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.
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Endpoint
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.
string
Required
Result URL (http or https, up to 2048 characters), for example https://www.nytimes.com/. Google looks it up. The URL is not fetched.
https://www.nytimes.com/
string
Optional
Interface language code, for example en. Defaults to en.
en
Request Examples
<?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
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();
}
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));
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);
}
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
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()
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}")
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());
}
}
}
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))
}
#!/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"
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}");
}
}
}
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();
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
{
"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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