[Feature request] Make async: True do everything under the hood

[dimitryzub]

From a user perspective, the less setup required the better. I personally find the second example (example.py) more user-friendly especially for non-very technical users.

The user has to just add an async: True and don't bother tinkering/figuring out stuff for another ~hour about how Queue or something else works.

@jvmvik @ilyazub @hartator what do you guys think?

@aliayar @marm123 @schaferyan have you guys noticed similar issues for the users or have any users requested similar things?

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What if instead of this:

# async batch requests: https://github.com/serpapi/google-search-results-python#batch-asynchronous-searches

from serpapi import YoutubeSearch
from queue import Queue
import os, re, json

queries = [
    'burly',
    'creator',
    'doubtful'
]

search_queue = Queue()

for query in queries:
    params = {
        'api_key': '...',                 
        'engine': 'youtube',              
        'device': 'desktop',              
        'search_query': query,          
        'async': True,                   # ❗
        'no_cache': 'true'
    }
    search = YoutubeSearch(params)       
    results = search.get_dict()         
    
    if 'error' in results:
        print(results['error'])
        break

    print(f"Add search to the queue with ID: {results['search_metadata']}")
    search_queue.put(results)

data = []

while not search_queue.empty():
    result = search_queue.get()
    search_id = result['search_metadata']['id']

    print(f'Get search from archive: {search_id}')
    search_archived = search.get_search_archive(search_id)
    
    print(f"Search ID: {search_id}, Status: {search_archived['search_metadata']['status']}")

    if re.search(r'Cached|Success', search_archived['search_metadata']['status']):
        for video_result in search_archived.get('video_results', []):
            data.append({
                'title': video_result.get('title'),
                'link': video_result.get('link'),
                'channel': video_result.get('channel').get('name'),
            })
    else:
        print(f'Requeue search: {search_id}')
        search_queue.put(result)

Users can do something like this and we handle everything under the hood:

# example.py
# testable example
# example import: from serpapi import async_search

from async_search import async_search
import json

queries = [
    'burly',
    'creator',
    'doubtful',
    'minecraft' 
]

# or as we typically pass params dict
data = async_search(queries=queries, api_key='...', engine='youtube', device='desktop')

print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))
print('All searches completed')

Under the hood code example:

# async_search.py
# testable example

from serpapi import YoutubeSearch
from queue import Queue
import os, re

search_queue = Queue()

def async_search(queries, api_key, engine, device):
    data = []
    for query in queries:
        params = {
            'api_key': api_key,                 
            'engine': engine,              
            'device': device,              
            'search_query': query,          
            'async': True,                  
            'no_cache': 'true'
        }
        search = YoutubeSearch(params)       
        results = search.get_dict()         
        
        if 'error' in results:
            print(results['error'])
            break

        print(f"Add search to the queue with ID: {results['search_metadata']}")
        search_queue.put(results)

    while not search_queue.empty():
        result = search_queue.get()
        search_id = result['search_metadata']['id']

        print(f'Get search from archive: {search_id}')
        search_archived = search.get_search_archive(search_id)
        
        print(f"Search ID: {search_id}, Status: {search_archived['search_metadata']['status']}")

        if re.search(r'Cached|Success', search_archived['search_metadata']['status']):
            for video_result in search_archived.get('video_results', []):
                data.append({
                    'title': video_result.get('title'),
                    'link': video_result.get('link'),
                    'channel': video_result.get('channel').get('name'),
                })
        else:
            print(f'Requeue search: {search_id}')
            search_queue.put(result)
            
    return data

Is there a specific reason we haven't done it before?

[aliayar]

We have received a few requests asking for an easier and faster way to use but nothing particular Dimitriy.