Automatically scrape Google search result URLs only | Auto-next pages | Per-page CSV export with correct headers | Works in background
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Auto Google URL Scraper (by Saydi)
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/552967-auto-google-url-scraper-made-by-saydi
// @version 8.2
// @description Automatically scrape Google search result URLs only | Auto-next pages | Per-page CSV export with correct headers | Works in background
// @author Saimul Haque Saydi
// @match *://www.google.com/search*
// @match *://www.google.*.*/search*
// @icon https://www.google.com/favicon.ico
// @license MIT
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
const STORAGE_KEY = 'auto_scrape_google_page';
let isRunning = false;
function logDebug(...args) {
console.log("[AutoScraper v8.2]", ...args);
}
function scrapeURLs() {
const urls = [];
document.querySelectorAll("a h3").forEach(h3 => {
const link = h3.closest("a")?.href || "";
if (link) urls.push(link);
});
logDebug(`Scraped ${urls.length} URLs this page`);
return urls;
}
function isCaptcha() {
const t = document.title.toLowerCase();
const body = document.body.innerText.toLowerCase();
const hasForm = !!document.querySelector("form[action*='validate']");
const hasRecap = !!document.querySelector("iframe[src*='recaptcha']");
logDebug("Checking CAPTCHA", { title: t, bodySnippet: body.slice(0,100), hasForm, hasRecap });
return t.includes("unusual traffic") || body.includes("unusual traffic") || hasForm || hasRecap;
}
function goToNextPage() {
let nextBtn = document.querySelector("#pnnext") ||
[...document.querySelectorAll("a")].find(a => a.innerText.toLowerCase().includes("next"));
logDebug("Next button:", nextBtn);
if (nextBtn) {
nextBtn.click();
return true;
}
return false;
}
function downloadCSV(urls, pageNum) {
if (!urls.length) {
console.warn("[AutoScraper] No URLs to download on page", pageNum);
return;
}
// CSV with header in the first row
const csvRows = [
["Url"], // header
...urls.map(u => [u]) // each URL in its own row
];
const csvContent = "data:text/csv;charset=utf-8," +
csvRows.map(row => row.map(val => `"${val.replace(/"/g, '""')}"`).join(",")).join("\n");
const encodedUri = encodeURI(csvContent);
const link = document.createElement("a");
link.setAttribute("href", encodedUri);
link.setAttribute("download", `google_urls_page${pageNum}.csv`);
document.body.appendChild(link);
link.click();
document.body.removeChild(link);
logDebug(`[AutoScraper v8.2] Downloaded CSV for page ${pageNum} with ${urls.length} URLs`);
}
function wait(ms) {
return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}
async function processPage() {
if (isRunning) return;
isRunning = true;
if (isCaptcha()) {
console.warn("[AutoScraper] CAPTCHA detected — pausing.");
isRunning = false;
return;
}
let pageNum = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY) || "1", 10);
const urls = scrapeURLs();
if (urls.length > 0) downloadCSV(urls, pageNum);
localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, String(pageNum + 1));
const hasNext = goToNextPage();
if (!hasNext) {
logDebug("Finished scraping — no next page");
localStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
isRunning = false;
return;
}
logDebug("Navigated to next page — waiting 7s (BG-friendly)");
await wait(7000); // background-friendly delay
isRunning = false;
processPage();
}
window.addEventListener("load", () => {
logDebug("Window load event, starting scraping in 2s");
setTimeout(() => processPage(), 2000);
});
// Keyboard shortcut: Alt+S to start manually
window.addEventListener("keydown", e => {
if (e.altKey && e.key.toLowerCase() === "s") {
logDebug("Manual start triggered (Alt+S)");
processPage();
}
});
})();