CrustAPI Search API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Crust Search API
  version: 2.0.0
  description: Self-scraped Google and public LinkedIn data as a clean JSON API.
servers:
- url: https://crustapi.com
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /v1/search:
    get:
      operationId: search
      summary: Query any Google surface
      description: 'One endpoint for the whole Google menu. Set `type` to choose the surface (default `web`). Each type returns a serper-compatible shape under its own key: web/scholar/patents/lens -> `organic`; news -> `news`; shopping -> `shopping`; images -> `images`; videos -> `videos`; maps/places -> `places`; reviews -> `reviews`; autocomplete -> `suggestions`; webpage -> `text` + `metadata` + `jsonld`. Billed 1 credit per successful query (Maps bills 1 credit per business returned). Blocked/empty rides are free.'
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Which Google surface to query.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: web
          enum:
          - web
          - maps
          - places
          - news
          - shopping
          - images
          - videos
          - reviews
          - scholar
          - patents
          - autocomplete
          - webpage
          - lens
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The search query. Required for every type EXCEPT webpage and lens (use `url`) and reviews (use `placeId` / `cid` / `fid`).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: url
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=webpage: the page URL to scrape. type=lens: the image URL for reverse image search.'
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: gl
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Country code (us, gb, de, ...). Not used by maps, patents, or webpage.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: us
      - name: hl
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Language code (en, es, ...). Not used by patents or webpage.
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      - name: page
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Result page. Not used by reviews, autocomplete, webpage, or lens.
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          default: 1
      - name: tbs
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Time filter for web/news/images/videos (e.g. qdr:h past hour, qdr:d past day, qdr:w past week, qdr:m past month, qdr:y past year).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: num
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=reviews: reviews per page (default 20, max 50).'
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: ll
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=maps: GPS position and zoom as @latitude,longitude,zoom.'
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: placeId
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Google place id (ChIJ...). Optional for maps; identifies the place for reviews.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cid
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Google customer id. Optional for maps; identifies the place for reviews.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fid
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Google feature id (0x..:0x..). Identifies the place for reviews.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: sortBy
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=reviews: review sort order.'
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - mostRelevant
          - newest
          - highest
          - lowest
          default: mostRelevant
      - name: nextPageToken
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=reviews: cursor from the previous response to fetch the next page of reviews.'
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: includeMarkdown
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=webpage: also return the page rendered as Markdown.'
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: location
        in: query
        required: false
        description: City/region hint for web and places.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=maps only: how many businesses to return (1-100). Each is one credit.'
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 20
      - name: stars
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'type=maps: include the 1-5 star rating distribution per place.'
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Results for the chosen surface. The populated array key depends on `type`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
        '400':
          description: Missing or invalid parameter.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid API key.
        '402':
          description: Out of credits.
        '429':
          description: Rate limited.
        '502':
          description: Upstream fetch failed (uncharged).
        '503':
          description: Surface temporarily unavailable, retry shortly (uncharged).
      tags:
      - Search
components:
  schemas:
    Place:
      type: object
      description: A place. type=places returns the lean serper-parity subset; type=maps returns this full shape (contact details, categories, opening hours, attributes and photos on top).
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
          description: Business name.
        address:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        latitude:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        longitude:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        rating:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: Star rating out of 5.
        ratingCount:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        reviewsCount:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: 'Maps: exact review count.'
        reviewsDistribution:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          description: 'Maps with stars=true: 1-5 star histogram.'
        category:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        phoneNumber:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        website:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        cid:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        placeId:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        priceLevel:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Google's price band token, e.g. "$1–10". Null when Google shows none.
        thumbnailUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: A real place photo URL (maps only).
        bookingLinks:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Reservation/booking URLs when the place is bookable (maps only, sparse).
        url:
          type: string
          description: Google Maps place URL. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        fid:
          type: string
          description: Google feature id (0x…:0x…), usable as an input to type=reviews. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        street:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Street line of the address. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        city:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        state:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        postalCode:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        countryCode:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: ISO country code. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        location:
          type: object
          description: '{lat,lng}. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).'
