README.md

About The Project

A functional replica of Google's search page, you can use it for searches. Styled with Tailwind CSS to Rapidly build and look as close as possible to current google search page, the search results are pulled using Googles Programmable Search Engine and it was build using Next.js the react framework.

Project is live here https://google-clone-p8mn37r8a-cosmicwanderer7.vercel.app/

Please do not spam searches.

Built With

• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS
• Programmable Search Engine
• Yarn

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

This are things you need to use the web app and how to install them.

• yarn

  npm install --global yarn 
  yarn dev   // to run local server

Installation

1. Get a free API_KEY at https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/introduction#identify_your_application_to_google_with_api_key Get ( Search engine ID ) CONTEXT_KEY at https://cse.google.com/cse/create/new

2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/cosmicwanderer7/google-clone.git

3. Add Next

   yarn add next react react-dom

4. Install all dependencies

   yarn 

5. Create a .env.local file to store your api keys

   API_KEY = ' ' //API Key  https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/introduction#identify_your_application_to_google_with_api_key
   CONTEXT_KEY = ' ' // Context Key  https://cse.google.com/cse/create/new ( Search engine ID )

6. Use dummy data for testing const useDummyData = false; //true for development testing (mock results) change it in search.js (Free version of google search api has a quota of 100 search results per day use dummy data so that you don't exhaust the quota)

7. To run on local host use

   yarn dev //starts a local server
   

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Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request.

Don't forget to give the project a star! Thanks again!

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch
3. Commit your Changes
4. Push to the Branch
5. Open a Pull Request

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Contact

[email protected] Gmail
@PrithviYewale Twitter
@cosmic.wanderer._ Instagram

Project Link: https://github.com/cosmicwanderer7/google-clone

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