h1. CodeIgniter Google API Library

• Author: "Dan Horrigan":http://dhorrigan.com/

h2. DESCRIPTION

This allows you to easily interface with Google's AJAX API within your CodeIgniter application.

h2. INSTALLATION

1. Copy Google.php to your application/libraries folder.
2. Load the library like normal. (@$this->load->library('google');@)

h2. USAGE

API calls takes 2 parameters:

1. The search string
2. An array of options

Valid API calls include:

$this->google->web();
$this->google->local();
$this->google->video();
$this->google->blogs();
$this->google->news();
$this->google->books();
$this->google->images();
$this->google->patents();

Examples: @$this->google->web('codeigniter');@

@$this->google->images('cougar', array('safe' => 'active'));@

h3. Return Values

The library return the responseData object sent by Google. You must access the results like this:

$search = $this->google->web('codeigniter');
$results = $search->results;

You can also use chaining to simplify it:

$results = $this->google->web('codeigniter')->results;

For more information on the return object please see the API reference: "Google API Reference":http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/documentation/reference.html#_intro_fonje