WebImageSearch ["string"]
gives a list of thumbnails of the top web image search results for the specified literal string.
WebImageSearch [form]
gives the top results obtained by doing the web image search specified by form.
WebImageSearch [form, n]
picks out the first n top results obtained by doing the web image search specified by form.
WebImageSearch [form,elems]
gives the elements of the web image search specified by elems.
WebImageSearch [form, elems, n]
picks out the first n elements of the web image search specified by elems.
WebImageSearch
WebImageSearch ["string"]
gives a list of thumbnails of the top web image search results for the specified literal string.
WebImageSearch [form]
gives the top results obtained by doing the web image search specified by form.
WebImageSearch [form, n]
picks out the first n top results obtained by doing the web image search specified by form.
WebImageSearch [form,elems]
gives the elements of the web image search specified by elems.
WebImageSearch [form, elems, n]
picks out the first n elements of the web image search specified by elems.
Details and Options
- WebImageSearch requires internet connectivity and uses external services that require Service Credits.
- WebImageSearch supports the following basic search forms:
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string string is the query for the search engine"string" complete string must occur in the image metadata{s1,s2,…} search for all si in the image metadatas1|s2|… at least one of the si must occur in the image metadata"field"s1 the si must occur in the given field
- Possible fields include:
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"Country" search only within a given country's web domain"Site" search only within specified website
- Possible options include:
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AllowAdultContent False whether to include adult-type results
- Possible settings for Method include "Google" and "Bing".
- Possible elements that can be specified by elems include:
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"Thumbnails" image thumbnails"Images" full images"ImageHyperlinks" full image hyperlinks"PageTitles" page titles"PageHyperlinks" hyperlinks to pages where images appear"FileFormats" formats of image files
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Search for images of tigers:
Limit the result to four images:
Take the two largest images from search results:
Scope (10)
Search Forms (4)
Search for images that match a complete string:
Search for images whose metadata contains all specified strings:
Filter results by country:
Filter results by site:
Elements (6)
FileFormats (1)
Get the file formats of images returned by the search query:
ImageHyperlinks (1)
Get hyperlinks to the full images returned by the search query:
Images (1)
Get a list of full images:
PageHyperlinks (1)
Get hyperlinks to the pages containing the images returned by the search query:
PageTitles (1)
Get the titles of the pages containing the images returned by the search query:
Thumbnails (1)
Get a list of thumbnails:
Options (3)
Language (1)
Search for images only on pages in a specified language:
MaxItems (1)
Specify the maximum number of images to retrieve:
Method (1)
Specify a search engine:
Neat Examples (1)
Compare search results from different countries:
See Also
WebSearch WikipediaData WikipediaSearch Import ResourceData ServiceExecute $ServiceCreditsAvailable GeoImage WebImage
Function Repository: FirstWebImage GetLoremFlickrImage
Tech Notes
Text
Wolfram Research (2017), WebImageSearch, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html (updated 2020).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2017. "WebImageSearch." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2017). WebImageSearch. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_webimagesearch, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WebImageSearch}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html}", note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_webimagesearch, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WebImageSearch}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WebImageSearch.html}, note=[Accessed: 17-November-2025]}