SerpApi Image API

SerpApi Image API: multipart/form-data POST https://serpapi.com/image uploads a JPG/PNG/WebP image (max 500 KB) and returns an image_id, valid for 10 minutes, for reverse-image engines such as the Google Lens API (engine=google_lens&image_id=...).

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aid: serpapi:serpapi-image-api
name: SerpApi Image API
description: 'SerpApi Image API: multipart/form-data POST https://serpapi.com/image uploads a JPG/PNG/WebP
  image (max 500 KB) and returns an image_id, valid for 10 minutes, for reverse-image engines such as
  the Google Lens API (engine=google_lens&image_id=...).'
humanURL: https://serpapi.com/image-api
baseURL: https://serpapi.com
tags:
- Image
- Reverse Image Search
- Google Lens
tags_raw:
- Images
- Reverse Image Search
- Google Lens
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://serpapi.com/image-api
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/serpapi.png