LitescrapeAPIsGoogle AI Overview API

// google ai overview api

The world's cheapest Google AI Overview API

Google's generated overview for any query as ordered text blocks with the sources it cites, in one call. No page token, no second request and no surcharge over a plain search.

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$0.15 / 1K requestsPay as you go5 free calls, no card

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Query or entity

Supply a query, Google local CID, or Knowledge Graph machine ID.

Local CID ludocidGoogle local CID used to search for one entity. Maximum characters: 128 Pattern: ^\d+$Knowledge Graph ID kgmidGoogle Knowledge Graph machine ID, such as /m/0k8z. Maximum characters: 512

Geography

Choose location, uule, or latitude and longitude. Radius depends on device.

Location locationHuman-readable city-level location encoded to UULE by Litescrape. Conflicts with uule and lat/lon. Maximum characters: 512UULE uulePre-encoded Google location value. Conflicts with location and lat/lon. Maximum characters: 2048Latitude latLatitude from -90 through 90. Requires lon and conflicts with location and uule. Minimum: -90 Maximum: 90Longitude lonLongitude from -180 through 180. Requires lat and conflicts with location and uule. Minimum: -180 Maximum: 180Radius (meters) radiusDecimal search-bias radius in meters. Requires location or lat/lon. Desktop: 1–199; tablet/mobile: 1–1,000. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 1000

Knowledge Graph controls

Pass Google entity, layout, and cached-context tokens without rewriting them.

lsig lsigOpaque Knowledge Graph or local-pack signature. Maximum characters: 4096si siOpaque cached Google search context. Maximum characters: 4096ibp ibpGoogle layout or expansion control. Maximum characters: 4096uds udsOpaque Google filter token. Maximum characters: 4096Color scheme color_schemeGoogle result color presentation.

Localization

Control Google domain, language, country, restrictions, and device.

Google domain google_domainResults use google.com. Use gl, hl, cr, lr or geography for localization.Country glLowercase two-letter country localization code. Pattern: ^[a-z]{2}$Language hlGoogle interface and result language code. Pattern: ^[a-z]{2,3}(?:-[A-Za-z]{2,8})?$Country restrict crOne or more countryXX restrictions joined with |. Pattern: ^country[A-Z]{2}(?:\|country[A-Z]{2})*$Language restrict lrOne or more lang_xx restrictions joined with |. Pattern: ^lang_[a-z]{2,3}(?:\|lang_[a-z]{2,3})*$Device deviceRequest device profile and radius bound.

Filtering & pagination

Apply native Google filtering, vertical, date, safety, and offset controls.

Search filter tbsGoogle native date or search filter string. Maximum characters: 4096Safe search safeGoogle adult-content filtering.Auto-correction nfprGoogle auto-correction control.Similar results filterGoogle similar-result filtering control.Personalization pwsGoogle personalization control; 0 asks for non-personalized results.Personalization peek peek_pwsGoogle personalization peek flag, forwarded unchanged.Vertical tbmGoogle vertical: lcl, vid, nws, shop, or pts. For image searches, use /api/google/images.Start offset startNon-negative Google result offset. Prefer page_token to repeating the same search with start=10, start=20, or another offset. Minimum: 0Results requested numBest-effort first-page result count, 1 to 10. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 10

Advanced query

Expose Google’s complete advanced-search parameter family.

Original query oqOriginal query associated with an autocomplete selection. Maximum characters: 2048Autocomplete lineage gs_lpGoogle gs_lp value associated with an autocomplete selection. Maximum characters: 4096Search client sclientGoogle client identifier such as gws-wiz-serp. Maximum characters: 64 Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$Site mode as_dtIncludes or excludes as_sitesearch. Requires as_sitesearch.Exact phrase as_epqExact phrase query. Maximum characters: 2048Exclude phrase as_eqExcluded phrase query. Maximum characters: 2048Links to URL as_lqRequire results that link to this URL. Maximum characters: 4096Range low as_nloInclusive range lower bound. Requires as_nhi. Minimum: 0Range high as_nhiInclusive range upper bound. Requires as_nlo. Minimum: 0Any terms as_oqAny-of search terms. Maximum characters: 2048All terms as_qAdditional all-of search terms. Maximum characters: 2048Date range as_qdrQuick range d, w, m, or y with an optional positive count. Pattern: ^[dwmy](?:[1-9][0-9]*)?$Related to URL as_rqFind pages related to this URL. Maximum characters: 4096Site hostname as_sitesearchSite hostname to include or exclude. Maximum characters: 253

# pip install litescrape-sdk
# GET https://ecll-litescrape-v3--site-api-web.modal.run/api/google/ai-overview
from litescrape_sdk import scrape

[result] = scrape(
    [
        {
            "endpoint": "google_ai_overview",
            "q": "what is a heat pump",
            "google_domain": "google.com",
            "gl": "us",
            "hl": "en",
            "device": "desktop",
        }
    ],
    api_key="ls_live_your_key",
)
print(result.raise_for_error())

Ready

Run the request to draw its results here. This endpoint returns:

ai_overview
search_metadata

// what you get

What the Google AI Overview API returns

The overview in one request

The block arrives parsed the first time, with the same parameters as Google Search. Other APIs hand back a token that expires within minutes and bill a second call.

Ordered text blocks

paragraph, heading, list, table and code_block in the order Google renders them, each with its snippet and citation indexes.

Cited sources with positions

references carry title, link, snippet and source for every citation, and the link is the cited page itself.

Any country, language and device

gl, hl, google_domain, a named location or coordinates, and desktop, tablet or mobile layouts.

An honest miss

A query Google shows no overview for says so instead of returning an empty block, and a Google-side failure is reported as Google gave it.

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What teams build with it

01
AI visibility tracking
Record which of your pages Google cites in overviews for your keywords, and how that share moves week to week.
02
Citation and source analysis
Group the cited domains across a query set to see who Google draws on for a topic.
03
Content briefs
Read the headings and claims Google summarizes for a topic before writing the page that should be cited.
04
Search grounding
Hand a model the overview and its sources as a summarized starting point that costs one call.

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Google AI Overview API pricing, per 1,000 requests

Public list prices for 100,000 requests a month, read on September 17, 2026. Litescrape's rate is flat at every volume.

Month-to-month list prices in USD. A provider that bills per record or per queued task shows how it bills instead of a per-request price.
Provider	Plan modeled	Per 1,000 requests	Monthly cost
Litescrape	Flat prepaid rate	$0.15	$15.00
Scrapingdog	Standard, search plus overview call	$0.90	$90.00
DataForSEO	Standard queue with the overview flag	$1.20	$120.00
Bright Data	Pay as you go, browser session	$1.50	$150.00
Apify	Scale plan, $0.0015 per overview	$1.99	$199.00
HasData	Basic, 15 credits with the token step	$2.08	$208.00
VALUE SERP	200,000 credits, 2 per overview	$2.40	$240.00
ScrapingBee	Business, 15 credits per request	$2.49	$249.00
SearchApi	BigData, second call when deferred	$2.50	$250.00

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