SearchAPI.io - Google Images API

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

Google Images API allows you to search for images on Google. You can filter by size, color, type, usage rights, aspect ratio, and other criteria to find relevant images. Cross-linking: The images returned by this API contain direct links to the original images and source pages. No additional API calls are needed to access the images.

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

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`aspect_ratio`	string	no
`color`	string	no
`cr`	string	no
`device`	string	no
`engine`	string	no	Fixed to “google_images” for this endpoint. Example: “google_images”
`filter`	integer	no
`gl`	string	no
`hl`	string	no
`image_type`	string	no
`location`	string	no
`lr`	string	no
`nfpr`	integer	no
`page`	integer	no
`q`	string	yes
`safe`	string	no
`size`	string	no
`tbs`	string	no
`time_period`	string	no
`usage_rights`	string	no
`uule`	string	no

Output

Shape of the run’s result, checked against 1 real answer:

{ images: { tag, title, source: { link, name }, original: { link, width, height }, position, thumbnail }[], suggestions: { link, title }[], search_metadata: { id, status, html_url, json_url, created_at, request_url, total_time_taken, parsing_time_taken, request_time_taken }, related_searches: { link, query, highlighted: string[] }[], search_parameters: { q, gl, hl, device, engine }, search_information: { total_results, query_displayed, detected_location, has_no_results_for, time_taken_displayed } }

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-images","input":{"q":"<q>","engine":"google_images"},"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-images",
    input: {
      q: "<q>",
      engine: "google_images",
    },
    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-images",
        "input": {
            "q": "<q>",
            "engine": "google_images",
        },
        "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-images as endpointId; see the job page.