API Reference

Google Search

Search Google and retrieve structured organic results with title, URL, and description. Supports search types (images, news, videos), time filters, and geographic targeting.

Use this to search Google programmatically and get structured results — no HTML parsing required. Returns titles, URLs, and descriptions for each result.

5 credits per request.

Quick example

curl -G "https://api.webscraperapi.ai/v1/google_search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WEBSCRAPERAPI_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=best noise cancelling headphones 2026" \
  --data-urlencode "output=json"

Use search_type to filter by images (isch), news (nws), or videos (vid). Use time_period to restrict to recent results — great for monitoring mentions or tracking trends.

Full API reference

GET
/v1/google_search

Query Parameters

query*string

Search query.

Length1 <= length
domain?|

Google domain TLD (e.g., 'com', 'de', 'co.uk').

locale?|

Interface language in IETF BCP 47 (e.g., 'en-US').

geo_location?|

Geographic location (e.g., 'California,United States').

start_page?integer

Starting page number.

Default1
pages?integer

Number of pages to scrape.

Default1
limit?|

Results per page (max 100).

tbm?|

Search type: 'isch' (images), 'nws' (news), 'vid' (videos), 'bks' (books).

tbs?|

Time/sort filters: 'qdr:d' (past day), 'qdr:w' (past week), 'li:1' (verbatim).

render_js?boolean

Whether to render JavaScript.

Defaultfalse
output?|

Output format.

Default"markdown"
timeout_ms?|

Request timeout in milliseconds.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.webscraperapi.ai/v1/google_search?query=string"
null
{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "string"
      ],
      "msg": "string",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Detect Technologies

Detect technologies used by a website including e-commerce platforms, analytics tools (GA4, Google Ads), and tracking pixels (Facebook Pixel, GTM).

Google Shopping Search

Search Google Shopping for product listings with prices, merchant info, and actual product URLs. Supports currency, language, and geographic targeting.