# ScraperData > ScraperData is a Google Search API: one HTTP request returns Google's live results page as structured JSON, including organic results with their real links, ads, the map pack, top stories, videos, People also ask, related searches, the knowledge panel and the AI Overview, plus news, images, videos and shopping results. Usage is counted in credits; failed requests cost nothing. ## Key facts - Endpoint: GET https://api.scraperdata.com/v1/search?q= with the API key in the X-API-Key header - Results are fetched live from Google when you call; responses usually take 2 to 4 seconds per page - Parameters: q, gl (country), hl (language), location (city), google_domain (for example google.co.in), type (search, news, images, videos, shopping), device (desktop or mobile), page, num_pages (1 to 10), response_type (json, html or both) - location takes any words ("sachin", "Austin, Texas"); it is matched to Google's own place name, shown in search_parameters.location_used with the uule - Locations: GET https://api.scraperdata.com/v1/locations?q=&country= returns Google's canonical place names, free and without a key - Async: add pingback_url to queue a search past the plan's concurrency limit; it returns 202 with a task id, we call the URL with id and status when it ends, and GET https://api.scraperdata.com/v1/tasks/ returns the answer (kept 7 days) - One Google results page costs one credit; up to 10 pages per request - Free plan: 1,000 credits every month, no credit card ## Credit prices per API - Google Search: 1 credit per results page ## Plans (USD) - Free: 1,000 credits every month, no card needed - Pay as you go: $10 a month minimum, 33,000 credits included, then $0.30 per 1,000 credits - Starter: $30 a month, 200,000 credits included, then $0.15 per 1,000 credits - Pro: $100 a month, 770,000 credits included, then $0.13 per 1,000 credits - Business: $250 a month, 2,080,000 credits included, then $0.12 per 1,000 credits - Scale: $500 a month, 5,000,000 credits included, then $0.10 per 1,000 credits - Enterprise: custom volume and contract ## Pages - [Home](https://scraperdata.com/): what the API does, with a live demo - [Pricing](https://scraperdata.com/pricing): plans, a credit calculator and a plan comparison - [API documentation](https://scraperdata.com/docs): authentication, parameters, response fields, errors and limits - [Google Search API](https://scraperdata.com/google-search-api): Get Google search results as clean JSON with one HTTP request: organic results with real links, ads, the map pack, People also ask and AI Overviews. 1,000 free credits every month. - [Google News API](https://scraperdata.com/google-news-api): Get the articles Google News shows for any query as JSON: headline, article link, publisher, snippet and publication time. One credit per page, 1,000 free credits a month. - [Google Images API](https://scraperdata.com/google-images-api): Get the images Google Images shows for a query as JSON: the page each image is on, the original image URL and size, a thumbnail and the site name. One credit per page. - [Google Shopping API](https://scraperdata.com/google-shopping-api): Get the products Google Shopping shows for a query as JSON: product name, price as text and number, sale price, rating, reviews and store. One credit per page. - [Google Videos API](https://scraperdata.com/google-videos-api): Get the videos Google shows for a query as JSON: title, video URL, platform and duration, from YouTube and other sites. One credit per page, 1,000 free credits a month. - [Google AI Overview API](https://scraperdata.com/google-ai-overview-api): Get Google's AI Overview as JSON: the generated answer split into paragraphs, headings and list items, plus every page it cites. Track your brand in AI answers. - [Google Local Results API](https://scraperdata.com/google-local-results-api): Get the businesses in Google's map pack as JSON: name, rating, reviews, category, address, hours and phone, for any city. One credit per page. - [SEO rank tracking](https://scraperdata.com/use-cases/seo-rank-tracking): Track Google rankings with an API: positions and real links for every keyword, from any country or city, on desktop or mobile. 1,000 free credits every month. - [AI and LLM grounding](https://scraperdata.com/use-cases/ai-grounding): Ground AI agents and LLM answers in live Google results: organic results with real links, the AI Overview with its sources and People also ask, as JSON. - [Price monitoring](https://scraperdata.com/use-cases/price-monitoring): Monitor product prices and sellers with a Google Shopping API: prices as text and as numbers, old prices, discounts and stores, in any country. - [Local SEO and leads](https://scraperdata.com/use-cases/local-leads): Get local businesses from Google's map pack as JSON: name, rating, reviews, type, address, hours, phone and website, for any search and city. - [News and brand monitoring](https://scraperdata.com/use-cases/brand-monitoring): Monitor news about a brand, person or topic with a Google News API: titles, links, sources, dates and timestamps, in any country and language. - [Market research](https://scraperdata.com/use-cases/market-research): Research any market from Google results: the sites that rank, the ads that run, People also ask and related searches, in any country and city. - [FAQ](https://scraperdata.com/faq): credits, limits, billing and the API - [About](https://scraperdata.com/about): what ScraperData is and how it works ## Contact - Contact form: https://scraperdata.com/contact - Support: support@scraperdata.com