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| 1 | +Creating a well-structured README.md file is essential for your project as it provides a clear overview of your project's purpose, usage, and instructions for potential contributors. Here's a sample README.md template for your image fetching library project: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +```markdown |
| 4 | +# My Image Fetcher Library |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +My Image Fetcher Library is a C++ library that allows you to search for images on Google and download them to your local system. It provides a simple API for querying Google's Custom Search API and saving image results. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +## Features |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +- Search for images on Google using keywords. |
| 11 | +- Download and save images to a specified folder. |
| 12 | +- Easily integrate image searching and downloading into your C++ applications. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Prerequisites |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Before using the library, you'll need the following: |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +- CMake (for building the project) |
| 19 | +- C++ Compiler (e.g., GCC) |
| 20 | +- cURL library (for making HTTP requests) |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +## Getting Started |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +### Installation |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +1. Clone this repository to your local machine: |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + ```shell |
| 29 | + git clone https://github.com/pb2204/cpp-google-image-fetcher.git |
| 30 | + cd my-image-fetcher-library |
| 31 | + ``` |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +2. Build the library using CMake: |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + ```shell |
| 36 | + mkdir build |
| 37 | + cd build |
| 38 | + cmake .. |
| 39 | + make |
| 40 | + ``` |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +### Usage |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +1. Include the library in your C++ project: |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + ```cpp |
| 47 | + #include "google_image_fetcher.h" |
| 48 | + ``` |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +2. Create an instance of the `GoogleImageFetcher` class: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | + ```cpp |
| 53 | + GoogleImageFetcher imageFetcher; |
| 54 | + ``` |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +3. Use the `fetchImages` method to search and download images: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + ```cpp |
| 59 | + imageFetcher.fetchImages("cat", "downloaded_images"); |
| 60 | + ``` |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | + This example searches for images of cats and saves them to the "downloaded_images" folder. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Example |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +You can find a complete example of using the library in the [examples](/examples) directory. |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +## Contributing |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +Contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute to this project, please follow these steps: |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +1. Fork the repository. |
| 73 | +2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix: `git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name` |
| 74 | +3. Make your changes and commit them: `git commit -m "Add your changes"` |
| 75 | +4. Push to your branch: `git push origin feature/your-feature-name` |
| 76 | +5. Open a pull request on this repository. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +Please review the [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details. |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +## License |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details. |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +## Acknowledgments |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +- Thanks to the creators of cURL for the powerful HTTP request library. |
| 87 | +- Inspiration from other image-fetching libraries and APIs. |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +## Contact |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback, feel free to reach out to [Pabitra Banerjee ](mailto:[email protected]). |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +Happy coding! |
| 94 | +``` |
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