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High-Throughput Google SERP & AI Overviews API

Designed for rank trackers, LLM engines, and data teams. 200+ RPS sustained throughput, zero CAPTCHAs, native AI Overview parsing with full citation graphs.

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▸Native AI Overviews. No truncated results — full markdown text, cited sources and references.
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▸Pay only for HTTP 200. Blocked requests and failed attempts are never billed.

POST /v1/search · live sandbox

Status: —|Latency: —|AI Overview: —

$ readyHit Execute to query live Google: organic results land in ~2 s,the AI Overview with its citation graph streams in after ~15 s.

SERP API integration

One POST. Google results as structured JSON.

No browser farm to babysit, no CAPTCHA solver, no HTML parsing. Send a query, get organic results, PAA and the AI Overview with its full citation list.

curl -X POST https://serp.hilgard.cz/v1/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "best enterprise crm",
    "country": "us",
    "include_ai_overview": true
  }'

200 OK · application/json

{
  "search_metadata": {
    "status": 200,
    "latency_ms": 1420,
    "query": "best enterprise crm",
    "country": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "ai_overview_status": "extracted",
    "billed_as": "ai"
  },
  "ai_overview": {
    "present": true,
    "markdown": "The best enterprise CRM depends on scale and ecosystem…\n\n- **Salesforce:** the most customizable…\n- **Microsoft Dynamics 365:** strongest fit for…",
    "sources": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "title": "The 10 Best Enterprise CRM Software of 2026",
        "url": "https://www.example.com/enterprise-crm",
        "domain": "example.com",
        "attribution": "Example"
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "title": "Enterprise CRM comparison",
        "url": "https://www.example.org/crm",
        "domain": "example.org",
        "attribution": "Example Org"
      }
    ],
    "cited_domains": [
      {
        "domain": "example.com",
        "count": 2,
        "first_position": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "organic_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Best Enterprise CRM Software",
      "url": "https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESEJ…",
      "domain": "example.com",
      "displayed_url": "https://www.example.com › crm",
      "snippet": "…",
      "url_resolved": false
    }
  ],
  "people_also_ask": [
    {
      "question": "What is the #1 CRM for enterprise?"
    }
  ]
}

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
query	string	required	Search query, max 200 characters.
country	string	"us"	Google country code (gl), e.g. us, gb, de, cz.
language	string	"en"	Interface / results language (hl), e.g. en, de, cs.
location	string	—	Search as if from this city: "City,Region,Country", e.g. "Austin,Texas,United States" ("City,Country" when unambiguous). Adds ~10–40 s.
lat, lng	number	—	Coordinates instead of location (send both).
page	number	1	Results page 1–10 for rankings beyond the top 10 (page 2 = positions 11–20). Stop when has_next_page is false.
include_ai_overview	boolean	true	Extract the AI Overview text, markdown and citation graph.
resolve_urls	boolean	false	Real result URLs instead of Google redirect links (adds ~20 s; domains are always included). For just a few links, POST /v1/resolve.

Full API reference → · Auth: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY · Errors return JSON { error, message } with 400 / 401 / 429 / 502.

Why it doesn't fall over

A Google search API built for production load.

200+ RPS

Throughput

Ready for massive parallel load from rank trackers. Sustained, not burst — no queue gymnastics on your side.

Full SERP

Coverage

Organic results, AI Overviews, People Also Ask (PAA), Local packs (Maps), Google Shopping.

Self-healing

Parsers

Adaptive logic that follows Google's layout A/B tests automatically — no downtime when the markup shifts.

Geo

Country & language targeting

Pick the Google market (gl) and results language (hl) per request — the same query compared across markets.

SERP API pricing

Transparent volume tiers.

No “contact sales for pricing”. Price per 1,000 queries — rankings only, or rankings plus the AI Overview.

Only pay for successful requests (HTTP 200).

Starter

up to 1M queries / month

Organic SERP: $0.80 / 1k
SERP + AI Overview: $1.20 / 1k

Self-service key, e-mail support

Growth

1M – 10M / month

Organic SERP: $0.50 / 1k
SERP + AI Overview: $0.80 / 1k

Dedicated pool, Slack support

Scale / Enterprise

10M+ / month

Organic SERP: $0.30 / 1k
SERP + AI Overview: $0.50 / 1k

99.9% SLA, custom parser customization

Organic SERP = include_ai_overview: false (organic results, People Also Ask, ads). The AI Overview rate applies only when an AI Overview is delivered — if Google shows none for the query, or extraction fails, you pay the organic rate.

