Google Images API

The Google Images API allows developers to access images from Google Search results. It is an easy way to add image search functionality to your website or application.

Here is the list of default parameters for this API :

Parameters	Description
api_key required	This is your API key.
q required	Type: String Google Search Query
gl	Type: String Default: "us" Name of the country. The name should be in ISO 3166 Alpha-2 format.
domain	Type: String Default: "google.com" To obtain local results from a specific country, for example, for India, it will be "google.co.in," and for the UK, it will be "google.co.uk."
hl	Type: String Default: "en_us" The language of the requested results.
ijn	Type: Number(Integer) [0,1,2....] Default: 0 (Enter 1 for 2nd-page results, 2 for 3rd, etc .) The page number to get targeted search results.
lr	Type: String Limit the search to one or multiple languages. It is used as lang_{language code}. For example - "lang_us".
uule	Type: String Used to encode a place an exact location(with latitude and longitude) into a value used in a cookie, an URL, or an HTTP header.
duration	Type: String Use this as "d/w/m/mn/y" where n is from 0-10. d - the previous 24 hours, w - the previous seven days, m - the previous month, mn - the previous n number of months, y - past year The duration parameter requests search results from a specified time period (quick date range).
nfpr	Type: Boolean Default: 0 It excludes the result from an auto-corrected query that is spelled wrong. It can be set to 1 to exclude these results or 0 to include them.
tbs	Type: String to be searched - An advanced parameter to filter search results.
chips	Type: String Used to filter image results. They are provided under the section suggested_searches when ijn = 0.
safe	Type: String [active/off] Default: off To filter the adult content set safe to active or to disable it set it off.
html	Type: Boolean Default: false To render response as raw HTML.

Some relevant tbs parameters for the Google Images API

TBS	Parameters
Size	tbs = size:l l - for large-sized images tbs = size:m m - for medium-sized images tbs = size:i i - for icon-sized images
Images of specific color	tbs=ic:specific,isc:color color = [orange, yellow, green, teal, blue, purple, pink, white, gray, black, brown]
Creative Common licenses images	tbs=il:cl
Commercial and other licenses	tbs=il:ol

API Example:

cURL

cURL "https://api.serpdog.io/images?api_key=APIKEY&q=football&gl=us"

Node JS

const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('https://api.serpdog.io/images?api_key=APIKEY&q=football&gl=us')
  .then(response => {
    console.log(response.data);
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.log(error);
  });

Python

import requests
payload = {'api_key': 'APIKEY', 'q':'football', 'gl' : 'us'}
resp = requests.get('https://api.scrapingdog.io/google', params=payload)
print (resp.text)

Java

try {
 String apiKey = "APIKEY";
 String url = "https://api.serpdog.io/images?api_key=APIKEY&q=football&gl=us";
 URL urlForGetRequest = new URL(url);
 String readLine = null;
 HttpURLConnection conection = (HttpURLConnection) urlForGetRequest.openConnection();
 conection.setRequestMethod("GET");
 int responseCode = conection.getResponseCode();
 if (responseCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
 BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conection.getInputStream()));
 StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
 while ((readLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
 response.append(readLine);
 }
 in.close();
 System.out.println(response.toString());
} else {
 throw new Exception("Error in API Call");
 }
} catch (Exception ex) {
 ex.printStackTrace();
}

Ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
params = {
 :api_key => "APIKEY",
 :q => "football",
 :gl => "us"
}
uri = URI('https://api.serpdog.io/images')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
website_content = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
print(website_content)

PHP

<?php
$url = "https://api.serpdog.io/images?api_key=APIKEY&q=footbal&gl=us";
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, FALSE);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print_r($response);

