Google Search Results API

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API Layer
Scrapes Google Search engine result pages (SERPs) and extracts results in JSON format.
Google Search Results API
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Features

Get search results and metadata

Provides search metadata

Supports multiple search formats

Offers APIs for developers

Scalable and fast search retrieval

About this Cloud Hub Solution:

What is Google Search Results API?

The Google Search Results API is a web scraping tool that extracts data from Google Search engine result pages (SERPs), including organic and paid results, ads, related links, and more. It provides a customizable experience, allowing users to select specific countries, languages, and more.

When performing a request, the API extracts the following data:

  • Organic results
  • Ads
  • Related queries
  • Shopping results

Please note that this API does not scrape special types of search results, such as Google Images and Google News.

What is Input Parameters?

To make a geolocation-aware search, users can specify either the "uule" region parameter or the country parameter. If the country parameter is set, the scraper will use a random residential IP address from the country to make the actual call. The API supports over 170 countries.

Alternatively, users can set the uule parameter to specify the location.

Specifying the browser language

Users can perform a search in a specific language by setting the "lang" parameter, which should be a 2-character language code.

Specifying the Google Domain

Users can perform a search on any Google domain by passing the domain parameter with an actual value, such as google.co.uk or google.ee. This parameter is best used in combination with the country and lang parameters to mimic actual user behavior.

Scraping Shopping Results

To fetch Google Shopping results, users can set the "shopping" parameter to true.

Emulating the mobile browser

Users can set the mobile parameter to "true" to fetch results as if they were using a mobile browser.

Fetching similar results

If users set the "show_similar" parameter to true, the API will also scrape similar results from the search results.

Safe Results

To ensure child safety, users can set the "safe_search" parameter to true to scrape child-safe results.

Pagination

Users can set the "start" parameter to any integer to scrape results starting from that value, allowing for easy pagination.

What is use cases for Google Search API?

The Google Search Results API has various use cases, including:

  • Search engine optimization (SEO) to gain insights into website performance on Google Search results and ranking
  • Tracking competitors' organic and paid results
  • Analyzing ads for specific keywords and trends
  • Scraping and collecting reviews for market research and trends
  • Monitoring brand mentions and sentiment analysis

Overall, the Google Search Results API provides valuable insights into search results and can be used in various applications, from SEO to market research.

How to try Google Search API?

Just subscribe to this API for free and start experimenting.

There is a free tier available and no credit cards are needed to try Sample code Running a simple query is as simple as below.

The only required parameter is "q", the rest is optional.

Example Request:

Example Responce:

Highlights

Get search results and metadata

Provides search metadata

Supports multiple search formats

Offers APIs for developers

Scalable and fast search retrieval

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