google.py

"""
Author: Ankit Agarwal (ankit167)
Usage: python google.py <keyword>
Description: Script googles the keyword and opens
             top 5 (max) search results in separate
             tabs in the browser
Version: 1.0
"""

import webbrowser, sys, pyperclip, requests, bs4

def main():
	if len(sys.argv) > 1:
		keyword = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
	else:
		# if no keyword is entered, the script would search for the keyword
		# copied in the clipboard
		keyword = pyperclip.paste()

	res=requests.get('http://google.com/search?q='+	keyword)
	res.raise_for_status()
	soup = bs4.BeautifulSoup(res.text)
	linkElems = soup.select('.r a')
	numOpen = min(5, len(linkElems))

	for i in range(numOpen):
		webbrowser.open('http://google.com' + linkElems[i].get('href'))

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()