{
    "meta": {
      "api_key": "APIKEY",
      "q": "football",
      "gl": "us"
    },
    "image_results": [
      {
        "image": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_Tu78LWxIu_M_sN_kMfj2guqIbu2VcSLyI84CQGbuFRIyTCVR&s",
        "title": "Football - Wikipedia",
        "source": "en.wikipedia.org",
        "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football",
        "original": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Football_iu_1996.jpg",
        "rank": 1
      },
      {
        "image": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxvsz_pjLnFyCnYyCxxY5rSHQCHjNJyYGFZqhQUtTm0XOzOWw&s",
        "title": "Soft toy, American football/brown - IKEA",
        "source": "www.ikea.com · In stock",
        "link": "https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/oenskad-soft-toy-american-football-brown-90506769/",
        "original": "https://www.ikea.com/us/en/images/products/oenskad-soft-toy-american-football-brown__0982285_pe815602_s5.jpg",
        "rank": 2
      },
      {
        "image": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNJYuYBLrUxLrXkbnP18Y6DEgKf_H4HYGCzecsGRAoFtkiGEM&s",
        "title": "NFL postpones three games due to Covid ...",
        "source": "www.cnbc.com",
        "link": "https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/17/nfl-will-postpone-some-games-over-covid-surge-source-says.html",
        "original": "https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106991253-1639786378304-GettyImages-1185558312r.jpg?v=1639786403",
        "rank": 3
      },
      {
        "image": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTg4WJ88A83JqXwGXsWtiB5qSoHrU_RukbrfXdkWggEKMsJ5Ro1&s",
        "title": "USFL schedule Week 2: What football ...",
        "source": "www.sportingnews.com",
        "link": "https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/usfl-schedule-week-2-football-tv-channels-times-scores/oadvrtsc5vn9l4knu8hvnpo0",
        "original": "https://library.sportingnews.com/2022-04/usfl-football-042122-getty-ftr.jpg",
        "rank": 4
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      {
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        "title": "Why is football called 'football'?",
        "source": "www.newsnationnow.com",
        "link": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/hold-why-is-football-called-football/",
        "original": "https://www.newsnationnow.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2022/02/FootballGettyImages-78457130.jpg?w=1280",
        "rank": 5
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        "title": "The Duke NFL Football | Wilson Sporting ...",
        "source": "www.wilson.com · In stock",
        "link": "https://www.wilson.com/en-gb/product/the-duke-nfl-football-wf10011",
        "original": "https://www.wilson.com/en-gb/media/catalog/product/b/c/bc340309-c2a3-441d-ac36-a26187fd94f0_yceho2py9sgzklxk.png",
        "rank": 6
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        "title": "National Football League",
        "source": "www.nfl.com",
        "link": "https://www.nfl.com/",
        "original": "https://static.www.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/f_auto/league/iaesayubxpbxmbxfwm3b.jpg",
        "rank": 7
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        "title": "Who Invented (American) Football - HISTORY",
        "source": "www.history.com",
        "link": "https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-football",
        "original": "https://www.history.com/.image/ar_4:3%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTgyODAxOTQ1NzM4NjE4Mjc1/whoinventedfootball.jpg",
        "rank": 8
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        "title": "NCAA Football - College Football News ...",
        "source": "www.cbssports.com",
        "link": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/",
        "original": "https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2022/06/23/1d4d3695-76d3-4ec4-900a-c95a21ee6736/thumbnail/450x253/f9e52fd2041021143dec867fce61ff8b/quinn-ewers-ut-spring-getty.jpg",
        "rank": 9
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        "title": "Football | Videos | Watch ESPN",
        "source": "www.espn.com",
        "link": "https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/60459870-f8fc-3b3a-a6b9-d8af4bf19223/football",
        "original": "https://artwork.espncdn.com/categories/60459870-f8fc-3b3a-a6b9-d8af4bf19223/1x1Feature/1440_201903062025.jpg",
        "rank": 10
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        "title": "Olympic flag football ...",
        "source": "olympics.nbcsports.com",
        "link": "https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/04/05/flag-football-olympics-nfl/",
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        "rank": 11
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        "title": "Call Football “Soccer”? | Britannica",
        "source": "www.britannica.com",
        "link": "https://www.britannica.com/story/why-do-some-people-call-football-soccer",
        "original": "https://cdn.britannica.com/51/190751-050-147B93F7/soccer-ball-goal.jpg?q=60",
        "rank": 12
      },
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        "title": "Football - News, Athletes, Highlights ...",
        "source": "olympics.com",
        "link": "https://olympics.com/en/sports/football/",
        "original": "https://img.olympicchannel.com/images/image/private/t_social_share_thumb/f_auto/primary/qjxgsf7pqdmyqzsptxju",
        "rank": 13
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        "title": "Contenders for 2022 College Football ...",
        "source": "bleacherreport.com",
        "link": "https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2956222-buying-or-selling-top-contenders-for-2022-college-football-playoff",
        "original": "https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/slides/photos/004/518/828/512481ab6d70f9d3660891e778786d86_crop_exact.jpg?w=2975&h=2048&q=85",
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        "title": "College football rankings 2022: Alabama ...",
        "source": "www.sportingnews.com",
        "link": "https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-division-i-fbs/news/college-football-rankings-top-25-alabama-ohio-state/hvqw0stg7d4jvimndjuf6ip2",
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        "title": "National Football League - HISTORY",
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        "title": "NCAA football: College players could ...",
        "source": "sports.yahoo.com",
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        "title": "Concerns raised over how football clubs ...",
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        "title": "Virtual reality football video game ...",
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  }