Google Images API

The ScraperData Google Images API returns the images Google shows for a query as JSON: the page each image appears on, the original image address with its width and height, a thumbnail and the site's name. Add type=images to a search request; one page returns about 90 images and costs one credit.

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Live Google resultsfetched when you call
Usually 2 to 4 secondsper results page
1 credit per pagefailed requests are free
1,000 free creditsevery month

How to call the Google Images API

Create a free account and copy your API key.
Send a GET request to /v1/search with your query and type=images.
Read the JSON. Each results page costs one credit; failed requests cost nothing.

Request

curl -G "https://api.scraperdata.com/v1/search" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "q=eiffel tower" \
  -d type=images

Example response

A real answer from our API, fetched live on October 28, 2026 and shortened to two results.

200 OK

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google",
    "q": "eiffel tower",
    "type": "images",
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "page": 1,
    "num_pages": 1
  },
  "images_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia",
      "link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower",
      "source": "Wikipedia",
      "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKm98Dih3i2J6w_vpY0Ok6hb_zxcgg_HNkzuVWpTRP5Q&s=10",
      "original": "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tour_Eiffel_Wikimedia_Commons_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Tour_Eiffel_Wikimedia_Commons_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail",
      "original_height": 550,
      "original_width": 330
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "title": "11 Eiffel Tower Facts You Didn't Know | Condé Nast Traveler",
      "link": "https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2014-03-28/eiffel-tower-paris-anniversary-125-years",
      "source": "Condé Nast Traveler",
      "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRnVXp-28W9ORUT8MuVpAm3dzm0bA-MOYw29O_qUTOJRw&s=10",
      "original": "https://media.cntraveler.com/photos/58de89946c3567139f9b6cca/16:9/w_2560%2Cc_limit/GettyImages-468366251.jpg",
      "original_height": 1440,
      "original_width": 2560
    }
  ]
}

What each result contains

Field	What it holds
position	Rank in the image grid
title	The image's title, usually the page title
link	The page the image is on
source	The site's name
thumbnail	Google's thumbnail of the image
original	The original image's address
original_width, original_height	The original image's size in pixels

Images belong to their owners: the API gives you links and sizes, so check each image's license before you reuse it.

What teams build with it

Image datasets and research
Visual brand and logo monitoring
Content and product research
Finding where an image is published

Pricing

1,000 free credits every month, then from $10 a month. One results page is one credit, on every plan.

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Questions about the Google Images API

Do I get the original image, not just a thumbnail?

Yes. original is the address of the full image, with original_width and original_height, and link is the page it was found on.

How many images does one request return?

About 90 per page, for one credit.

Can I use the images I find?

The images belong to their owners. The API returns where they are published so you can check the license or ask for permission.