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

GET /api/google-search-light/search
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Parameters

query string Required

Search query with optional modifiers

num integer Optional

Number of results per page (1-20, default: 10)

page integer Optional

Page number for pagination (1-10, default: 1). Mutually exclusive with "start". Internally converted to a start offset after validation.

start integer Optional

Starting index for offset-based pagination (0-180). Mutually exclusive with "page".

hl string Optional

Interface language code (default: en)

safe string Optional

Safe search: off or active (default: off)

lr string Optional

Restrict results to language (e.g., lang_en)

gl string Optional

Country code for results (e.g., us, de)

cr string Optional

Restrict to country (e.g., countryUS)

dateRestrict string Optional

Date filter (e.g., d7 for last 7 days)

sort string Optional

Sort order (e.g., date)

Request Examples

<?php

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::withHeaders([
    'x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
])->get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10');

return $response->json();
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  }
})
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');

axios.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10', {
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  }
})
  .then(response => console.log(response.data))
  .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
import requests

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

response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10', headers=headers)
print(response.json())
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI.parse('https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10')
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10", nil)
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
curl -X GET 'https://scrappa.co/api/google-search-light/search?query=artificial+intelligence&num=10' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

Response Schema

JSON Response 200 OK 
{
    "organic_results": [],
    "search_information": [],
    "pagination": [],
    "total_results": 0
}

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