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Google Web Search API

Fast, reliable Google Search API that returns structured search results in JSON format. Runs in Standby mode as a real-time HTTP API — send a request, get instant results.

Features

• Instant HTTP API — No waiting for Actor runs, get results in real-time
• Structured JSON — Clean results with titles, URLs, descriptions, and timestamps
• Knowledge Panels — Returns Google Knowledge Panel data when available
• Pagination — Cursor-based pagination for navigating through results
• Related Keywords — Optionally get related search suggestions
• Pay Per Request — You only pay for successful API calls

Quick Start

Send a GET request to the Standby endpoint:

https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=web+scraping&token={YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN}

Example Response

{
"search_term":"web scraping",
"next_cursor":"CAo=",
"knowledge_panel":null,
"results":[
{
"url":"https://www.example.com/",
"title":"Example Result",
"description":"Description of the search result...",
"timestamp":null
}
]
}

Parameters

Authentication

Include your Apify API token in one of two ways:

Query parameter (simple):

https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=hello&token={YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN}

Authorization header (recommended):

curl"https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=hello"\
-H"Authorization: Bearer {YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN}"

Pagination

Use the next_cursor value from the response to fetch the next page:

# First page
curl"https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=web+scraping&token={TOKEN}"
# Next page (use next_cursor from previous response)
curl"https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=web+scraping&cursor=CAo%3D&token={TOKEN}"

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay Per Event pricing. You are charged per request, not per result.

The price per request is shown on the Actor's pricing page. Requests that result in a server error (5xx) are not charged.

Integration Examples

JavaScript / Node.js

const response =awaitfetch(
'https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=web+scraping&limit=10',
{headers:{'Authorization':'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'}}
);
const data =await response.json();
console.log(data.results);

Python

import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor',
 params={'query':'web scraping','limit':10},
 headers={'Authorization':'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'}
)
data = response.json()
print(data['results'])

cURL

curl"https://glavier--google-web-search.apify.actor?query=web+scraping&limit=10"\
-H"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"

Support

For issues or feature requests, please use the Issues tab on this Actor's page.