Course: Build with AI

I want to give you both what ChatGPT gave me as a working example and what ChatGPT gave Hasan during his video. They are very different as I am sure they are for you. Comparing both I hope will help you understand the Python code and the uses of the API URI you construct.

First I will give you what Hasan shared:

# File: app.py

from flask import Flask, jsonify
import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/<query>', methods=['GET'])
def autocomplete(query):
    url = f'https://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?client=firefox&q={query}'
    response = requests.get(url)
    suggestions = response.json()[1]

    return jsonify(suggestions)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

To execute this

#For Windows
python -m venv venv
venv/bin/activate
pip install flask requests
flask run

#For Linux or MAC
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install flask requests
flask run

Now in your browser you enter http://127.0.0.1:5000/KEYWORD

Replace KEYWORD with your search term

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Second is what ChatGPT gave to me but with the code corrected.

# File: app.py

from flask import Flask, request, jsonify
from googlesearch import search

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/suggestions', methods=['GET'])
def get_suggestions():
    query = request.args.get('query')

    if not query:
        return jsonify({'error': 'Query parameter is required'}), 400

    suggestions = []
    try:
        # Use Google search to get auto-suggestions
        for suggestion in search(query, num_results=5):
            suggestions.append(suggestion)

        return jsonify({'suggestions': suggestions})
    except Exception as e:
        return jsonify({'error': f'Failed to fetch suggestions {e}'}), 500

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

To execute this

#For Windows
python -m venv venv
venv/bin/activate
pip install flask googlesearch-python
flask run

#For Linux or MAC
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install flask googlesearch-python
flask run

Now in your browser you would type https://127.0.0.1:5000/suggestions?query=KEYWORD

Replace the KEYWORD with your search term.

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As you can see, ChatGPT can give very different results for the same prompt. I did use the prompt exactly as Hasan did in the course video.

write the code of a flask Python API, it uses Google autosuggestions to generate keyword ideas and suggestions

One of the main points of Hasan's video was completely ignored by ChatGPT for me but not for Hasan and that was to use https://suggestqueries.google.com for the URL in the code.

Both methods for the URL of your created API are correct, I prefer the one that was in Hasan's code but you need to know both methods of obtaining a query string.