--- title: "How to Scrape Google Images With Python" slug: how-to-scrape-google-images date: 2024-12-17T08:22:37+00:00 modified: 2025-09-16T16:38:35+00:00 permalink: https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data/how-to-scrape-google-images type: blog --- [ Blog ](https://brightdata.com/blog "Blog") / [Web Data](https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data) [Web Data](https://brightdata.com/blog/web-data) # How to Scrape Google Images With Python A step-by-step guide to scraping Google Images with Python and Selenium, from setup to saving images. 14 min read [ ](https://brightdata.com/blog/authors/jake-nulty) [Jake Nulty Technical Writer ](https://brightdata.com/blog/authors/jake-nulty) ![How to Scrape Google Images blog image](https://media.brightdata.com/2024/12/How-to-Scrape-Google-Images-blog-image-1.svg) [Google Images](https://images.google.com/) is one of the more difficult sites to scrape on the web. They don’t explicitly block scrapers, but they really make you work for the data… You’ve got to want it! From dynamic CSS selectors to Base64 encoding, scraping Google Images is a lot more like solving a puzzle than [scraping regular HTML](/blog/how-tos/html-web-scraping). ## Prerequisites To scrape Google Images with us, you should have a basic understanding of Python and Selenium. You’ll need to make sure you’ve got Selenium installed. We suggest you learn more about [web scraping with Python and Selenium](/blog/how-tos/using-selenium-for-web-scraping) if needed. First, make sure you’ve got ChromeDriver and Chrome installed. You can download the most recent one [here](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/). When downloading ChromeDriver, make sure you’re getting a version that matches your version of Chrome. You can check your Chrome version with the following command. ```none google-chrome --version ``` The output should be similar to what you see below. ```none Google Chrome 131.0.6778.139 ``` Once you’ve got these, you can install Selenium with `pip`. ```none pip install selenium ``` ## What To Scrape We can’t just plunge head first into code. We need to get a better idea of what we’re scraping and how we’ll extract it. Like we said earlier, scraping Google Images is like solving a puzzle. Let’s examine one of the images from Google. This image is actually embedded in a custom HTML tag called, `g-img`. We’ll need to find all of these `g-img` elements. Once we’ve found all the `g-img` tags, we need to extract their `img` elements. You can see one of those below. If you looked at the `img` closely, you should’ve noticed something extremely strange. The `src` is a bizarre string of seemingly random characters. ```none 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``` The beginning of this string holds the key to everything: `data:image/jpeg;base64,`. `jpeg` tells us that this is a JPEG file. `base64` tells us that it’s encoded using Base64. When we decode this string, we actually get the binary of the image. We’re not actually able to trace the true source of the image since its binary is actually inside the web page. However, **we can write this binary to a file and recreate the image.** ## Scraping Google Images With Python Now that we know what we want, it’s actually time to start coding our scraper. In the next few sections, we’ll put the scraper together and go through exactly what the code does. ### Getting Started Go ahead and create a new Python file. We’ll start with just our basic imports and structure. ```none from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from time import sleep import base64 from pathlib import Path options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() """ Our actual scraping logic will go here """ if __name__ == "__main__": scrape_images("linux penguin", 100) ``` - We import `webdriver` and `By` from Selenium. `webdriver` is used to control our browser. `By` is used for locating items on the page. - We’ll use `sleep` to pause our scraper for a period of time. For example, if we want the scraper to wait for one second, we’d use `sleep(1)`. - As you might have guessed, `base64` is going to decode our image binaries. - `Path` will be used to write our images to a folder containing our results. - `options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()` allows us to use custom settings with Selenium. Primarily, this is to run Selenium in **headless** mode. Headless mode allows us to run the scraper without rendering the actual browser on the machine. This saves valuable resources. ### Scraping Google Images Next, we’ll write our scraping function. The code below contains our entire scraper. Pay close attention to `scrape_images()`. ```none from selenium import webdriver from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By from time import sleep import base64 from pathlib import Path options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() def scrape_images(keyword, batch_size, headless=True): if