Scripting a Google+ API search
Social media is a great way to gather information on a target company or person. Here, we will be showing you how to script a Google+ API search to find contact information for a company within the Google+ social sites.
Getting ready
Some Google APIs require authorization to access them, but if you have a Google account, getting the API key is easy. Just go to https://console.developers.google.com and create a new project. Click on API & auth | Credentials. Click on Create new key and Server key. Optionally enter your IP or just click on Create. Your API key will be displayed and ready to copy and paste into the following recipe.
How to do it…
Here's a simple script to query the Google+ API:
import urllib2 GOOGLE_API_KEY ...
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