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+// Package google provides a function to do Google searches using the Google Web
+// Search API. See https://developers.google.com/web-search/docs/
+package google
+
+import (
+ "encoding/json"
+ "net/http"
+
+ "code.google.com/p/go.blog/content/context/userip"
+ "code.google.com/p/go.net/context"
+)
+
+// Results is an ordered list of search results.
+type Results []Result
+
+// A Result contains the title and URL of a search result.
+type Result struct {
+ Title, URL string
+}
+
+// Search sends query to Google search and returns the results.
+func Search(ctx context.Context, query string) (Results, error) {
+ // Prepare the Google Search API request.
+ req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/search/web?v=1.0", nil)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ q := req.URL.Query()
+ q.Set("q", query)
+
+ // If ctx is carrying the user IP address, forward it to the server.
+ // Google APIs use the user IP to distinguish server-initiated requests
+ // from end-user requests.
+ if userIP, ok := userip.FromContext(ctx); ok {
+ q.Set("userip", userIP.String())
+ }
+ req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+
+ // Issue the HTTP request and handle the response. The httpDo function
+ // cancels the request if ctx.Done is closed.
+ var results Results
+ err = httpDo(ctx, req, func(resp *http.Response, err error) error {
+ if err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+ // Parse the JSON search result.
+ // https://developers.google.com/web-search/docs/#fonje
+ var data struct {
+ ResponseData struct {
+ Results []struct {
+ TitleNoFormatting string
+ URL string
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data); err != nil {
+ return err
+ }
+ for _, res := range data.ResponseData.Results {
+ results = append(results, Result{Title: res.TitleNoFormatting, URL: res.URL})
+ }
+ return nil
+ })
+ // httpDo waits for the closure we provided to return, so it's safe to
+ // read results here.
+ return results, err
+}
+
+// httpDo issues the HTTP request and calls f with the response. If ctx.Done is
+// closed while the request or f is running, httpDo cancels the request, waits
+// for f to exit, and returns ctx.Err. Otherwise, httpDo returns f's error.
+func httpDo(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request, f func(*http.Response, error) error) error {
+ // Run the HTTP request in a goroutine and pass the response to f.
+ tr := &http.Transport{}
+ client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+ c := make(chan error, 1)
+ go func() { c <- f(client.Do(req)) }()
+ select {
+ case <-ctx.Done():
+ tr.CancelRequest(req)
+ <-c // Wait for f to return.
+ return ctx.Err()
+ case err := <-c:
+ return err
+ }
+}