          properties:
            lat:
              type: number
            lng:
              type: number
        phone:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Formatted phone number. Null when Google does not show one. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        phoneUnformatted:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: E.164-style phone number. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        categoryName:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Primary Google category. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: All Google categories. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        totalScore:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          description: Average star rating (same value as rating). type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Google's editorial summary when present. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        openingHours:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: Day name to hours string, e.g. {"Monday":"7:30 AM-2 PM"}. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        permanentlyClosed:
          type: boolean
          description: type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        mainImage:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Primary place photo. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          description: Google's attribute groups, e.g. {"Service options":["Takeout"]}. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
        scrapedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When this record was collected. type=maps only (the richer Maps shape; type=places returns the lean serper-parity set).
    ImageItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        imageUrl:
          type: string
        imageWidth:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        imageHeight:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        thumbnailUrl:
          type: string
        thumbnailWidth:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        thumbnailHeight:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: The publisher's display name as Google shows it.
        domain:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        link:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        googleUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        position:
          type: integer
        creator:
          type: string
          description: Image creator from IPTC metadata (sparse — only when Google carries it).
        copyright:
          type: string
          description: Copyright notice from IPTC metadata (sparse).
    OrganicResult:
      type: object
      description: Web / Scholar / Patents / Lens result.
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        link:
          type: string
        snippet:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        date:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        position:
          type: integer
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Scholar publication info / Lens source site.
        citedBy:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: Scholar.
        assignee:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Patents.
        filingDate:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Patents.
        imageUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Lens.
        thumbnailUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Lens: thumbnail of the matched image.'
        publicationInfo:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Scholar: authors, journal and year as one line.'
        year:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: 'Scholar: publication year parsed from publicationInfo.'
        pdfUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Scholar: link to the PDF copy when one is offered.'
        id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Scholar: Google Scholar cluster id for the result.'
        htmlUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Scholar: full-text link when the side resource is an HTML copy (pdfUrl is null then).'
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      description: Polymorphic result. `searchParameters` echoes your request; the populated array key depends on `type`.
      properties:
        searchParameters:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        organic:
          type: array
          description: web, scholar, patents, lens
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganicResult'
        places:
          type: array
          description: maps, places
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Place'
        news:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsItem'
        shopping:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShoppingItem'
        images:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageItem'
        videos:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoItem'
        reviews:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
        suggestions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Suggestion'
        text:
          type: string
          description: 'type=webpage: the page''s readable text.'
        markdown:
          type: string
          description: type=webpage with includeMarkdown=true.
        metadata:
          type: object
          description: 'type=webpage: title + og/twitter/article meta.'
          additionalProperties: true
        jsonld:
          description: 'type=webpage: parsed JSON-LD.'
        nextPageToken:
          type: string
          description: 'type=reviews: cursor for the next page.'
        creditsRemaining:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        tookMs:
          type: integer
    Review:
      type: object
      properties:
        rating:
          type: integer
        date:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        isoDate:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        snippet:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        likes:
          type: integer
          description: Total reactions on the review (sum across reaction types).
        user:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            thumbnail:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            link:
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            reviews:
              type:
              - integer
              - 'null'
            photos:
              type:
              - integer
              - 'null'
        media:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
              imageUrl:
                type: string
              caption:
                type: string
        link:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        response:
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
          description: Owner reply, when present.
          properties:
            date:
              type: string
            snippet:
              type: string
    ShoppingItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        condition:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        link:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Google product page URL (always present since 2026-08).
        price:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        imageUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: 'Product thumbnail: a gstatic URL, or an inline data:image URI for some top-of-page rows.'
        rating:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
        ratingCount:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        productId:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        position:
          type: integer
    Suggestion:
      type: object
      properties:
        value:
          type: string
    VideoItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        link:
          type: string
        snippet:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        imageUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        duration:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        channel:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        date:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        position:
          type: integer
    NewsItem:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        link:
          type: string
        snippet:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        date:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        source:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        imageUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        position:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-api-key