Google Search Results in Python

This Python 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.

Installation

You can install google-search-results-serpwow with:

$ pip install google-search-results-serpwow

and upgrade with:

$ pip install google-search-results-serpwow --upgrade

Documentation

We have included examples here but full SerpWow API documentation is available at the API Docs:

• Search API Docs
• Locations API Docs
• Account API Docs
• Batches API Docs

You can also use the API Playground to visually build Google search requests using SerpWow.

Examples

• 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

Simple Example

Simplest example for a standard query "pizza", returning the Google SERP (Search Engine Results Page) data as JSON:

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# set up a dict for the search parameters
params = {
  "q" : "pizza"
}

# retrieve the search results as JSON
result = serpwow.get_json(params)

# pretty-print the result
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

Example Response

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"
  }
}

Getting an API Key

To get a free API Key head over to app.serpwow.com/signup.

Searching with a location

Example of a Google query geo-locating the query as if the user were located in New York.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# set up a dict for the query (q) and location parameters
# note that the "location" parameter should be a value
# returned from the Locations API
params = {
  "q" : "pizza",
  "location" : "New York,New York,United States"
}

# retrieve the search results as JSON
result = serpwow.get_json(params)

# pretty-print the result
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

Searching Google Places, Google Videos, Google Images, Google Shopping and Google News

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.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = 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",
  "sort_by": "date",
  "time_period": "last_year",
  "show_duplicates" : "false"
}
result = serpwow.get_json(params)
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

# perform a search on Google Places for "plumber" in London
params = {
  "search_type" : "places",
  "q" : "plumber",
  "location" : "London,England,United Kingdom"
}
result = serpwow.get_json(params)
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

# perform an image search on Google Images for "red flowers"
params = {
  "q" : "red flowers",
  "search_type" : "images"
}
result = serpwow.get_json(params)
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

Returning results as JSON, HTML and CSV

SerpWow can return data in JSON, HTML and CSV formats using the get_json, get_html and get_csv methods. For CSV results use the csv_fields param (docs) to request specific result fields.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# set up a dict for the query (q) and location parameters
# note that the "location" parameter should be a value
# returned from the Locations API
params = {
  "q" : "pizza",
  "location" : "New York,New York,United States"
}

# retrieve the Google search results as JSON
result_json = serpwow.get_json(params)

# retrieve the Google search results as HTML
result_html = serpwow.get_html(params)

# retrieve the Google search results as a CSV
result_csv = serpwow.get_csv(params)

Requesting mobile and tablet results

To request that SerpWow renders the Google search results via a mobile or tablet browser use the device param:

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# set up the mobile params
params_mobile = {
  "q" : "pizza",
  "device" : "mobile"
}

# set up the tablet params
params_tablet = {
  "q" : "pizza",
  "device" : "tablet"
}

# set up the desktop params (note we omit the "device" param)
params_desktop = {
  "q" : "pizza"
}

# retrieve the mobile search results
result_mobile_json = serpwow.get_json(params_mobile)

# retrieve the tablet search results
result_tablet_json = serpwow.get_json(params_tablet)

# retrieve the desktop search results
result_desktop_json = serpwow.get_json(params_desktop)

Parsing results

When making a request via the get_json method a standard Python dict is returned. You can inspect this dict to iterate, parse and store the results in your app.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# make a simple query, returning JSON
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")
result = serpwow.get_json({ "q" : "pizza" })

# determine if the request was successful
success = result["request_info"]["success"]

if success:
  
  # extract the time taken and number of organic results
  time_taken = result["search_metadata"]["total_time_taken"]
  organic_result_count = len(result["organic_results"])

  # print
  print str(organic_result_count) + " organic results returned in " + str(time_taken) + "s"

Paginating results, returning up to 100 results per page

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.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# request the first 100 results
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")
params = {
  "q" : "pizza",
  "page" : 1,
  "num": 100
}
result_page_1 = serpwow.get_json(params)

# request the next 100 results
params["page"] = 2
result_page_2 = serpwow.get_json(params)

# pretty-print the result
print "Page 1"
print json.dumps(result_page_1, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
print "Page 2"
print json.dumps(result_page_2, indent=2, sort_keys=True)

Search example with all parameters

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# set up a dict for the search parameters, retrieving results as CSV (note the csv_fields param)
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.get_csv(params)

print result

Locations API Example

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.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# set up a dict for the location query parameters
params = {
  "q" : "mumbai"
}

# retrieve locations matching the query parameters as JSON
result = serpwow.get_locations(params)

# pretty-print the result
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

Account API Example

The Account API allows you to check your current SerpWow usage and billing information.

from serpwow.google_search_results import GoogleSearchResults
import json

# create the serpwow object, passing in our API key
serpwow = GoogleSearchResults("API_KEY")

# get our account info
result = serpwow.get_account()

# pretty-print the result
print(json.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

Batches API

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.