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Google Search Data Service

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The Google Search Data Service has several steps for setup: Google Developer Console, Custom Search Engine, Creating the Data Service and using a query in the Get Search Results task template.

You must have access to a Google Account to use the Google Search Data Service.

Google Developer Console

Navigate to https://console.cloud.google.com and sign in with your Google Account

Click on Select a project in the upper left corner 

Then, in the pop-up window, click on New Project

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Set up your New Project

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  1. Project Name: Enter a name for your project
  2. Project ID: Enter an ID for your project
  3. Location: Select the appropriate account location
  4. Select Create

On the main Developer Console Page, select your project from the drop down

Click on APIs & Services in the Quick access section.

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Select Enable APIs and Services in the top menu bar

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In the API Library, type custom search in the search bar

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Select Custom Search API

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Click on Enable to enable usage of the custom search engine

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Next we will create a credential to use the API

Select Credentials on the left hand navigation pane

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Click on Create Credentials

Select API key to create an API key credential

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Once the API key is created, copy the API key into a text editor as you will need it later on

Then, click on Edit API key to add restrictions to the key's usage

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OPTIONAL: Rename the API key (i.e. Openprise Custom Search API key)

Select IP addresses for application restrictions

Check with your CS Team for the IP addresses to whitelist

Click on Add an item in the Accept request from these server IP addresses section to whitelist

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Scroll down to the API restrictions section and select Restrict key

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Click on the dropdown to search for the API to use with the API key and type custom search

Check the Custom Search API option

Scroll to the bottom and click Save

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Custom Search Engine

Navigate to https://cse.google.com/cse/all

If asked to sign in, sign in with the same account as used earlier

Create a new search engine by clicking the Add button

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  1. Enter a name for the search engine (i.e. Openprise mover project)
  2. Enter a website to search (i.e. linkedin.com)
  3. Choose SafeSearch to further limit search results
  4. Click on I'm not a robot captcha and then click Create

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After creation, Click on Customize

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Then, find the Search engine ID in the overview section and copy the ID to a text editor

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Create Google Search Data Service in Openprise

Navigate to Data - Data Services

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Select Add Data Service

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Select Google Search in the select Technology section 

Click Add Account Information

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  1. Email: enter the email account used when creating the Custom Search Engine
  2. Search engine ID: enter the search engine ID
  3. API key:  enter the API key
  4. Click Save

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You will now see a new data service created on the on the main data services screen in Openprise

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Use the Get Search Results Task Template

Create a job and use the Get Search Results Task Template

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Select the Google Custom Search Data Service you created in the data service section

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The most important part of using Custom Search is the Query attribute, which represents the search string used

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Configure Search String (optional)

Below is an example of using the Concatenate attributes task template to create a search string

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