headless: options.add_argument("--headless") formatted_keyword = keyword.replace(" ", "+") folder_name = keyword.replace(" ", "-") output_folder = Path(f"results-{folder_name}") output_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) result_count = 0 driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options) driver.get(f"https://www.google.com/search?q={formatted_keyword}") sleep(1) list_items = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "div[role='listitem']") list_items[1].click() while result_count < batch_size: driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 300);") sleep(1) img_tags = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "g-img > img") for img_tag in img_tags: src = img_tag.get_attribute("src") if not src or not src.startswith("data:image/"): continue base64_binary = src.split("base64,")[-1] mime_type = src.split(";")[0].split(":")[1] file_extension = mime_type.split("/")[-1] if file_extension == "gif": continue alt_text = img_tag.get_attribute("alt") or "image" filename = f"{alt_text}-{result_count}.{file_extension}" image_binary = base64.b64decode(base64_binary) output_path = output_folder.joinpath(filename) with open(output_path, "wb") as file: file.write(image_binary) result_count+=1 print(f"Saved: {filename}") driver.quit() if __name__ == "__main__": scrape_images("linux penguin", 100) ``` - We set `headless` to `True` by default. If the user sets it to `False`, this will launch an actual browser that you can see on screen. This is useful for debugging purposes. - We create a `formatted_keyword` and `folder_name` by removing spaces from our actual `keyword`. This allows us to store the files without any issues. - We launch our browser with `webdriver.Chrome(options=options)`. - `driver.get(f"https://www.google.com/search?q={formatted_keyword}")` takes us to the Google search results for our `keyword`. - Now we need to click on the images tab. We do this by finding all `div` elements with the role `listitem`. `list_items[1].click()` clicks on the second item, the images tab. - We use a `while` loop to run our scraping code over and over until we’ve found all the images we want. - `driver.execute_script("window.scrollBy(0, 300);")` runs JavaScript to scroll the page down by 300 pixels. After scrolling, we `sleep()` for one second while the content loads. - `driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, "g-img > img")` is used to find all `img` tags that are nested inside a `g-img`. - Next, we iterate through the `img` items we found. - If the `img` doesn’t start with `data:image/`, we use `continue` to skip it. Otherwise, we pull its `src` attribute. - We use some basic string splitting to extract the encoded binary and the file extension (JPEG, PNG, etc.). If the extension is a GIF, we skip it. For some reason, GIFs don’t display when we write them to a file. - `base64.b64decode(base64_binary)` decodes our image into actual machine readable binary. If you run the code, you’ll see a new folder pop up inside your project folder. It should be full of images. ## Consider Using Bright Data Our SERP API parses the Google Images so you don’t have to. It even finds the image metadata, so our images will have actual names. Of course, the API is fully scalable and can deal with an enormous number of requests. First, sign up for our [SERP API](/products/serp-api). When you’re ready, finish creating the zone. Under Access Details, you’ll see your credentials. Copy and paste the code below into a Python file. Replace the credentials in `proxy_auth` with your own and you’re good to go. ```none import requests import base64 from pathlib import Path import json proxy = "brd.superproxy.io:33335" proxy_auth = "brd-customer--zone-:" proxy_url = f"http://{proxy_auth}@{proxy}" def scrape_images(keyword): formatted_keyword = keyword.replace(" ", "+") folder_name = keyword.replace(" ", "-") output_folder = Path(f"serp-results-{folder_name}") output_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) url = f"https://www.google.com/search?q={formatted_keyword}&tbm=isch&brd_json=1" response = requests.get( url, proxies={"http": proxy_url, "https": proxy_url}, verify=False ) images = response.json()["images"] result_count = 0 for image in images: image_binary = base64.b64decode(image["source_logo"].split("base64,")[-1]) title = image["title"].replace(" ", "-").replace("/", "").strip(".") file_extension = image["source_logo"].split(";")[0].split(":")[1].split("/")[-1] if file_extension == "gif": continue filename = f"{title}.{file_extension}" with open(output_folder.joinpath(filename), "wb") as file: file.write(image_binary) print(f"Saved: {filename}") if __name__ == "__main__": scrape_images("linux penguin") ``` if you run the code, you’ll get a bunch of images again, but this time, they all have names. ## Conclusion In conclusion, scraping images from Google is a bit like trying to solve a puzzle without all the pieces. 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