Package dev.langchain4j.web.search.google.customsearch

Class GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine

java.lang.Object

dev.langchain4j.web.search.google.customsearch.GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine

All Implemented Interfaces:

WebSearchEngine

public class GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine
extends Object
implements WebSearchEngine

An implementation of a WebSearchEngine that uses Google Custom Search API for performing web searches.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static final class	GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine.ImageSearchResult

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine(String apiKey, String csi, Boolean siteRestrict, Boolean includeImages, Duration timeout, Integer maxRetries, Boolean logRequests, Boolean logResponses)	Constructs a new GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine with the specified parameters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
WebSearchResults	search(WebSearchRequest webSearchRequest)	Performs a search request on the web search engine and returns the search results.
static GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine	withApiKeyAndCsi(String apiKey, String csi)	Creates a new builder for constructing a GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine with the specified API key and Custom Search ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface dev.langchain4j.web.search.WebSearchEngine

search

Constructor Details

GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine

public GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine(String apiKey,
 String csi,
 Boolean siteRestrict,
 Boolean includeImages,
 Duration timeout,
 Integer maxRetries,
 Boolean logRequests,
 Boolean logResponses)

Constructs a new GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine with the specified parameters.

Parameters:

apiKey - the Google Search API key for accessing the Google Custom Search API

You can just generate an API key here

csi - the Custom Search ID parameter for search the entire web

You can create a Custom Search Engine here

siteRestrict - if your Search Engine is restricted to only searching specific sites, you can set this parameter to true.

Default value is false. View the documentation for more information here

includeImages - If it is true then include public images relevant to the query. This can add more latency to the search.

Default value is false.

timeout - the timeout duration for API requests

Default value is 60 seconds.

maxRetries - the maximum number of retries for API requests

Default value is 10.

logRequests - whether to log API requests

Default value is false.

logResponses - whether to log API responses

Default value is false.

Method Details

withApiKeyAndCsi

public static GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine withApiKeyAndCsi(String apiKey,
 String csi)

Creates a new builder for constructing a GoogleCustomWebSearchEngine with the specified API key and Custom Search ID.

Parameters:

apiKey - the API key for accessing the Google Custom Search API

csi - the Custom Search ID parameter for search the entire web

Returns:

a new builder instance

search

public WebSearchResults search(WebSearchRequest webSearchRequest)

Description copied from interface: WebSearchEngine

Performs a search request on the web search engine and returns the search results.

Specified by:

search in interface WebSearchEngine

Parameters:

webSearchRequest - the search request

Returns:

the web search results