Scrape DuckDuckGo Inline Video Results with Python
What will be scraped
Process
If you read my previous post about scraping DuckDuckGo organic news results then you'll find this process very familiar.
Selecting CSS selectors for container, title, link, source, date was published, number of views, video duration.
Code
from selenium import webdriver
import re, urllib.parse
driver = webdriver.Chrome(executable_path='path/to/chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('https://duckduckgo.com/?q=elon musk dogecoin&kl=us-en&ia=web')
for result in driver.find_elements_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .has-image'):
title = result.find_element_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .js-carousel-item-title').text
link = result.find_element_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .module--carousel__body a').get_attribute('href')
try:
views = result.find_element_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .module--carousel__extra-row').text
except:
views = None
try:
video_duration = result.find_element_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .image-labels__label').text
except:
video_duration = None
date = result.find_element_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .tile__time').text
platfrom_ = result.find_element_by_css_selector('.module--carousel__gray-text').text
thumbnail_encoded = result.find_element_by_css_selector('#m3-0 .is-center-image').get_attribute('style')
# https://regex101.com/r/VjOLjj/1
match_thumbnail_urls = ''.join(re.findall(r'background-image: url\(\"\/\/external-content\.duckduckgo\.com\/iu\/\?u=(.*)&f=1\"\);', thumbnail_encoded))
# https://www.kite.com/python/answers/how-to-decode-a-utf-8-url-in-python
thumbnail = urllib.parse.unquote(match_thumbnail_urls)
print(f'{title}\n{link}\n{platfrom_}\n{views}\n{date}\n{video_duration}\n{thumbnail}\n')
driver.quit()
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'''
Crypto wallets explained
https://www.cnet.com/news/dogecoin-creator-says-cryptocurrency-is-a-right-wing-funnel-of-profiteering/
CNET
None
1d
3:31
https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVF.rxHgqP%2fwOSKJnuTLHnQBjw&pid=Api&h=120
...
'''
DuckDuckGo Inline Videos API
The main thing that needs to be done is to iterate over structured JSON string and apply it to your needs rather than coding everything from scratch and figuring out how to deal with problems along the way.
import json
from serpapi import GoogleSearch
params = {
"engine": "duckduckgo",
"q": "elon musk dogecoin",
"kl": "us-en",
"api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
search = GoogleSearch(params)
results = search.get_dict()
print(json.dumps(results['inline_videos'], indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
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'''
[
{
"position": 1,
"title": "Is Elon Musk Selling All His Dogecoin For Bitcoin?",
"link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smva4ayUxK0",
"duration": "8:35",
"platform": "YouTube",
"date": "2021-07-12T03:06:20.0000000",
"views": 48350,
"thumbnail": "https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OVF.leIgxaS7tGYZAB0etKqMFw&pid=Api"
}
]
...
'''