as well as in structured formats like CSV or JSON

Default output

Result format:

$serp.format('$link\n')

Result example:

https://viralcats.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Mean-looking-cat-Viral-Cats-03.jpg
http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gabrielius-khiterer-stray-cats-8.jpg
http://fishsubsidy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/abyssinian-cats.jpg
https://cdn2.theweek.co.uk/sites/theweek/files/2017/11/131117-wd-cats.jpg
https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/why-cats-are-best-pets-worshipped-animals-1559234295.jpg
https://s-i.huffpost.com/gen/964776/images/o-CATS-KILL-BILLIONS-facebook.jpg
https://external-preview.redd.it/gxbKXOj-OF1_RSHa7Ncp8Gs_OFFP5i6V7SU5DPT2t1E.jpg?auto=webp&s=b6e85ba0f1517dc629d21208a7d9db992d550ba9
http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/originals/2013/Animals_Cats_Sleeping_gray_kitten_036760_.jpg
http://mcdaniel.hu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6784063-cute-cats-hd.jpg
https://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/article_thumbnails/reference_guide/why_cats_sneeze_ref_guide/1800x1200_why_cats_sneeze_ref_guide.jpg
http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/originals/2013/Animals___Cats_Silver_beautiful_Scottish_Fold_cat_045199_.jpg

Output to CSV table

Result format:

[% FOREACH item IN serp;
    tools.CSVline(query, item.link, item.width, item.height,  item.page, item.thumb);
END %]

Result example:

cats,https://viralcats.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Mean-looking-cat-Viral-Cats-03.jpg,462,722,https://viralcats.net/blog/2017/12/30/10-kitties-that-you-dont-want-to-mess-with/,https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.AdkhgipoWbJwiQBp9VIWpgAAAA&pid=Api
cats,http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gabrielius-khiterer-stray-cats-8.jpg,750,1028,https://mymodernmet.com/gabrielius-khiterer-stray-cat-photos/,https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.ZjfS8JQc9sahsK0-w8dRFAHaKJ&pid=Api
cats,http://fishsubsidy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/abyssinian-cats.jpg,1204,1445,http://fishsubsidy.org/category/cat/cat-breeds/,https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.uHEu4-5TLJ6SSgDree6ahQHaI4&pid=Api
cats,https://cdn2.theweek.co.uk/sites/theweek/files/2017/11/131117-wd-cats.jpg,1400,788,https://www.theweek.co.uk/94877/why-are-so-many-australian-towns-introducing-cat-curfews,https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.iYyPimFLj1_wgKEsTsggQgHaEK&pid=Api
cats,https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/why-cats-are-best-pets-worshipped-animals-1559234295.jpg,2119,1415,https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/04/23/2-nyc-cats-test-positive-for-coronavirus-officials-recommend-pet-precautions/,https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.U7274nc_llbuQTChXpKVNgHaE8&pid=Api
cats,https://s-i.huffpost.com/gen/964776/images/o-CATS-KILL-BILLIONS-facebook.jpg,1536,1536,https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/domestic-cats-kill-billions-mice-birds-annually-study_n_2575833.html,https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.ETFxELWtgKQwMlcoccq-SAHaHa&pid=Api
cats,https://external-preview.redd.it/gxbKXOj-OF1_RSHa7Ncp8Gs_OFFP5i6V7SU5DPT2t1E.jpg?auto=webp&s=b6e85ba0f1517dc629d21208a7d9db992d550ba9,1920,2560,https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/2k2pio/my_very_ugly_cat/,https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.t2BxlpEwcGrXJJQSToWVBAHaJ4&pid=Api
cats,http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/originals/2013/Animals_Cats_Sleeping_gray_kitten_036760_.jpg,2560,1600,http://www.zastavki.com/eng/Animals/Cats/wallpaper-36760.htm,https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.3c_ISLWidlMWXHfjqkpB2wHaEo&pid=Api
cats,http://mcdaniel.hu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6784063-cute-cats-hd.jpg,2560,1600,http://mcdaniel.hu/cat-adoption-101/,https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.QdEkrZjd1c_VN_aUtleoFgHaEo&pid=Api

Saving in SQL format

Result format:

[% FOREACH serp;
    "INSERT INTO serp VALUES('" _ query _ "', '"; link _ "', '";  page _ "', '"; thumb _ "')\n"; 
END %]

Result example:

INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'https://viralcats.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Mean-looking-cat-Viral-Cats-03.jpg', 'https://viralcats.net/blog/2017/12/30/10-kitties-that-you-dont-want-to-mess-with/', 'https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.AdkhgipoWbJwiQBp9VIWpgAAAA&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gabrielius-khiterer-stray-cats-8.jpg', 'https://mymodernmet.com/gabrielius-khiterer-stray-cat-photos/', 'https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.ZjfS8JQc9sahsK0-w8dRFAHaKJ&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'http://fishsubsidy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/abyssinian-cats.jpg', 'http://fishsubsidy.org/category/cat/cat-breeds/', 'https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.uHEu4-5TLJ6SSgDree6ahQHaI4&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'https://cdn2.theweek.co.uk/sites/theweek/files/2017/11/131117-wd-cats.jpg', 'https://www.theweek.co.uk/94877/why-are-so-many-australian-towns-introducing-cat-curfews', 'https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.iYyPimFLj1_wgKEsTsggQgHaEK&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/why-cats-are-best-pets-worshipped-animals-1559234295.jpg', 'https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/04/23/2-nyc-cats-test-positive-for-coronavirus-officials-recommend-pet-precautions/', 'https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.U7274nc_llbuQTChXpKVNgHaE8&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'https://s-i.huffpost.com/gen/964776/images/o-CATS-KILL-BILLIONS-facebook.jpg', 'https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/30/domestic-cats-kill-billions-mice-birds-annually-study_n_2575833.html', 'https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.ETFxELWtgKQwMlcoccq-SAHaHa&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'https://external-preview.redd.it/gxbKXOj-OF1_RSHa7Ncp8Gs_OFFP5i6V7SU5DPT2t1E.jpg?auto=webp&s=b6e85ba0f1517dc629d21208a7d9db992d550ba9', 'https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/comments/2k2pio/my_very_ugly_cat/', 'https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.t2BxlpEwcGrXJJQSToWVBAHaJ4&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/originals/2013/Animals_Cats_Sleeping_gray_kitten_036760_.jpg', 'http://www.zastavki.com/eng/Animals/Cats/wallpaper-36760.htm', 'https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.3c_ISLWidlMWXHfjqkpB2wHaEo&pid=Api')
INSERT INTO serp VALUES('cats', 'http://mcdaniel.hu/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/6784063-cute-cats-hd.jpg', 'http://mcdaniel.hu/cat-adoption-101/', 'https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.QdEkrZjd1c_VN_aUtleoFgHaEo&pid=Api')

Dumping results to JSON

Common result format:

[% IF notFirst;
  ",\n";
ELSE;
  notFirst = 1;
END;

obj = {};
obj.query = query;
obj.images = [];

FOREACH item IN p1.serp;
    obj.images.push({
        width = item.width
        height = item.height
        link = item.link
        pagelink = item.pagelink
        thumb = item.thumb
    });
END;

obj.json %]

Initial text:

Final text:

Result example:

[{
    "images": [
        {
            "link": "https://viralcats.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Mean-looking-cat-Viral-Cats-03.jpg",
            "width": 462,
            "thumb": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.AdkhgipoWbJwiQBp9VIWpgAAAA&pid=Api",
            "height": 722
        },
        {
            "link": "http://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gabrielius-khiterer-stray-cats-8.jpg",
            "width": 750,
            "thumb": "https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.ZjfS8JQc9sahsK0-w8dRFAHaKJ&pid=Api",
            "height": 1028
        },
        {
            "link": "http://fishsubsidy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/abyssinian-cats.jpg",
            "width": 1204,
            "thumb": "https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.uHEu4-5TLJ6SSgDree6ahQHaI4&pid=Api",
            "height": 1445
        },
    
    ],
    "query": "cats"
}]

tip

To make the "Prepend text" and "Append text" options available in the Task Editor, you need to activate "More options".

Possible settings

note

Common settings for all scrapers

Parameter	Default value	Description
Pages count	`5`	Number of pages to scrape
Location	`United States`	Search by region
Language	`English of United States`	Output language
Safe search	`Moderate`	Safe search
Size	`All`	Image size
Type	All	Image type
Layout	`All`	Layout
Color	`All`	Color

Scraper overview​

Scraper use cases​

Downloading images by link​

Features​

Collected data​

Use cases​

Queries​

Query substitutions​

Results output examples​

Default output​

Output to CSV table​

Saving in SQL format​

Dumping results to JSON​

Possible settings​

Scraper overview

Scraper use cases

Downloading images by link

Features

Collected data

Use cases

Queries

Query substitutions

Results output examples

Default output

Output to CSV table

Saving in SQL format

Dumping results to JSON

Possible settings