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WebImageSearch

[Experimental]

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WebImageSearch["string"]

gives a list of thumbnails of the top web image search results for the specified literal string.

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gives the top results obtained by doing the web image search specified by form.

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WebImageSearch[form, n]

picks out the first n top results obtained by doing the web image search specified by form.

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WebImageSearch[form,elems]

gives the elements of the web image search specified by elems.

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WebImageSearch[form, elems, n]

picks out the first n elements of the web image search specified by elems.

Details and Options

  • WebImageSearch requires internet connectivity and uses external services that require Service Credits.
  • WebImageSearch supports the following basic search forms:
  • stringstring is the query for the search engine
    "string"complete string must occur in the image metadata
    {s1,s2,…}search for all si in the image metadata
    s1|s2|…at least one of the si must occur in the image metadata
    "field"s1the si must occur in the given field
    Except[q]q cannot occur in the image metadata
  • Possible fields include:
  • "Country"search only within a given country's web domain
    "Site"search only within specified website
  • Possible options include:
  • AllowAdultContentFalsewhether to include adult-type results
    Language Nonegive only pages in the specified language
    MaxItems 10number of results to return
    Method Automaticexternal search service to use
  • Possible settings for Method include "Google" and "Bing".
  • Possible elements that can be specified by elems include:
  • "Thumbnails"image thumbnails
    "Images"full images
    "ImageHyperlinks"full image hyperlinks
    "PageTitles"page titles
    "PageHyperlinks"hyperlinks to pages where images appear
    "FileFormats"formats of image files

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)Summary of the most common use cases

Search for images of tigers:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-1mxv62
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Limit the result to four images:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-md54oo
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Take the two largest images from search results:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-1ier9s
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-5z83w2
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Scope  (10)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

Search Forms  (4)

Search for images that match a complete string:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-da6hrm
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Search for images whose metadata contains all specified strings:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-ryevrw
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Filter results by country:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-wledyu
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Filter results by site:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-bel6hr
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Elements  (6)

FileFormats  (1)

Get the file formats of images returned by the search query:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-9qiecq
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ImageHyperlinks  (1)

Get hyperlinks to the full images returned by the search query:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-t94yik
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Images  (1)

Get a list of full images:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-eo8ppg
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PageHyperlinks  (1)

Get hyperlinks to the pages containing the images returned by the search query:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-h8u9sr
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PageTitles  (1)

Get the titles of the pages containing the images returned by the search query:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-gg1wm9
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Thumbnails  (1)

Get a list of thumbnails:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-ujfj8
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Options  (3)Common values & functionality for each option

Language  (1)

Search for images only on pages in a specified language:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-mvp5h6
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MaxItems  (1)

Specify the maximum number of images to retrieve:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-4ut8ia
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Method  (1)

Specify a search engine:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-4owbab
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Neat Examples  (1)Surprising or curious use cases

Compare search results from different countries:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-bftwcu
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-y1kkjs
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0gfwhkp7ue32-ffmsj6
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Wolfram Research (2017), WebImageSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html (updated 2020).
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Wolfram Research (2017), WebImageSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html (updated 2020).

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Wolfram Research (2017), WebImageSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html (updated 2020).

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Wolfram Research (2017), WebImageSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html (updated 2020).

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Wolfram Language. 2017. "WebImageSearch." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2017. "WebImageSearch." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2017). WebImageSearch. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html

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Wolfram Language. (2017). WebImageSearch. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_webimagesearch, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WebImageSearch}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html}", note=[Accessed: 26-April-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_webimagesearch, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WebImageSearch}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html}", note=[Accessed: 26-April-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_webimagesearch, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WebImageSearch}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html}, note=[Accessed: 26-April-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_webimagesearch, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WebImageSearch}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html}, note=[Accessed: 26-April-2025 ]}