Copied to clipboard!Google Reverse Image API
Google Reverse Image API allows to get results for image search https://images.google.com. The API is accessed through the following endpoint: /search?engine=google_reverse_image. A user may query the following: https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google_reverse_image utilizing a GET request. Head to the playground for a live and interactive demo.
If you are interested in ordinary image search - head to images section.
API Parameters
Search Query
q
Optional
Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can also include location in a query as location parameter doesn't work for this kind of search.
Geographic Location
location
Optional
Parameter defines from where you want the search to originate. If several locations match the location requested, we'll pick the most popular one. Head to the /locations.json API if you need a more precise control. location and uule parameters can't be used together. Avoid utilizing location when setting the location outside the U.S. when using Google Shopping and/or Google Product API.
uule
Optional
Parameter is the Google encoded location you want to use for the search. uule and location parameters can't be used together.
Localization
google_domain
Optional
Parameter defines the Google domain to use. It defaults to google.com. Head to the Google domains for a full list of supported Google domains.
gl
Optional
Parameter defines the country to use for the Google search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France) Head to the Google countries for a full list of supported Google countries.
hl
Optional
Parameter defines the language to use for the Google search. It's a two-letter lan guage code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French) Head to the Google languages for a full list of supported Google languages.
lr
Optional
Parameter defines one or multiple languages to limit the search to. It uses lang_{two-letter language code} to specify languages and | as a delimiter. (e.g., lang_fr|lang_de will only search French and German pages).
Pagination
start
Optional
Parameter defines the result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination. (e.g., 0 (default) is the first page of results, 10 is the 2nd page of results, 20 is the 3rd page of results, etc.).
num
Optional
Parameter defines the maximum number of results to return. (e.g., 10 (default) returns 10 results, 40 returns 40 results, and 100 returns 100 results).
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Image Params
image_url
Optional
Parameter defines URL for an image to perform reverse search.
Serpapi Parameters
engine
Required
Set parameter to google_product to use the Google Product API engine.
device
Optional
Parameter defines the device to use to get the results. It can be set to desktop (default) to use a regular browser, tablet to use a tablet browser (currently using iPads), or mobile to use a mobile browser (currently using iPhones).
no_cache
Optional
Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Reverse Image results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.
async
Optional
Parameter defines the way you want to submit your search to SerpApi. It can be set to false (default) to open an HTTP connection and keep it open until you got your search results, or true to just submit your search to SerpApi and retrieve them later. In this case, you'll need to use our Searches Archive API to retrieve your results. async and no_cache parameters should not be used together.
api_key
Optional
Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.
output
Optional
Parameter defines the final output you want. It can be set to json (default) to get a structured JSON of the results, or html to get the raw html retrieved.
API Results
JSON Results
JSON output includes structured data for image_results - actual search results, inline_images containing
images displayed and might contain knowledge_graph - having data from knowledge graph
A search status is accessible through search_metadata.status. It flows this way: Queued -> Processing -> Success || Error. If a search has failed, error will contain an error message. search_metadata.id is the search ID inside SerpApi.
HTML Results
HTML output is useful to debug JSON results or support features not supported yet by SerpApi.
HTML output gives you the raw HTML results from Google.
Example with image_url="https://i.imgur.com/5bGzZi7.jpg"
GET https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google_reverse_image&image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5bGzZi7.jpg
Playground
Search Query
q
Optional
Parameter defines the query you want to search. You can also include location in a query as location parameter doesn't work for this kind of search.
Geographic Location
location
Optional
Parameter defines from where you want the search to originate. If several locations match the location requested, we'll pick the most popular one. Head to the /locations.json API if you need a more precise control. location and uule parameters can't be used together. Avoid utilizing location when setting the location outside the U.S. when using Google Shopping and/or Google Product API.
uule
Optional
Parameter is the Google encoded location you want to use for the search. uule and location parameters can't be used together.
Localization
google_domain
Optional
Parameter defines the Google domain to use. It defaults to google.com. Head to the Google domains for a full list of supported Google domains.
gl
Optional
Parameter defines the country to use for the Google search. It's a two-letter country code. (e.g., us for the United States, uk for United Kingdom, or fr for France) Head to the Google countries for a full list of supported Google countries.
hl
Optional
Parameter defines the language to use for the Google search. It's a two-letter lan guage code. (e.g., en for English, es for Spanish, or fr for French) Head to the Google languages for a full list of supported Google languages.
lr
Optional
Parameter defines one or multiple languages to limit the search to. It uses lang_{two-letter language code} to specify languages and | as a delimiter. (e.g., lang_fr|lang_de will only search French and German pages).
Pagination
start
Optional
Parameter defines the result offset. It skips the given number of results. It's used for pagination. (e.g., 0 (default) is the first page of results, 10 is the 2nd page of results, 20 is the 3rd page of results, etc.).
num
Optional
Parameter defines the maximum number of results to return. (e.g., 10 (default) returns 10 results, 40 returns 40 results, and 100 returns 100 results).
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Image Params
image_url
Optional
Parameter defines URL for an image to perform reverse search.
Serpapi Parameters
engine
Required
Set parameter to google_product to use the Google Product API engine.
device
Optional
Parameter defines the device to use to get the results. It can be set to desktop (default) to use a regular browser, tablet to use a tablet browser (currently using iPads), or mobile to use a mobile browser (currently using iPhones).
no_cache
Optional
Parameter will force SerpApi to fetch the Google Reverse Image results even if a cached version is already present. A cache is served only if the query and all parameters are exactly the same. Cache expires after 1h. Cached searches are free, and are not counted towards your searches per month. It can be set to false (default) to allow results from the cache, or true to disallow results from the cache. no_cache and async parameters should not be used together.
async
Optional
Parameter defines the way you want to submit your search to SerpApi. It can be set to false (default) to open an HTTP connection and keep it open until you got your search results, or true to just submit your search to SerpApi and retrieve them later. In this case, you'll need to use our Searches Archive API to retrieve your results. async and no_cache parameters should not be used together.
api_key
Optional
Parameter defines the SerpApi private key to use.
output
Optional
Parameter defines the final output you want. It can be set to json (default) to get a structured JSON of the results, or html to get the raw html retrieved.
JSON Results
JSON output includes structured data for image_results - actual search results, inline_images containing
images displayed and might contain knowledge_graph - having data from knowledge graph
A search status is accessible through search_metadata.status. It flows this way: Queued -> Processing -> Success || Error. If a search has failed, error will contain an error message. search_metadata.id is the search ID inside SerpApi.
HTML Results
HTML output is useful to debug JSON results or support features not supported yet by SerpApi.
HTML output gives you the raw HTML results from Google.
Example with image_url="https://i.imgur.com/5bGzZi7.jpg"
https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google_reverse_image&image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F5bGzZi7.jpg
Playground
