This Golang package allows you to scrape and parse Google Search Results using SerpWow. In addition to Search you can also use this package to access the SerpWow Locations API, Batches API and Account API.
The package requires Golang 1.8 or above, the package has no dependancies.
We have included examples here but full SerpWow API documentation is available at the API Docs:
You can also use the API Playground to visually build Google search requests using SerpWow.
- Simple Example
- Example Response
- Getting an API Key
- Searching with a Location
- Searching Google Places, Google Videos, Google Images, Google Shopping and Google News
- Returning results as JSON, HTML and CSV
- Requesting mobile and tablet results
- Parsing Results
- Paginating results, returning up to 100 results per page
- Search example with all parameters
- Locations API Example
- Account API Example
- Batches API
Simplest example for a standard query "pizza", returning the Google SERP (Search Engine Results Page) data as JSON.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// set up our parameters
parameters := map[string]string{
"q": "pizza",
}
// run the search, requesting results in JSON format
response, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
// print the response, or error, if one occurred
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
}A snapshot (shortened for brevity) of the JSON response returned is shown below. For details of all of the fields from the Google search results page that are parsed please see the docs.
{
"request_info": {
"success": true
},
"search_metadata": {
"id": "20c8e44e9cacedabbdff2d9b7e854436056d4f33",
"engine_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&oq=pizza&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8",
"total_time_taken": 0.14
},
"search_parameters": {
"q": "pizza"
},
"search_information": {
"total_results": 1480000000,
"time_taken_displayed": 0.45,
"query_displayed": "pizza",
"detected_location": "Ireland"
},
"local_map": {
"link": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&npsic=0&rflfq=1&rldoc=1&rlha=0&rllag=53350059,-6249133,1754&tbm=lcl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC3cLZ0JLgAhXHUxUIHQrsBC4QtgN6BAgBEAQ",
"gps_coordinates": {
"latitude": 53.350059,
"longitude": -6.249133,
"altitude": 1754
},
"local_results": [{
"position": 1,
"title": "Apache Pizza Temple Bar",
"extensions": [
"American-style pizza-delivery chain"
],
"rating": 3.6,
"reviews": 382,
"type": "Pizza",
"block_position": 1
}
]
},
"knowledge_graph": {
"title": "Pizza",
"type": "Dish",
"description": "Pizza is a savory dish of Italian origin, consisting of a usually round, flattened base of leavened wheat-based dough topped with tomatoes, cheese, and various other ingredients baked at a high temperature, traditionally in a wood-fired oven.",
"source": {
"name": "Wikipedia",
"link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza"
},
"nutrition_facts": {
"total_fat": [
"10 g",
"15%"
],
"sugar": [
"3.6 g"
]
}
},
"related_searches": [{
"query": "apache pizza",
"link": "https://www.google.com/search?q=apache+pizza&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiC3cLZ0JLgAhXHUxUIHQrsBC4Q1QIoAHoECAUQAQ"
}
],
"organic_results": [{
"position": 1,
"title": "10 Best Pizzas in Dublin - A slice of the city for every price point ...",
"link": "https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/10-best-pizzas-in-dublin-a-slice-of-the-city-for-every-price-point-37248689.html",
"domain": "www.independent.ie",
"displayed_link": "https://www.independent.ie/.../10-best-pizzas-in-dublin-a-slice-of-the-city-for-every-p...",
"snippet": "Oct 20, 2018 - Looking for the best pizza in Dublin? Pól Ó Conghaile scours the city for top-notch pie... whatever your budget.",
"cached_page_link": "https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wezzRov42dkJ:https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/10-best-pizzas-in-dublin-a-slice-of-the-city-for-every-price-point-37248689.html+&cd=4&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie",
"block_position": 2
}
],
"related_places": [{
"theme": "Best dinners with kids",
"places": "Pinocchio Italian Restaurant - Temple Bar, Cafe Topolisand more",
"images": [
"https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNhGt40OpSS408waVJUHeItGrrGqImmEKzuVbBv=w152-h152-n-k-no"
]
}],
"pagination": {
"current": "1",
"next": "https://www.google.com/search?q=pizza&ei=fRZQXMKqL8en1fAPitiT8AI&start=10&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwiC3cLZ0JLgAhXHUxUIHQrsBC4Q8NMDCOkB"
}
}To get a free API Key head over to app.serpwow.com/signup.
