Problems accessing the new Google Web APIs from Python

[Simon Willison]

Simon Willison wrote:

> Google have just launched a new service - Google Web APIs - which 
> allows developers to query the google search engine via SOAP for 
> non-commercial use (you're allowed up to 1000 queries a day). To use 
> the service you have to sign up for a license key (all they ask for is 
> an e-mail address and password) and download the API package:
>
> http://www.google.com/apis/
>
> Anyway, I've been trying to get this working with Python (having never 
> used SOAP before) and I'm having problems, but I'm not sure if it's 
> their service going down or a problem with my code.

Problem solved - I found this page which has full instructions on how to 
get it working:

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/04/11.html