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The Google search ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live search results, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Google search results through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Viewing Google Search Results in RAD Studio Data Explorer


How to view Google Search results in RAD Studio Data Explorer using the CData ODBC Driver for Google Search.

Embarcadero RAD Studio provides a development environment for Delphi and C++Builder applications. With the CData ODBC Driver for Google Search, you gain access to live Google Search results within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve Google Search results. This article will walk through connecting to Google Search using the Data Explorer.

Configure a Connection to Google Search

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

To search with a Google custom search engine, you need to set the CustomSearchId and ApiKey connection properties.

To obtain the CustomSearchId property, sign into Google Custom Search Engine and create a new search engine.

To obtain the ApiKey property, you must enable the Custom Search API in the Google API Console.

Connecting to Google Search Results Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Google Search results by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Google Search and a new VCL Forms Application:

  1. Open the Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand FireDAC.
  2. Right-click the ODBC Data Source node in the Data Explorer.
  3. Click Add New Connection.
  4. Enter a name for the connection.
  5. In the FireDAC Connection Editor that appears, set the DataSource property to the name of the ODBC DSN for Google Search.
  6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the views for the connection.

  7. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a view (for example: VideoSearch) onto the form.

  8. Select the VideoSearchView object on the form and set the Active property to true.

  9. Right-click on the object, bind visually, and link everything (*) to a new control (TStringGrid).

  10. Arrange the TStringGrid on the form and run the application to see the VideoSearch data.