This PHP package allows you to scrape and parse Google Search Results using SerpWow. In addition to Search you can also use this package to access the SerpWow Locations API, Batches API and Account API.
You can install google-search-results with Composer.
$ composer require serpwow/google-search-resultsView package on Packagist.com
We have included examples here but full SerpWow API documentation is available at the API Docs:
You can also use the API Playground to visually build Google search requests using SerpWow.
- Simple Example
- Example Response
- Getting an API Key
- Searching with a Location
- Searching Google Places, Google Videos, Google Images, Google Shopping and Google News
- Returning results as JSON, HTML and CSV
- Requesting mobile and tablet results
- Parsing Results
- Paginating results, returning up to 100 results per page
- Search example with all parameters
- Locations API Example
- Account API Example
- Batches API
Simplest example for a standard query "pizza", returning the Google SERP (Search Engine Results Page) data as JSON.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up the search parameters
$params = [
"q" => "pizza"
];
// retrieve the search results as JSON
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
// pretty-print the JSON result
print_r($result);
?>To get a free API Key head over to app.serpwow.com/signup.
A snapshot (shortened for brevity) of the JSON response returned is shown below. For details of all of the fields from the Google search results page that are parsed please see the docs.
{
"request_info": {
"success": true
},
"search_metadata": {
"id": "20c8e44e9cacedabbdff2d9b7e854436056d4f33",
"engine_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&oq=pizza&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8",
"total_time_taken": 0.14
},
"search_parameters": {
"q": "pizza"
},
"search_information": {
"total_results": 1480000000,
"time_taken_displayed": 0.45,
"query_displayed": "pizza",
"detected_location": "Ireland"
},
"local_map": {
"link": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rldoc=1&rlha=0&rllag=53350059,-6249133,1754&tbm=lcl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC3cLZ0JLgAhXHUxUIHQrsBC4QtgN6BAgBEAQ",
"gps_coordinates": {
"latitude": 53.350059,
"longitude": -6.249133,
"altitude": 1754
},
"local_results": [{
"position": 1,
"title": "Apache Pizza Temple Bar",
"extensions": [
"American-style pizza-delivery chain"
],
"rating": 3.6,
"reviews": 382,
"type": "Pizza",
"block_position": 1
}
]
},
"knowledge_graph": {
"title": "Pizza",
"type": "Dish",
"description": "Pizza is a savory dish of Italian origin, consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and various other ingredients baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.",
"source": {
"name": "Wikipedia",
"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza"
},
"nutrition_facts": {
"total_fat": [
"10 g",
"15%"
],
"sugar": [
"3.6 g"
]
}
},
"related_searches": [{
"query": "apache pizza",
"link": "https://www.google.com/search?q=apache+pizza&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC3cLZ0JLgAhXHUxUIHQrsBC4Q1QIoAHoECAUQAQ"
}
],
"organic_results": [{
"position": 1,
"title": "10 Best Pizzas in Dublin - A slice of the city for every price point ...",
"link": "https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/10-best-pizzas-in-dublin-a-slice-of-the-city-for-every-price-point-37248689.html",
"domain": "www.independent.ie",
"displayed_link": "https://www.independent.ie/.../10-best-pizzas-in-dublin-a-slice-of-the-city-for-every-p...",
"snippet": "Oct 20, 2018 - Looking for the best pizza in Dublin? Pól Ó Conghaile scours the city for top-notch pie... whatever your budget.",
"cached_page_link": "https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wezzRov42dkJ:https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/10-best-pizzas-in-dublin-a-slice-of-the-city-for-every-price-point-37248689.html+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie",
"block_position": 2
}
],
"related_places": [{
"theme": "Best dinners with kids",
"places": "Pinocchio Italian Restaurant - Temple Bar, Cafe Topolisand more",
"images": [
"https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNhGt40OpSS408waVJUHeItGrrGqImmEKzuVbBv=w152-h152-n-k-no"
]
}],
"pagination": {
"current": "1",
"next": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&ei=fRZQXMKqL8en1fAPitiT8AI&start=10&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwiC3cLZ0JLgAhXHUxUIHQrsBC4Q8NMDCOkB"
}
}Example of a Google query geo-locating the query as if the user were located in New York.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up the search parameters
$params = [
"q" => "pizza",
"location" => "New York,New York,United States"
];
// retrieve the search results as JSON
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
// pretty-print the JSON result
print_r($result);
?>Use the search_type param to search Google Places, Videos, Images and News. See the Search API Parameters Docs for full details of the additional params available for each search type.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// perform a search on Google News, just looking at blogs, ordered by date, in the last year, filtering out duplicates
$params = [
"q" => "football news",
"search_type" => "news",
"news_type" => "blogs",
"show_duplicates" => "false",
"sort_by" => "date",
"time_period" => "last_year"
];
// retrieve the search results as JSON
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
// pretty-print the JSON result
print_r($result);
// perform a search on Google Places for 'plumber' in London
$params = [
"q" => "football news",
"search_type" => "places",
"location" => "London,England,United Kingdom"
];
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
print_r($result);
// perform an image search on Google Images for "red flowers"
$params = [
"q" => "red flowers",
"search_type" => "images"
];
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
print_r($result);
?>SerpWow can return data in JSON, HTML and CSV formats using the json, html and csv methods. For CSV results use the csv_fields param (docs) to request specific result fields.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
/*
Set up parameters the query (q) and location parameters
note that the "location" parameter should be a value
returned from the Locations API.
