Search (Light)
Lightweight web search endpoint. Returns structured JSON search results. Max 200 results per query (10 pages × 20 results). Supports query modifiers like filetype:pdf, site:reddit.com, or "exact phrase".
Endpoint
/api/google-search-light/search
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Parameters
string
Required
Search query with optional modifiers
integer
Optional
Number of results per page (1-20, default: 10)
integer
Optional
Page number for pagination (1-10, default: 1). Mutually exclusive with "start". Internally converted to a start offset after validation.
integer
Optional
Starting index for offset-based pagination (0-170). Mutually exclusive with "page".
string
Optional
Interface language code (default: en)
string
Optional
Safe search: off or active (default: off)
string
Optional
Restrict results to language (e.g., lang_en)
string
Optional
Country code for results (e.g., us, de)
string
Optional
Restrict to country (e.g., countryUS)
string
Optional
Date filter (e.g., d7 for last 7 days)
string
Optional
Sort order (e.g., date)
integer
Optional
Enable/disable duplicate filtering (0 or 1)
string
Optional
Filter by usage rights (cc_publicdomain, cc_attribute, cc_sharealike, cc_noncommercial, cc_nonderived)
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10",
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;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10');
if ($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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10', 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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10',
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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10")
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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10", 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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10', 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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10")
.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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10", 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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10"
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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10"));
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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10',
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/search-light?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
{
"organic_results": [
{
"position": 1,
"title": "Example Search Result",
"link": "https://example.com/article",
"displayed_link": "example.com/article",
"snippet": "This is an example search result snippet that describes the content...",
"snippet_highlighted_words": [
"example",
"search"
],
"thumbnail": "https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg",
"rich_snippet": {
"image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
"thumbnail": "https://example.com/thumb.jpg"
}
}
],
"people_also_search_for": [
"related query 1",
"related query 2",
"related query 3"
],
"search_information": {
"query_displayed": "example search query",
"total_results": 1500000,
"time_taken": 0.42
},
"pagination": {
"current_page": 1,
"pages": [
{
"page": 1,
"start": 0
},
{
"page": 2,
"start": 10
},
{
"page": 3,
"start": 20
}
]
},
"total_results": 1500000
}