Images API

Google Image Scraping API for Image Search, Source URLs, and Visual Metadata

Search Google Images, retrieve structured image results and source links, and filter results by size, colour, type, time, and SafeSearch through one purpose-built API endpoint.

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GET /v1/google/images/search
{
  "results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Example modern office interior",
      "link": "https://example.com/office-design",
      "source": "Example Design Source",
      "thumbnail": "https://images.example.com/thumbnail.jpg",
      "original": "https://images.example.com/original.jpg",
      "original_width": 1920,
      "original_height": 1280
    }
  ]
}
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Explore the Google Images API Endpoint

Move from visual discovery to original image URLs, thumbnails, source pages, and image dimensions with structured JSON responses.

GET/v1/google/images/search7 credits

Search Google Images

Search Google Images for an image query and receive image titles, result positions, source information, thumbnails, original image URLs, and image dimensions in structured JSON.

Filter by country, language, time, image size, colour, image type, and SafeSearch setting. Use the page parameter to request later result pages, with each page returning up to 20 image results.

Parameters
qrequiredImage search query.
Request
curl --get \
  'https://scrapebadger.com/v1/google/images/search' \
  --data-urlencode 'q=modern office interior' \
  --data-urlencode 'gl=us' \
  --data-urlencode 'hl=en' \
  --data-urlencode 'tbs=qdr:d' \
  --data-urlencode 'imgsz=l' \
  --data-urlencode 'imgcolor=color' \
  --data-urlencode 'imgtype=photo' \
  --data-urlencode 'safe=active' \
  --data-urlencode 'page=0' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
Response200 OK
{
  "query": "modern office interior",
  "results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Example modern office interior",
      "link": "https://example.com/office-design",
      "source": "Example Design Source",
      "thumbnail": "https://images.example.com/office-thumbnail.jpg",
      "original": "https://images.example.com/office-original.jpg",
      "original_width": 1920,
      "original_height": 1280
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "Example collaborative workspace",
      "link": "https://example.org/workspace-inspiration",
      "source": "Example Architecture Source",
      "thumbnail": "https://images.example.org/workspace-thumbnail.jpg",
      "original": "https://images.example.org/workspace-original.jpg",
      "original_width": 1600,
      "original_height": 1067
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us"
}
View Search Google Images documentation

What Can You Build With the Google Image Scraping API?

Image discovery and visual-content research

Search objects, locations, products, people, styles, events, and visual concepts across country and language contexts. Capture structured titles, result positions, source information, thumbnails, original image URLs, and image dimensions for downstream visual research.

Search Google Images

Brand and visual-asset monitoring

Search brand names, product names, campaign terms, and other identifiable phrases to examine the images and source pages appearing in Google Images. Track displayed result positions, titles, sources, image URLs, and dimensions without treating a text-query match as proof of ownership or unauthorised use.

Search Google Images

Image SEO and search-visibility research

Measure which images and source pages appear for commercially or editorially relevant queries. Analyse result position, image title, source, image dimensions, country, language, and filter settings across consistent searches to support image-search visibility research.

Search Google Images

Dataset discovery and image-source enrichment

Turn Google Images results into structured discovery records for research tools, content indexes, dataset-curation workflows, or internal dashboards. Preserve the query, result position, source-page link, original image URL, thumbnail, and dimensions so downstream systems can trace each result to its source.

Search Google Images
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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about the Images API.

What data can I retrieve with the Google Image Scraping API?

Search Google Images returns the original search query, result country, result language, and an array of image results. Each result can include its position, title, source-page link, displayed source, thumbnail URL, original image URL, original width, and original height.

Which image size, colour, type, time, and SafeSearch filters are supported?

Use imgsz to filter by image size and imgcolor to filter by colour or transparency. The documented imgtype values are face , photo , clipart , lineart , and animated . Use tbs for a Google time or filter string, such as qdr:d , and set safe to off or active . Country and language can be controlled with gl and hl .

How does pagination work in the Google Images API?

Use the zero-based page parameter to request later results. page=0 requests the first page, page=1 requests the second page, and so on. Each page contains up to 20 image results. Store the original query and filter values when requesting additional pages so the search context remains consistent.

What is the difference between original, thumbnail, link, and source?

The original field contains the returned URL of the full image, while thumbnail contains the smaller preview image. The link field points to the source webpage associated with the result, and source contains the displayed name of that source. Image and source-page availability can change after the API response is collected.

Does Google provide an official Google Images API?

Google's Custom Search JSON API supports image search but has usage limits and a different response and pricing model. ScrapeBadger provides a dedicated Google Images search endpoint that returns structured image results through a standard HTTP request and ScrapeBadger API key.

How much does the Google Image Scraping API cost?

Search Google Images currently costs 7 credits per successful request. Each request can return up to 20 image results, and there is no additional charge for each title, source, thumbnail, original image URL, or image dimension returned. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

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Use 1,000 free credits to search Google Images and retrieve available titles, source pages, thumbnails, original image URLs, and image dimensions through one structured JSON endpoint.

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