Google Search API

Input (required)

• API Key                                                You must acquire the API Key first from Google. Please see below for the instruction
• Search Engine ID              This is part of the API activation process. See below for details
• Search Keyword                               Enter word or words just like you enter them on your web-browser
• Search Type                       Choose between general Web search and the Image search
• Number of Results          You can specify the number of results to show up in output (up to 100)

Input (optional – Get Process only)

• Exact Terms                        Limit the results to those that include word(s) or phrase(s) specified here.
• Date Restrict                      You can set the limitation to update dates – see below for formats
• File Type                              This is only for the Image search – see below.
• Exclude Terms                   Limit the results to those that does not contain word(s) or phrase(s) specified here.
• Site Search                          Search will be performed only in the domain you specify here

Output

• Return Value (CSV)         
  Headers are shown below

How to obtain Google Search API key and the Search Engine ID

[1] API Key

Step 1

1. visit https://console.cloud.google.com
2. Login to google account which first time to use this console
3. Click “CREATE” button to create new project
   

Step 2

1. New project
2. Project name
3. Click “CREATE” button

Step 3

1. Search with “custom search”
2. Select “Custom Search API”

Step 4

1. Click “TRY THIS API” button

Step 5

1. Click “Get a Key”

Step 6

1. Select a project. If there is no project, select Create a new project.
2. Click “NEXT” button.

Step 7

1. Copy API KEY

[1] Search Engine ID

Step 1

1. Click “Programmable Search Engine” or Connect URL https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/
2. Login to google account which first time to use this console

Step 2

1. Click “Get started”

Step 3

1. Type “www.google.com/*”  for Sites to search
2. Select Your Language. The default setting is English.
3. Click “CREATE” button

Step 4

1. Click “Control Panel”

Step 5

1. Click the button of Search the entire web to turn it on.

Step 6

1. Click “Copy to clipboard”

How to set the parameters

See example below.