// google search api

The world's cheapest Google Search API

Organic results, Knowledge Graph panels, People also ask, related searches, shopping modules and the AI Overview from any Google domain, country, language and device. One flat rate, with no credit multipliers for rich modules.

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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.

Fast mode fast_modeReturn organic results only, skipping AI Overview and all other result groups. Keeps search metadata and parameters. Omits cross-module position_absolute.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 filterPersonalization 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/search
from litescrape_sdk import scrape

[result] = scrape(
    [
        {
            "endpoint": "google_search",
            "q": "coffee maker",
            "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:

organic_results
knowledge_graph
ai_overview
related_questions
related_searches
shopping_results
immersive_products
perspectives
pagination

// what you get

What the Google Search API returns

Organic results with positions

Title, link, displayed link, snippet, favicon and sitelinks, with a position inside the group and position_absolute across the page.

Knowledge Graph and AI Overview

The entity panel arrives as knowledge_graph and Google's generated overview as ai_overview, on the same call.

Any country, language and device

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

Google's own advanced operators

as_sitesearch, as_epq, as_qdr, tbs, tbm, cr, lr, safe and nfpr pass through to Google as documented.

Fast mode for rank tracking

fast_mode returns organic results only and skips the AI Overview and every other module when positions are all you need.

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What teams build with it

01
Rank tracking
Fetch each keyword in each market once a day and store where every domain lands. 10,000 keywords a day cost $1.50.
02
Grounding for agents and RAG
One search per model turn is affordable: titles, links and snippets a model can cite, with the AI Overview and People also ask in the same payload.
03
SERP feature monitoring
Watch which queries show an AI Overview, a shopping module or a local pack, and which sites they cite.
04
Brand and competitor monitoring
Run your brand terms and your competitors' names across countries and alert on new pages and knowledge panels.

// why it's the cheapest

Google Search 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
DataForSEO	Standard queue, up to 45 minutes	$0.60	$60.00
Serper	Standard pack, 500,000 credits	$0.75	$75.00
Scrapingdog	Standard, 1,000,000 credits, 5 per search	$0.90	$90.00
HasData	Basic, 1,000,000 credits, 10 per search	$0.99	$99.00
Oxylabs	Starter, $99 a month	$0.99	$99.00
Bright Data	Pay as you go	$1.50	$150.00
Zenserp	Medium, 100,000 searches	$1.50	$150.00
SearchApi	BigData, 100,000 searches	$2.50	$250.00
Scale SERP	250,000 credits, $599 a month	$5.99	$599.00

Pricing details → Full SERP API price comparison →

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