Who's behind it

Built by Jan Hilgard — building infrastructure since 2002.

I founded the hosting company Hosting90 in 2002 and ran it for eighteen years — from a garage to a 25-person team running its own servers — until its sale to WY Group in 2020. Today I contribute to the open-source inference engine vllm-mlx and build self-healing data infrastructure. This API runs on that stack, including a proxy pool I built and operate myself.

2002 – 2020
Hosting90 founder
18 years, own servers, exit to WY Group
Open source
vllm-mlx contributor
58 merged pull requests
Data access
4G/LTE mobile proxy pool
Carrier-grade NAT IPs, built and operated in-house — not resold.

No ticket queue, no two-week wait for a parser fix: you talk directly to the engineer who runs the proxies, the browsers and the parsers.

About me — hilgard.cz →Engineering write-up: the proxy pool GitHub LinkedIn jan.hilgard@gmail.com

FAQ

SERP API questions, answered.

What is a SERP API?

A SERP API (Search Engine Results Page API) runs a live Google search for you and returns the results page as structured JSON: organic results with their ranking position, title, URL and snippet, People Also Ask questions, ads and the AI Overview. You send one HTTP request instead of running browsers, proxies and HTML parsers yourself.

Does the API return Google AI Overviews?

Yes. Every /v1/search response can include an ai_overview object with the full answer as markdown and plain text, the ordered list of cited sources (position, title, URL, domain) and a per-domain citation roll-up. When Google shows no AI Overview for a query and market, the response says so explicitly with present: false.

How much does the Google SERP API cost?

Pricing is per 1,000 successful queries and depends on whether you need the AI Overview. Organic SERP only (include_ai_overview: false): $0.80 on Starter (up to 1M queries a month), $0.50 on Growth (1M–10M) and $0.30 on Scale / Enterprise (10M+). SERP + AI Overview: $1.20, $0.80 and $0.50. The AI Overview rate applies only when an AI Overview is actually delivered — if Google shows none for the query, or extraction fails, you pay the organic rate. Only HTTP 200 responses are billed — blocked requests and failed attempts are free. New accounts get 5,000 free test requests, issued instantly after e-mail confirmation, no credit card.

Which countries and languages are supported?

Set country (Google gl) and language (Google hl) per request. Supported countries: us, gb, de, fr, es, it, nl, pl, cz, sk, at, ch, ca, au, in, br, mx, jp. Supported languages: en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pl, cs, sk, pt, ja. For local SEO add location (e.g. "Austin,Texas,United States") or lat/lng to get results as seen from that city; the API verifies the location Google reports and never returns results for a different place. More markets are available on request.

Can I use it as a rank tracking API?

Yes. Each organic result carries its 1-based position, the registrable domain and the displayed URL, so daily rank tracking is a matter of querying your keyword list per market and storing position by domain. To track beyond the top 10, send page: 2 up to 10 (positions 11–100) while has_next_page is true; each page is a separate request at the organic rate. The AI Overview citation list lets you track AI visibility the same way.

Is this a SerpApi alternative?

It covers the same core job — live Google results as JSON over a simple HTTP API — with a focus on AI Overviews and their citation graph, transparent volume pricing and billing only for successful requests. Integration is a single POST endpoint, so switching usually means changing one URL and a few field names.

How fast is a request?

Organic results typically arrive in about 2 seconds. The AI Overview takes longer — around 15 seconds — because Google renders the answer progressively and the API waits until it is complete, so you never get a truncated answer. Send include_ai_overview: false when you only need rankings.

Is there an async mode with webhooks?

Yes. POST /v1/searches queues up to 100 searches in one call and answers at once with their ids. Results arrive on your webhook (signed with HMAC-SHA256 when you set a secret), or you collect them from GET /v1/searches, the list of finished searches, or by id. Each search returns the same JSON as POST /v1/search, at the same price and under the same key limits; only searches that end with data are billed. Results are kept 24 hours.

Do I pay for failed or blocked requests?

No. Only requests that return HTTP 200 with data count towards your usage. CAPTCHAs, upstream blocks, timeouts and retries are handled on our side and are never billed.

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