Installation¶

Documentation Homepage | GitHub Repository

You can use one of the below methods to download and use this repository.

Requirements¶

Chrome/Chromium browser is required for this tool to work. Google Images now requires JavaScript execution, so Selenium with Chrome is mandatory for all downloads.

Installing Chrome/Chromium¶

Linux: apt-get install chromium-browser or apt-get install google-chrome-stable
macOS: brew install --cask google-chrome
Windows: Download from https://www.google.com/chrome/

Note: The tool will automatically download and manage the chromedriver using webdriver-manager. No manual chromedriver setup is required.

Install using pip¶

pip install google_images_download

This will automatically install the required dependencies including selenium and webdriver-manager.

Manually install using CLI¶

git clone https://github.com/hardikvasa/google-images-download.git
cd google-images-download
pip install -e .

Manually install using UI¶

Go to the repo on GitHub
Click on 'Clone or Download'
Click on 'Download ZIP' and save it on your local disk
Extract the ZIP file
Navigate to the extracted directory and run:
```
pip install -e .
```

Verify Installation¶

After installation, verify it works:

googleimagesdownload --keywords "test" --limit 1

You should see the tool download one image to the downloads/test/ directory.