SERP API — Real-Time Google Search Results

The fastest SERP API for real-time Google search data. Organic results, PAA, autocomplete — structured JSON, 250 countries. Start free.

Free tier available
JSON responses
Real-time data

What Is the FlyByAPIs Google Search API?

FlyByAPIs Google Search API is a real-time SERP scraping service that returns structured Google search results — organic listings, People Also Ask, featured snippets, knowledge panels, and autocomplete predictions — as clean JSON. It handles proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, and geo-targeting across 250 countries and 150 languages automatically. Available on RapidAPI starting at $0/month with 200 free requests.


Real-Time Google Search Results via API

The SERP API gives you real-time Google search results as clean structured JSON — organic listings, People Also Ask, featured snippets, autocomplete predictions, and more. No proxies, no CAPTCHA handling, no HTML parsing — just the data, in under 2 seconds.

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Countries

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Languages

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Free

200 req/month

Whether you’re building a rank tracker, keyword research platform, or content intelligence tool, get the real-time SERP data you need with zero infrastructure overhead — no proxy management, no CAPTCHA handling, no HTML parsing. We handle all of that server-side. You get the data, every time.

Start free — see pricing plans

200 requests/month free · No credit card required


Endpoints

EndpointDescription
/google/searchFetch full SERP results including organic listings, People Also Ask, People Also Search For, featured snippets, and knowledge panels.
/google/autocompleteRetrieve Google autocomplete predictions for any query string.

Code Examples (Python, JavaScript, cURL)

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import requests

url = "https://google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com/google/search"

querystring = {
    "query": "web scraping api",
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "num": "10"
}

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)
data = response.json()

for result in data.get("organic_results", []):
    print(f"{result['position']}. {result['title']}")
    print(f"   {result['link']}")
    print(f"   {result['snippet']}")
    print()
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const url = "https://google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com/google/search?query=web%20scraping%20api&gl=us&hl=en&num=10";

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();

data.organic_results?.forEach((result) => {
  console.log(`${result.position}. ${result.title}`);
  console.log(`   ${result.link}`);
  console.log(`   ${result.snippet}\n`);
});
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curl -G "https://google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com/google/search" \
  --data-urlencode "query=web scraping api" \
  --data-urlencode "gl=us" \
  --data-urlencode "hl=en" \
  --data-urlencode "num=10" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: google-serp-search-api.p.rapidapi.com"

Example JSON Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "data": {
    "search_information": {
      "total_results": "382,000,000",
      "time_taken_displayed": 0.52
    },
    "organic_results": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "title": "Web Scraping API — Extract Structured Data at Scale",
        "link": "https://example.com/web-scraping-api",
        "displayed_link": "example.com › web-scraping-api",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "description": "Bypass CAPTCHAs and IP blocks. Get real-time structured data from any website via a single API call."
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "title": "Best Web Scraping APIs in 2026 (Free & Paid)",
        "link": "https://example.com/blog/best-web-scraping-apis",
        "displayed_link": "example.com › blog",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "description": "Compare the top web scraping APIs by price, reliability, and ease of use."
      }
    ],
    "people_also_ask": [
      {
        "question": "What is the best web scraping API?",
        "answer": "The best web scraping API depends on your use case..."
      },
      {
        "question": "Is there a free SERP API?",
        "answer": "Yes, several SERP APIs offer free tiers..."
      }
    ],
    "related_searches": [
      "serp api free",
      "google search api python",
      "real-time serp data"
    ]
  }
}

Features

  • 150 Languages — Run searches in virtually any language Google supports, from English to Urdu to Japanese.
  • 250 Countries — Localize results to any country for geo-specific SERP data.
  • People Also Ask — Extract the full PAA box with questions and answers, a goldmine for content strategy.
  • People Also Search For — Discover related search queries that real users are actively exploring.
  • Autocomplete Predictions — Tap into Google’s autocomplete to find trending queries and long-tail keywords.
  • Structured JSON Output — No HTML parsing. Every result is delivered as clean, typed JSON with positions, URLs, snippets, and metadata.
  • Real-time Data — Every request hits Google live. No stale caches, no outdated results.

Use Cases

SEO Monitoring & Rank Tracking

Build rank trackers that monitor keyword positions across countries and languages. Alert when a page drops out of the top 10 or a featured snippet is won or lost — without a scraper breaking every time Google updates something.

Competitor Analysis with Real-Time SERP Data

See exactly who ranks for your target keywords. Analyze competitor snippets, sitelinks, and SERP presence to find gaps in your strategy — all from live real-time SERP data, not cached results.

Keyword Research with Autocomplete & People Also Ask API

Combine autocomplete predictions with People Also Ask data to surface long-tail queries and question-based search intent your audience is actively using. Feed it directly into your keyword research platform or content brief pipeline.

Market Intelligence

Monitor search results for brand mentions, product launches, news coverage, and emerging trends across any market or geography. Run systematic SERP sweeps across keyword sets and push the Google search results data into your own models or dashboards.

