Google Images API

Google Images API

Our Google Images API allows you to scrape results from the Google Images page. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_images.

Api Details

Endpoint GET https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search

Description Retrieve comprehensive user profile including basic info, account status and optional permission sets.

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Request

HTTP Request

cURL

curl -X GET "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" \
  -d "engine=google_images" \
  -d "q=Coffee" \
  -d "no_cache=false" \
  -d "api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_images",
    "q": "Coffee",
    "no_cache": "false",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
response = requests.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", params=params)
print(response.json())

Node.js

const axios = require('axios');

const params = {
  engine: "google_images",
  q: "Coffee",
  no_cache: "false",
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY"
};

axios.get("https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", { params })
  .then(response => console.log(response.data));

HTTP

GET /search?engine=google_images&q=Coffee&no_cache=false&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY HTTP/1.1
Host: serpapi.abcproxy.com

PHP

<?php
$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search', [
    'query' => [
        'engine' => 'google_images',
        'q' => 'Coffee',
        'no_cache' => 'false',
        'api_key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    ]
]);
echo $response->getBody();

Golang

package main

import (
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search", nil)
    
    q := req.URL.Query()
    q.Add("engine", "google_images")
    q.Add("q", "Coffee")
    q.Add("no_cache", "false")
    q.Add("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()

    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    log.Println(string(body))
}

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        var query = System.Web.HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);
        query["engine"] = "google_images";
        query["q"] = "Coffee";
        query["no_cache"] = "false";
        query["api_key"] = "YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        var response = await client.GetAsync(
            $"https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search?{query}"
        );
        Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
    }
}

Java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String url = "https://serpapi.abcproxy.com/search" +
            "?engine=google_images" +
            "&q=Coffee" +
            "&no_cache=false" +
            "&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY";
        
        HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
        conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
        
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
            new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream())
        );
        String response = in.lines().collect(Collectors.joining());
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

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API Parameters

Search Query

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
q	string	Yes	Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can use anything that you would use in a regular Google Images search.	inurl:, site:, intitle:.

Geographic Location

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
location	string	No	Parameter defines from where you want the search to originate. If several locations match the location requested, we'll pick the most popular one. Head to the /locations.json API if you need more precise control. The location and uule parameters can't be used together. It is recommended to specify location at the city level in order to simulate a real user’s search. If location is omitted, the search may take on the location of the proxy.	Korea
uule	string	No	Search using a Google-coded location.uule and location parameters can't be used together.	-

Localization

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
google_domain	string	No	Parameter defines the Google domain to use. It defaults to google.com. Head to the Google domains page for a full list of supported Google domains.	-
gl	string	No	Parameter defines the country to use for the Google search. It is a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France). Head to the Google countries page for a full list of supported Google countries.	Amgola-ao
hl	string	No	Parameter defines the language to use for the Google search. It is a two-letter language code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French). Head to the Google languages page for a full list of supported Google languages.	Akan-ak

Advabced Filters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
chips	string	No	Parameter enables to filter image search. It’s a string provided by Google as suggested search. Chips are provided under the section: suggested_searches when ijn = 0. Both chips and serpapi_link values are provided for each suggested search.	red apple
tbs	string	No	(to be searched) parameter defines advanced search parameters that aren’t possible in the regular query field.	-
imgar	string	No	Parameter defines the set aspect ratio of images. s - Square t - Tall w - Wide xw - Panoramic	-
safe	string	No	Parameter defines the level of filtering for adult content. It can be set to active or off, by default Google will blur explicit content.	active or off
nfpr	boolean	No	Parameter defines the exclusion of results from an auto-corrected query when the original query is spelled wrong. It can be set to 1 to exclude these results, or 0 to include them (default). Note that this parameter may not prevent Google from returning results for an auto-corrected query if no other results are available.	trueorfalse
filter	boolean	No	Parameter defines if the filters for "Similar Results" and "Omitted Results" are on or off. It can be set to 1 (default) to enable these filters, or 0 to disable these filters.	trueorfalse

Pagination

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
ijn	int	No	Parameter defines the page number for Google Images. There are 100 images per page. This parameter is equivalent to start (offset) = ijn * 100.	2

Serpapi Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description	Example
engine	string	Yes	Set parameter to google_images to use the Google Images API engine.	google_images
no_cache	boolean	No	Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Images results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.	trueorfalse
api_key	string	Yes	Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.	YOUR_API_KEY

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Response

Success 200

Response Body

{
  "code": 200,
  "search_metadata":
    {				 
        "raw_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/6d8b6424c4c37f2d/d3bb5a81-7bb9-4dee-8f75-001b526c0313.html",
        "xray_html_file":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/6d8b6424c4c37f2d/d3bb5a81-7bb9-4dee-8f75-001b526c0313.xray",
        "total_time_taken":"41.3979",
        "id":"d3bb5a81-7bb9-4dee-8f75-001b526c0313",
        "json_endpoint":"https://webserp.abcproxy.com/files/6d8b6424c4c37f2d/d3bb5a81-7bb9-4dee-8f75-001b526c0313.json",
        "created_at":"2025-04-03 11:24:30",
        "google_images_url":"requestUrl",
    },
  "search_parameters":
    {
        "engine":"google_images",
        "api_key":"YOUR_API_KEY",
        "q":"Coffee",
        "reviews":true,
    },
    "images_results":
    [
        {
            "source":"Wikipedia",
            "title":"Coffee - Wikipedia",
            "link":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee",
            "related_content_id":"Y0hoQW1Kcnc4RXRiV01cIixcIlU2b0pNbkYtZWVWVEFN",
            "related_content_link":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffee",
            "position":1,
            "original":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Latte_and_dark_coffee.jpg",
            "original_width":3200,
            "original_height":2000,
            "thumbnail":"https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRkRapDtN6JSis1bWCnMbqn3pmIEDeDY9t8tg&s",
        },
        ......,
    ],
    "related_searches":
    [
        {
            "thumbnail":"data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/....fQelKVj8ftftq8nrLdUpSttlv/Z",
            "query":"clip art coffee",
            "link":"https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=e93cf3c.....AxU-MVkFHbpzAUcQrNwCegQIaxAA",
            "highlighted_words":
            [
                "clip art",
            ],
        },
        ......,
    ],
}

Response Fields

Name	Type	Remark
search_metadata	object	Contains timing and status information
search_parameters	object	Contains query parameters and search context
image_results	object []	Main image search results area
related_searches	object []	After similar search results
SuggestedSearch	object []	Suggested search content

Error Responses

Common Errors

HTTP Status	Error Code	Description
200	400	API Key can not be empty
200	401	Param error
200	402	API Key error
200	403	Insufficient Balance
200	404	Deduction failed
200	405	Failed to record usage count
200	406	Unsupported engine
200	407	Network error
200	408	File not found
200	409	Limit param error
200	410	Build url error
200	411	Failed to QueryRecentRecord
200	412	Failed to find json
200	413	Get html error
200	414	HTML is empty
200	429	Too many request

Error Example

{
  "code": 400,
  "message": "API Key can not be empty"
}

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