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SearchAPI.io - Google Light API

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

The Google Light API provides a lightweight version of Google Search with reduced features but faster response times. This API offers core Google search functionality including organic results, knowledge graph, answer boxes, and pagination with minimal overhead.

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

Inputs

Name Type Required Description
engine string no Fixed to “google_light” for this endpoint. Example: “google_light”
filter string no
gl string no
hl string no
location string no
lr string no
nfpr string no
page integer no
q string yes
safe string no
uule string no

Output

The run’s result holds the provider’s answer. Signed in, looot inspect searchapi-io-google-light 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-light","input":{"q":"<q>","engine":"google_light"},"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-light",
    input: {
      q: "<q>",
      engine: "google_light",
    },
    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-light",
        "input": {
            "q": "<q>",
            "engine": "google_light",
        },
        "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-light as endpointId; see the job page.

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