Format for a url that goes to Google image search?

To construct a URL that goes to Google Image Search, you can use the following format:

Google Image Search URL Format:

https://www.google.com/images?q=SEARCH_QUERY

Explanation:

• https://www.google.com/images: This is the base URL for Google Image Search.
• ?q=SEARCH_QUERY: The q parameter is used to specify the search query. You replace SEARCH_QUERY with the keywords or terms you want to search for.

Example:

If you want to search for “cats,” the URL would look like this:

https://www.google.com/images?q=cats

This will redirect you to the Google Image Search results page for “cats.”

URL Encoding:

If your search query contains spaces or special characters, they need to be URL-encoded. For example:

• Search query: “puppies and kittens”
• URL: https://www.google.com/images?q=puppies%20and%20kittens

You can use JavaScript’s encodeURIComponent() function to automatically encode the query:

let query = "puppies and kittens";
let url = "https://www.google.com/images?q=" + encodeURIComponent(query);
console.log(url);  // Outputs: https://www.google.com/images?q=puppies%20and%20kittens

This ensures that any spaces, special characters, or punctuation marks are correctly encoded in the URL.