zhangjunh/download_google_images_by_image

Search similar images via google and download

Download_Google_Images_by_Image

• An implement of download images which are similar to local pictures.
• Used for increase the amount of dataset.
• Search by google.com

Requirements

• python 3.x
• requests
• google_images_download
• re
• urllib
• hashlib
• PIL

How to use

1. Choose some pictures in different labels, and put those photos who belonging to same label in a dir named with a number. Copy dirs into a dir named "additive", such as:

   • additive >> 99 >> 10110.jpeg...

2. Copy original dataset to dir named "train", such as:

   • train >> 99 >> 10110.jpeg...
   • If the label number not exist in "train", pictures will be deleted after download.

3. Start to download and run follow-up processing:

   python main.py

   • The default settings of download can be changed by rewrite "arguments" in spider.py. This part is powered by google-images-download.
   • After the download is finished, those pictures will be merged with original datasets based on their labels. Same pictures will be deleted which are found by the same md5s. Followed by a convert to ".jpeg" and merge again, your dataset will extend by similar images.