Getting the first Google Image search image using your custom Javascript search engine

Question

I am trying to extract the URL of the first image to search from a search by barcode number or UPC product. This is just a long number.

I have something that works with Google, but with an outdated search service. Here is the code snippet I'm using:

google.load('search', '1'); ... function OnLoad() { // Create an Image Search instance. imageSearch = new google.search.ImageSearch(); // Set searchComplete as the callback function when a search is // complete. The imageSearch object will have results in it. imageSearch.setSearchCompleteCallback(this, searchComplete, null); imageSearch.execute(<?=json_encode($upc['upc']);?>); // Include the required Google branding google.search.Search.getBranding('branding'); } 

From what I understand, this google.search.ImageSearch () is deprecated, which may mean that they limit the number of allowed queries. They want me to use their new user search API. Looking at their documentation, it looks like setting up a custom search bar, which I don't want. I search to quickly search for the first image that appears from a given UPC search and uses it as a placeholder image until the preferred image is loaded.

I'm just looking for the best way to get an image from a simple Google Search, which I really am after.

Hooray!