We'll re-use the same params for all 3 examples.
*/
$params = [
"q" => "pizza",
"location" => "New York,New York,United States"
];
// retrieve the search results as JSON
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
print_r($result);
// retrieve the Google search results as HTML
$result = $serpwow->html($params);
print_r($result);
// retrieve the Google search results as CSV
$result = $serpwow->csv($params);
print_r($result);
?>To request that SerpWow renders the Google search results via a mobile or tablet browser use the device param:
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up the mobile params
$paramsMobile = [
"q" => "pizza",
"device" => "mobile"
];
// set up the tablet params
$paramsTablet = [
"q" => "pizza",
"device" => "tablet"
];
// // set up the desktop params (note we omit the 'device' param)
$paramsDesktop = [
"q" => "pizza"
];
// retrieve the mobile search results
$result = $serpwow->json($paramsMobile);
print_r($result);
// retrieve the tablet search results
$result = $serpwow->json($paramsTablet);
print_r($result);
// retrieve the desktop search results
$result = $serpwow->json($paramsDesktop);
print_r($result);
?>When making a request via the json method an object is returned. You can inspect this dict to iterate, parse and store the results in your app.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up a simple query
$params = [
"q" => "pizza"
];
// retrieve the search results as JSON
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
// determine if the request was successful
$success = $result->request_info->success;
if ($success) {
// extract the time taken and number of organic results
$timeTaken = $result->search_metadata->total_time_taken;
$organicResultCount = sizeof($result->organic_results);
// print
print_r($organicResultCount.' organic results returned in '.$timeTaken.'s');
}
?>Use the page and num parameters to paginate through Google search results. The maximum number of results returned per page (controlled by the num param) is 100 (a Google-imposed limitation) for all search_type's apart from Google Places, where the maximum is 20. Here's an example.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
$numberOfResults = 100;
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up a simple query
$params = [
"q" => "pizza",
"page" => 1,
"num" => $numberOfResults
];
// retrieve the search results as JSON
$result = $serpwow->json($params);
// print out the number of organic results returned
print_r(sizeof(result.organic_results).' organic results returned');
?><?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up a simple query
$params = [
"q" => "pizza",
"gl" => "us",
"hl" => "en",
"location" => "New York,New York,United States",
"google_domain" => "google.com",
"time_period" => "custom",
"sort_by" => "date",
"time_period_min" => "02/01/2018",
"time_period_max" => "02/08/2019",
"device" => "mobile",
"csv_fields" => "search.q,organic_results.position,organic_results.domain",
"page" => "1",
"num" => "100"
];
// retrieve the search results as CSV
$result = $serpwow->csv($params);
// print out the number of organic results returned
print_r($result);
?>The Locations API allows you to search for SerpWow supported Google search locations. You can supply the full_name returned by the Locations API as the location parameter in a Search API query (see Searching with a location example above) to retrieve search results geo-located to that location.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// set up a simple locations query
$params = [
"q" => "mumbai"
];
// retrieve locations matching the query parameters as JSON
$result = $serpwow->locations($params);
// print out the locations returned
print_r($result);
?>The Account API allows you to check your current SerpWow usage and billing information.
<?php
// composer autoload
require "vendor/autoload.php";
// create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
$serpwow = new GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY");
// get our account info
$result = $serpwow->account($params);
// print out the locations returned
print_r($result);
?>The Batches API allows you to create, update and delete Batches on your SerpWow account (Batches allow you to save up to 15,000 Searches and have SerpWow run them on a schedule).
For more information and extensive code samples please see the Batches API Docs.