Example of a Google query geo-locating the query as if the user were located in New York.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// set up our parameters
parameters := map[string]string{
"q": "pizza",
"location": "New York,New York,United States",
}
// run the search, requesting results in JSON format
response, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
// print the response, or error, if one occurred
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
}Use the search_type param to search Google Places, Videos, Images and News. See the Search API Parameters Docs for full details of the additional params available for each search type.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// perform a search on Google News, just looking at blogs, ordered by date, in the last year, filtering out duplicates
parameters := map[string]string{
"q": "football news",
"search_type": "news",
"news_type": "blogs",
"sort_by": "date",
"time_period": "last_year",
"show_duplicates": "false",
}
response, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
// perform a search on Google Places for "plumber" in London
parameters = map[string]string{
"search_type": "places",
"q": "plumber",
"location": "London,England,United Kingdom",
}
response, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
// perform an image search on Google Images for "red flowers"
parameters = map[string]string{
"q" : "red flowers",
"search_type" : "images",
}
response, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
}SerpWow can return data in JSON, HTML and CSV formats using the get_json, get_html and get_csv methods. For CSV results use the csv_fields param (docs) to request specific result fields.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// set up our parameters
parameters := map[string]string{
"q": "pizza",
"location": "New York,New York,United States",
}
// retrieve the Google search results as JSON
responseJson, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(responseJson)
}
// retrieve the Google search results as HTML
responseHtml, error := serpwow.GetHTML(parameters, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(responseHtml)
}
// retrieve the Google search results as CSV
responseCsv, error := serpwow.GetCSV(parameters, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(responseCsv)
}
}To request that SerpWow renders the Google search results via a mobile or tablet browser use the device param:
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// set up the mobile params
parametersMobile := map[string]string{
"q" : "pizza",
"device" : "mobile",
}
// set up the tablet params
parametersTablet := map[string]string{
"q" : "pizza",
"device" : "tablet",
}
// set up the desktop params (note we omit the "device" param)
parametersDesktop := map[string]string{
"q" : "pizza",
}
// retrieve the mobile search results
responseMobile, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parametersMobile, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(responseMobile)
}
// retrieve the tablet search results
responseTablet, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parametersTablet, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(responseTablet)
}
// retrieve the desktop search results
responseDesktop, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parametersDesktop, apiKey)
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(responseDesktop)
}
}When making a request via the get_json method a standard Python dict is returned. You can inspect this dict to iterate, parse and store the results in your app.
package main
import "fmt"
import "strings"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// make a simple query, returning JSON
parameters := map[string]string{
"q": "pizza",
}
response, error := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
// determine if the request was successful
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
// extract the time taken and number of organic results
timeTaken := fmt.Sprintf("%f", response["search_metadata"].(map[string]interface{})["total_time_taken"])
organicResultCount := fmt.Sprintf("%v", len(response["organic_results"].([]interface{})))
// print results
s := []string{organicResultCount, "organic results returned in", timeTaken, "\n"};
fmt.Printf(strings.Join(s, " "));
}
}Use the page and num parameters to paginate through Google search results. The maximum number of results returned per page (controlled by the num param) is 100 (a Google-imposed limitation) for all search_type's apart from Google Places, where the maximum is 20. Here's an example.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// request the first 100 results
parameters := map[string]string{
"q" : "pizza",
"page" : 1,
"num": 100
}
responsePage1, errorPage1 := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
if errorPage1 != nil {
fmt.Println(errorPage1)
} else {
fmt.Println(responsePage1)
}
// request the next 100 results
parameters["page"] = 2
responsePage2, errorPage2 := serpwow.GetJSON(parameters, apiKey)
if errorPage2 != nil {
fmt.Println(errorPage2)
} else {
fmt.Println(responsePage2)
}
}package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// set up query parameters, retrieving results as CSV (note the csv_fields param)
parameters := map[string]string{
"q" : "pizza",
"gl" : "us",
"hl" : "en",
"location" : "New York,New York,United States",
"google_domain" : "google.com",
"time_period" : "custom",
"sort_by" : "date",
"time_period_min" : "02/01/2018",
"time_period_max" : "02/08/2019",
"device" : "mobile",
"csv_fields" : "search.q,organic_results.position,organic_results.domain",
"page" : "1",
"num" : "100",
}
// retrieve the search results as CSV
response, error := serpwow.GetCSV(parameters, apiKey)
// print the response, or error, if one occurred
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
}The Locations API allows you to search for SerpWow supported Google search locations. You can supply the full_name returned by the Locations API as the location parameter in a Search API query (see Searching with a location example above) to retrieve search results geo-located to that location.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// # set up the parameters for the location query parameters
parameters := map[string]string{
"q" : "mumbai",
}
// retrieve locations matching the query parameters as JSON
response, error := serpwow.GetLocations(parameters, apiKey)
// print the response, or error, if one occurred
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
}The Account API allows you to check your current SerpWow usage and billing information.
package main
import "fmt"
import "serpwow"
func main() {
// set our API key
apiKey := "API_KEY"
// get our account info
response, error := serpwow.GetAccount(apiKey)
// print the response, or error, if one occurred
if error != nil {
fmt.Println(error)
} else {
fmt.Println(response)
}
}The Batches API allows you to create, update and delete Batches on your SerpWow account (Batches allow you to save up to 15,000 Searches and have SerpWow run them on a schedule).
For more information and extensive code samples please see the Batches API Docs.