Summary of January Updates ⭐

Latest product improvements and feature releases of January 2023, which are still relevant and important, even though they were supposed to be published one month ago.

Features
Fixes
Slight changes
  • [Google Knowledge Graph] tabs links are not parsed for some cases.
  • [Google Local "Places Results API] Returning Unexpected Results When Pagination Params are Supplied.
  • [Bing Search API] empty snippet for some organic_results.
  • [Google Shopping API] fix results basic queries such as "dog supplies".
Projects built with SerpApi
  1. eBay-Walmart Dropshipping tool in Python
  2. eBay-Walmart Dropshipping tool in JavaScript
  3. symbolicai
  4. langchain-visualizer
  5. Shazam-like telegram bot

API Updates

[Feature] Google Finance API: add new parser to extract Quote (ticker) data

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

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[Feature] Google Answer Box API: now parsing extra information in `local_time` type

Fixed bug with local_time type.

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[Feature] Google Immersive Products API: now parsing immersive products block

Added the ability to scrape and return to immersive products.

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[Feature] Google Maps API: now users can make search by `place_id`

Now searching for a specific place could be done using place_id.

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

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[Feature] Knowledge Graph API: now parsing menu filter tabs

Combined sections to return data for Knowledge Graph menu items.

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

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[Feature] Google Shopping API: now support mobile and tablet versions

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

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[Fix] Knowledge Graph API: `see_results_about` not parsed correctly

This update will allow you to extract all the data from the new layout for 'Knowledge Graph'.

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Fix] Yandex Search API: respond with no results

Fix Yandex Search API for responding results.

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[Fix] Google Shopping API: now parsing source's direct link instead of Google's redirect link

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[Fix] Google Finance API: fix extracting Graph item

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Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Fix] Google Search API: fix empty `displayed_link` key for mobile ads searches

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Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Fix] Google Search API: fix empty `rating_count` returned for `local_ads`

Added the ability to parse ratings_count for local ads.

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[Fix] Google Search API: fix parsing the number of pages for PDF result in the `date` key

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[Fix] Google Trends API: fix parsing interest by region results

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[Fix] Google Search API: fix `inline_videos` results being included into `organic_results` on mobile

We fixed wrong direct links to video and debug hashed Google link to correct link.

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue
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[Fix] Google Search API Mobile: fix extracting Knowledge Graph tabs

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[Fix] Apple Reviews API: fix maximum page depth limit

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Fix] - Google Maps Photos API: User information now can be returned via `photo_meta_serpapi_link` key

We should be able to get the user information in Google Maps Photos API, according to our documentation. Right now it is returned.

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[Fix] Google Shopping API: fix parsing CSS values in `shopping_results`

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Fix] Google Search API: answer_box show correct value in anwer_box in type field

Fixed an issue with uncorrect value in answer_box.

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New Projects Made with SerpApi

eBay-Walmart Dropshipping tool in Python

dropshipping-tool-demo is a tool that compares products from Walmart and eBay to find a profit.

eBay-Walmart Dropshipping tool in JavaScript

Basic website SerpApi JS demo that shows how to create a Walmart and eBay dropshipping tool: https://app-comparison.netlify.app/

symbolicai

symbolicai - building applications with LLMs at its core through our Symbolic API leverages the power of classical and differentiable programming in Python

langchain-visualizer

langchain-visualizer - visualization and debugging tool for LangChain workflows.

Shazam like Telegram bot built in Python

A tutorial to create and deploy a telegram bot that takes in music in real-time, and helps you to search the title and the singer

Conclusion

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