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Free tier · No credit card · Cancel anytime


Why Developers Switch

Your Google scraper worked fine on day one. Then it got blocked. You patched it — and it worked again, until the HTML structure changed. That’s the real cost of scraping Google in-house: not building it, but keeping it alive while your actual product waits.

This is the Scraper Trap. Every developer who’s seriously tried to scrape Google at scale has hit it. Google runs one of the most sophisticated anti-bot systems ever built, and the infrastructure cost to fight it — proxies, CAPTCHA solving, HTML parsing, constant maintenance — ends up costing more than the data is worth to produce in-house.

Why other approaches fail

Scraping Google directly

Gets blocked at any meaningful volume. User agents and rate limiting slow it down but don't solve it without a proper distributed proxy setup.

Unofficial Python libraries

Doing exactly what you'd do yourself — same blocks, same fragility, with the added risk the maintainer abandoned the repo months ago.

Google's Official Custom Search API

100 queries per day on the free tier. No People Also Ask. No featured snippets. No autocomplete. It searches your configured custom index, not real Google search results — and gets expensive fast.

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Other SERP APIs

Some are solid — most are priced for enterprise. $50–$200/month before you're doing anything interesting. Fine if you have budget approval processes. Not great for early-stage projects.


See pricing plans

Free tier available — no credit card required


Comparison

Flyby SERP APIGoogle Custom SearchSerpApiBuild It Yourself
Free tier200 req/mo100 queries/day100 searches/moNo (infra cost from day 1)
Entry paid plan$9.99/mo (10K req)~$5/1K queries$50/mo (5K searches)$30–100+/mo in proxy costs
Real Google results✓ Yes✗ No (custom index)✓ YesUntil blocked
People Also Ask✓ Yes✗ No✓ YesFragile
Featured snippets✓ Yes✗ No✓ YesFragile
Autocomplete API✓ Yes✗ No✓ YesFragile
Geo-targeting250 countriesLimited✓ YesProxy-dependent
Maintenance required✓ None✓ None✓ None✗ Ongoing
Breaks when Google updates✓ No (we fix it)N/A✓ No✗ Yes
Setup time< 5 minDays< 5 minWeeks

Get Started in Minutes

  1. Sign up on RapidAPI — it’s free.
  2. Subscribe to the Basic plan (no credit card required).
  3. Copy your API key from the RapidAPI dashboard.
  4. Make your first request using the code examples above.

Every week running a homemade scraper is another week of proxy costs, emergency patches, and engineers fixing a data pipeline instead of building. Start on the free tier — 200 requests, no credit card, no commitment. Most developers have their first result back in under 5 minutes.

Simple Pricing

Start Free, Scale as You Grow

All plans include full API access to every endpoint. No feature gating.

Basic

Free
  • 200 requests/month
  • Shared rate limit
Start Free

Pro

$9.99 /mo
  • 10,000 requests/month
  • Standard rate limit
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Mega

$149.99 /mo
  • 400,000 requests/month
  • Priority rate limit
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Q How do I scrape Google search results without getting blocked?

FlyByAPIs Google Search API handles proxy rotation, CAPTCHA solving, and anti-bot detection server-side. You make a single API call and get structured JSON back — organic results, People Also Ask, featured snippets, and more — without managing any scraping infrastructure. It starts free with 200 requests/month on RapidAPI.

Q Can I get People Also Ask data from Google via API?

Yes. FlyByAPIs Google Search API returns People Also Ask boxes with full questions and answers as structured JSON. This data is included in every search request at no extra cost — ideal for content strategy, keyword research, and understanding search intent.

Q How do I build a rank tracker with a SERP API?

Use FlyByAPIs Google Search API to query your target keywords programmatically across 250 countries and 150 languages. Each response includes position data for organic results, so you can track where your pages rank over time. The free tier gives you 200 requests/month to start, and the API returns results in under 2 seconds.

Q What is the difference between Google Custom Search API and a SERP API?

Google Custom Search API searches a custom index you configure — not real Google search results. It lacks People Also Ask, featured snippets, and autocomplete data, and is limited to 100 queries/day on the free tier. FlyByAPIs Google Search API returns real-time, live Google search results with full SERP features across 250 countries.

Q How do I get Google autocomplete suggestions via API?

FlyByAPIs Google Search API includes a dedicated /google/autocomplete endpoint that returns Google's autocomplete predictions for any query. This is useful for keyword research tools, search-suggest interfaces, and discovering long-tail queries. Available on all plans including the free tier.

Q Can I scrape Google search results with Python?

Yes. FlyByAPIs Google Search API works with any language including Python. Install the requests library, add your RapidAPI key, and make a GET request to the /google/search endpoint. You get structured JSON back with organic results, PAA, snippets, and more — no HTML parsing or proxy management needed.

Q How many countries does the FlyByAPIs SERP API support?

FlyByAPIs Google Search API supports geo-targeted searches across 250 countries and 150 languages. You specify the target country (gl parameter) and language (hl parameter) to get fully localized SERP results — the same results a user in that country would see.

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