SearchAPI.io - Google Forums API

SearchAPI.io tool searchapi-io-google-forums on looot: input fields, $0.004 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.

The Google Forums API provides programmatic access to Google search results specifically focused on forum and discussion content. This API enables searching across various online forums and discussion boards indexed by Google. Cross-linking: Forum results often contain threads with multiple answers. Individual posts can be further analyzed or specific forum domains can be targeted using the Google Search API with site-specific queries.

Tool id: searchapi-io-google-forums
Provider: SearchAPI.io
Job: Google forums search (search.google-forums)
Price: $0.004 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`cr`	string	no
`device`	string	no
`engine`	string	no	Fixed to “google_forums” for this endpoint. Example: “google_forums”
`filter`	string	no
`gl`	string	no
`hl`	string	no
`link`	string	no
`location`	string	no
`lr`	string	no
`nfpr`	string	no
`page`	integer	no
`q`	string	yes
`safe`	string	no
`sort_by`	string	no
`time_period`	string	no
`time_period_max`	string	no
`time_period_min`	string	no
`uule`	string	no
`verbatim`	string	no

Output

The run’s result holds the provider’s answer. Signed in, looot inspect searchapi-io-google-forums prints its fields.

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With wait: 30 the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll GET /v1/runs/<runId>.

Example input with placeholder values:

curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"searchapi-io-google-forums","input":{"q":"<q>","engine":"google_forums"},"wait":30}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "searchapi-io-google-forums",
    input: {
      q: "<q>",
      engine: "google_forums",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);

import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "searchapi-io-google-forums",
        "input": {
            "q": "<q>",
            "engine": "google_forums",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send job:search.google-forums as endpointId; see the job page.