# Google SERP API — $0.40 / 1K Requests (⌀ $0.04 / 1K Results) (`proxyscrape/proxyscrape-serp-api`) Actor

Run Google organic searches at scale through the ProxyScrape SERP API. Returns parsed SERP JSON or raw HTML for each query.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/proxyscrape/proxyscrape-serp-api.md
- **Developed by:** [ProxyScrape](https://apify.com/proxyscrape) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, AI, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 requests

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google SERP API — $0.40 / 1K Requests (⌀ $0.04 / 1K Results)

Scrape Google search results at scale, fast and cheap, with zero unblocking headaches. This actor wraps the [ProxyScrape SERP API](https://proxyscrape.com/products/serp-api) and streams parsed JSON (or raw HTML) results straight into your Apify dataset.

> ⚠️ **Unofficial.** This actor is an independent tool built by ProxyScrape. It is **not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC**. "Google" is a trademark of Google LLC.

### 💰 Pricing

**$0.40 per 1,000 requests** — that's roughly **$0.04 per 1,000 results** on average, since Google returns ~10 organic results per page.

You're only charged for **successful** responses. Failed requests, timeouts, and 4xx/5xx errors are free.

| Volume | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1,000 requests (~10,000 results) | $0.40 |
| 10,000 requests (~100,000 results) | $4.00 |
| 100,000 requests (~1,000,000 results) | $40.00 |

### ✨ Why this actor

- **Cheap.** ~$0.04 / 1,000 results is among the lowest SERP prices on the marketplace.
- **Fast.** Configurable concurrency (default 10, up to 100 in parallel) with a single shared HTTP/2 connection pool.
- **Reliable.** Powered by ProxyScrape's residential proxy network — no CAPTCHAs, no IP bans.
- **Flexible.** Parsed JSON for quick integration, or raw HTML if you want to parse it yourself.
- **Geo + language targeting.** Any combination of `gl` (country) and `hl` (language) Google supports.
- **Pay only for success.** Errors and retries are on us.

### 🔧 Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `queries` | string\[] | yes | Search queries (one per item). |
| `gl` | string | no | Country code, default `us` (e.g. `us`, `gb`, `de`, `jp`). |
| `hl` | string | no | UI language code, default `en`. |
| `start` | int | no | Pagination offset, default `0` (0 = page 1, 10 = page 2, …). |
| `rawHtml` | bool | no | Return raw Google HTML instead of parsed JSON. |
| `concurrency` | int | no | Concurrent requests, default `10`, max `100`. |
| `extraParams` | object | no | Extra query-string params forwarded to the SERP API. |

#### Example input

```json
{
    "queries": ["best running shoes", "claude code", "apify serp scraper"],
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "start": 0,
    "concurrency": 10
}
```

### 📤 Output

One dataset item per query:

```json
{
    "query": "best running shoes",
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "start": 0,
    "status": 200,
    "result": {
        "organic_results": [
            {"title": "...", "link": "https://...", "snippet": "..."}
        ],
        "ads": [],
        "knowledge_graph": {},
        "related_searches": []
    }
}
```

When `rawHtml: true`, the `result` field contains the raw Google HTML string instead.

### 🚀 Use cases

- **SEO monitoring** — track keyword rankings across countries and devices.
- **Competitive intelligence** — see who's ranking and advertising for terms you care about.
- **Lead generation** — extract business listings, knowledge panels, and "people also ask" results.
- **Market research** — pull related searches and trending queries at scale.
- **AI / RAG pipelines** — feed fresh, geo-targeted search results into your LLM workflows.

### 🛠 Local development

```bash
pip install apify-cli
export PROXYSCRAPE_USERNAME=...    # publisher only
export PROXYSCRAPE_PASSWORD=...    # publisher only
apify run
```

### 📞 Support

Issues, feature requests, or custom integrations? Reach out via our [contact page](https://proxyscrape.com/contact) or chat with us live on [proxyscrape.com](https://proxyscrape.com/).

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One query per item. Each query is sent to the ProxyScrape SERP API.

## `gl` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code (e.g. us, gb, de).

## `hl` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (e.g. en, fr, es).

## `start` (type: `integer`):

Pagination offset. 0 = first page, 10 = second page, etc.

## `rawHtml` (type: `boolean`):

If checked, returns raw Google HTML instead of parsed JSON.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

Number of queries to run in parallel.

## `extraParams` (type: `object`):

Additional query-string params forwarded to the SERP API (e.g. {"num": 20, "safe": "off"}).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "best running shoes",
    "claude code"
  ],
  "gl": "us",
  "hl": "en",
  "start": 0,
  "rawHtml": false,
  "concurrency": 10,
  "extraParams": {}
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "best running shoes",
        "claude code"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("proxyscrape/proxyscrape-serp-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": [
        "best running shoes",
        "claude code",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("proxyscrape/proxyscrape-serp-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "best running shoes",
    "claude code"
  ]
}' |
apify call proxyscrape/proxyscrape-serp-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=proxyscrape/proxyscrape-serp-api",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/IigOD2sCgdI791X93/builds/M6MFuHbVSfebVYcrg/openapi.json