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Google Trends Trending Now

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3

Retrieve the Trending Now searches for a country or sub-region ("Trending searches" on trends.google.com). Every trend carries its search volume bucket, increase percentage, categories, related queries (trend breakdown), an explore link, and up to 5 embedded news articles. Each trend also exposes its news_id, which feeds the Trending News endpoint. The only_active, sort and category_id facets are applied over the same result set.

Google Trends Trending Now 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
geo = US
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "geo": "US",
        "hl": "en",
        "hours": 24,
        "num_news": 3,
        "only_active": false,
        "sort": "relevance",
        "category_id": null
    },
    "trending_now": [
        {
            "query": "flood watch",
            "geo": "US",
...

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.

6 optional filters available.

geo string Required

Country or sub-region code (e.g., "US", "US-NY", "DE"). Required: Trending Now has no Worldwide option.

Example value US
hl string Optional

2-letter language code for results (e.g., en, de, fr)

Example value en
hours integer Optional

Trending window in hours: 4, 24, 48 or 168 (7 days)

Example value 24
num_news integer Optional

Embedded news articles per trend (0 to 5). 0 omits articles; articles remain available per trend through the Trending News endpoint.

Example value 3
only_active boolean Optional

Keep only trends that are still active

Example value false
sort string Optional

Result ordering: relevance (upstream order), title, search_volume or recency

Example value relevance
category_id integer Optional

Keep only trends whose categories contain this category id (e.g., 17 for Sports)

Example value 1234567890

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3",
    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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3');

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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3', 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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3',
    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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3")
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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3", 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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3', 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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3")
        .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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3", 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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3"
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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3"));
            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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3',
            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-trends/trending-now?geo=US&hl=en&hours=24&num_news=3")
        .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.

search_parameters trending_now response_time_ms

Common trending_now fields

query geo start_timestamp end_timestamp
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "geo": "US",
        "hl": "en",
        "hours": 24,
        "num_news": 3,
        "only_active": false,
        "sort": "relevance",
        "category_id": null
    },
    "trending_now": [
        {
            "query": "flood watch",
            "geo": "US",
            "start_timestamp": 1791421800,
            "end_timestamp": null,
            "active": true,
            "search_volume": 500000,
            "search_volume_formatted": "500K+",
            "increase_percentage": 1000,
            "categories": [
                {
                    "id": 20,
                    "name": "Climate"
                }
            ],
            "trend_breakdown": [
                "flood watch",
                "hurricane isaias tropical storm",
                "tropical storm warning",
                "isaias hurricane path",
                "hurricane warning"
            ],
            "news_articles": [
                {
                    "title": "Energy expert on the biggest worry as concerns grow that Hurricane Isaias could disrupt oil production",
                    "link": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/business/video/gulf-energy-expert-worries-hurricane-isaias-could-disrupt-oil-gas-production-lead-jake-tapper",
                    "source": "CNN",
                    "published": 1791497328,
                    "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqe_SeHaAWY2CmSoDp_cNCJwn3VIf0Mmow2JxIKpLeibqOeVsAIr8QcEb06lM"
                },
                {
                    "title": "Hurricane Isaias Updates: Storm Strengthens as It Moves Toward Gulf Coast",
                    "link": "https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10/08/weather/hurricane-isaias-gulf-coast-storm",
                    "source": "The New York Times",
                    "published": 1791499560,
                    "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTNSTp8zwIELJaBGypwWGIxWbWHtl-zBg9YFtGj18bGXqO1KzAY9Fb1cWTMFTA"
                }
            ],
            "news_id": 4860805452,
            "explore_url": "https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=flood+watch&geo=US&hl=en"
        }
    ],
    "response_time_ms": 14487
}

Errors

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

400

HTTP 400

Missing required query parameter

422

HTTP 422

Invalid geo, hours, num_news, sort or category_id parameter

503

HTTP 503

Upstream service error

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