downloading Google Trends data

mobperl has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am writing a program to automate google trend downloads, but I can not figure out how to get the URL for the CSV file from the drop down action tab on the page once I have ran the required trend search. Any suggestions?

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Re: downloading Google Trends data by Anonymous Monk on Mar 08, 2017 at 17:14 UTC
If you are using Chrome ... clicky on those vertical dots in the upper right of the window and select More Tools -> Developer Tools and see if you can use one of the visibility tools like Sources or Network to see what the "hidden" URI is.	[reply]
Re^2: downloading Google Trends data by mobperl (Initiate) on Mar 08, 2017 at 20:28 UTC
Thank you. Unfortunately I have a bigger problem of the site blocking the script after several iterations. I will be trying another approach to compile the data.	[reply]