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Google About This Result API 1 credit/request

Google About This Result

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F

Returns the About this result panel of Google for a URL: source name and type, description, the first indexed note, web results about the source and the not-an-ad note. 1 credit per successful request. Failed requests are free.

Google About This Result 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
url = https://www.nytimes.com/
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "search_parameters": {
            "engine": "google_about_this_result",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/",
            "hl": "en"
        },
        "source": {
            "name": "The New York Times",
            "type": "Newspaper",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/"
        },
        "description": "Established in 1851 as the New-York Daily Times, The New York Times (NYT) is a Manhattan-based newspaper and digital media brand widely recognized as a U.S. newspaper of record.",
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

1 optional filter available.

url string Required
Open example

Result URL (http or https, up to 2048 characters), for example https://www.nytimes.com/. Google looks it up. The URL is not fetched.

Example value https://www.nytimes.com/
hl string Optional

Interface language code, for example en. Defaults to en.

Example value en

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/google/about-this-result?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "search_parameters": {
            "engine": "google_about_this_result",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/",
            "hl": "en"
        },
        "source": {
            "name": "The New York Times",
            "type": "Newspaper",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/"
        },
        "description": "Established in 1851 as the New-York Daily Times, The New York Times (NYT) is a Manhattan-based newspaper and digital media brand widely recognized as a U.S. newspaper of record.",
        "first_indexed": null,
        "results_about_source": [
            {
                "title": "The New York Times",
                "snippet": "The New York Times is published by the New York Times Company. Since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family.",
                "source": "Wikipedia",
                "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times"
            }
        ],
        "not_an_ad_note": "This is a search result, not an ad. Only ads are paid, and they'll always be labeled with \"Sponsored\" or \"Ad.\""
    },
    "meta": {
        "duration_ms": 1900
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

Validation Error

url is missing, too long, not http or https, has no valid host or contains credentials. This response is not billable.

About This Result Unavailable

Google returned no source panel for this URL or blocked the request. This response is not billable.

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