Zenserp Search API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Zenserp Search API
  description: REST API for scraping real-time Google search results including organic results, paid ads,
    featured snippets, knowledge graphs, related questions, maps, news, shopping, images, videos, YouTube,
    Bing, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo search results. Supports geolocation targeting across 200+ countries
    and languages.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Zenserp Support
    url: https://zenserp.com/
    email: support@zenserp.com
  termsOfService: https://zenserp.com/terms-of-service/
  x-logo:
    url: https://zenserp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/zenserp-logo.png
  x-source: https://app.zenserp.com/documentation (endpoint list decompiled from the docs SPA bundle /js/app.js)
    + live unauthenticated probes 2026-08-13
servers:
- url: https://app.zenserp.com/api/v2
  description: Zenserp API v2
security:
- apiKeyHeader: []
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Core search endpoints supporting all search types and engines.
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      operationId: search
      summary: Universal Search
      description: Submit a search query to Google (default), Bing, Yandex, or DuckDuckGo. The search
        type is controlled via the `tbm` parameter for Google variants (images, news, shopping, maps,
        video, trends) and via `engine` for alternative search engines.
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        description: The search query string.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: pied piper
      - name: apikey
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Your Zenserp API key (alternative to header-based auth).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: tbm
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Google search type modifier. Omit for web search. Use `isch` for image search, `nws`
          for news, `shop` for shopping, `map` for maps, `vid` for YouTube/video search, `trends` for
          Google Trends.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - isch
          - nws
          - shop
          - map
          - vid
          - trends
      - name: engine
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Target search engine. Defaults to `google`. Set to `bing`, `yandex`, or `duckduckgo`
          for alternative engines.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - google
          - bing
          - yandex
          - duckduckgo
          default: google
      - name: gl
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Country code for geolocation targeting (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). Determines the country-specific
          Google domain and results.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: us
      - name: hl
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Language code for results (IETF BCP 47 / Google hl parameter).
        schema:
          type: string
        example: en
      - name: location
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Canonical location name used for geolocation-specific results. Use the /locations
          list endpoint to get valid values.
        schema:
          type: string
        example: New York,New York,United States
      - name: num
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Number of results to return (1–100).
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 100
          default: 10
      - name: start
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Offset for pagination (0-based index of the first result).
        schema:
          type: integer
          minimum: 0
          default: 0
      - name: device
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Emulate results for a specific device type.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - desktop
          - mobile
          - tablet
          default: desktop
      - name: tbs
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Advanced Google search filters (time range, etc.). Example: `qdr:d` for past day,
          `qdr:w` for past week.'
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: cr
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Filter results to a specific country using a `country<ISO>` value (e.g., `countryUS`).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: lr
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Restrict results to a specific language (e.g., `lang_en`).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: safe
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Safe search setting.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - active
          - false
          default: false
      - name: reverse
        in: query
        required: false
        description: Set to `true` to perform a reverse image search. Requires `tbm=isch` and supplying
          an image URL via `q`.
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful search response with structured JSON results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
              example:
                request_info:
                  success: true
                  credits_used: 1
                  credits_remaining: 99
                query:
                  q: pied piper
                  gl: us
                  hl: en
                  num: 10
                  engine: google
                organic_results:
                - position: 1
                  title: Pied Piper - Wikipedia
                  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper
                  domain: en.wikipedia.org
                  description: The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a character in a German legend...
                  favicon: https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=en.wikipedia.org
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '422':
          description: Validation failed -- one or more request parameters were rejected.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden -- API key is wrong, you don't have enough requests or you don't have
            enough rights to access it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not Found -- There were no results found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  /status:
    get:
      operationId: getStatus
      summary: Status & Left Requests
      description: This endpoint allows you to check the remaining requests of your API Key.
      tags:
      - Search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Remaining request quota for the API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusResponse'
              example:
                remaining_requests: 1500
        '403':
          description: Forbidden -- API key is wrong, you don't have enough requests or you don't have
            enough rights to access it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not Found -- There were no results found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    post:
      operationId: getStatusPost
      summary: Status & Left Requests
      description: This endpoint allows you to check the remaining requests of your API Key.
      tags:
      - Search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Remaining request quota for the API key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusResponse'
              example:
                remaining_requests: 1500
        '403':
          description: Forbidden -- API key is wrong, you don't have enough requests or you don't have
            enough rights to access it.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not Found -- There were no results found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    KnowledgeGraph:
      type: object
      description: Google Knowledge Graph panel data.
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        image:
          type: string
          format: uri
        attributes:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: Key-value entity attributes from the knowledge panel.
    ShoppingResult:
      type: object
      description: A single Google Shopping product result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        price:
          type: string
          description: Product price as a formatted string (e.g., "$29.99").
        store:
          type: string
          description: Merchant/store name.
        rating:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Product rating (0-5).
        reviews:
          type: integer
          description: Number of reviews.
        thumbnail:
          type: string
          format: uri
    RelatedQuestion:
      type: object
      description: A People Also Ask question-answer pair.
      properties:
        question:
          type: string
        answer:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        title:
          type: string
    OrganicResult:
      type: object
      description: A single organic (non-paid) search result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
          description: 1-based ranking position in results.
        title:
          type: string
          description: Title of the result.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the result page.
        domain:
          type: string
          description: Domain of the result.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Snippet/description text for the result.
        favicon:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of the site favicon.
        sitelinks:
          type: array
          description: Additional sub-links shown below the main result.
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              title:
                type: string
              url:
                type: string
                format: uri
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      description: Top-level search result object returned by the /search endpoint.
      properties:
        request_info:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestInfo'
        query:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryInfo'
        organic_results:
          type: array
          description: List of organic (non-paid) search results.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OrganicResult'
        paid_results:
          type: array
          description: List of paid advertisement results.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaidResult'
        featured_snippet:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/FeaturedSnippet'
        knowledge_graph:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KnowledgeGraph'
        related_questions:
          type: array
          description: People Also Ask questions and answers.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelatedQuestion'
        related_searches:
          type: array
          description: Related search suggestions.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RelatedSearch'
        image_results:
          type: array
          description: Image results (when tbm=isch).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImageResult'
        news_results:
          type: array
          description: News article results (when tbm=nws).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsResult'
        shopping_results:
          type: array
          description: Shopping product results (when tbm=shop).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShoppingResult'
        map_results:
          type: array
          description: Local business results (when tbm=map).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MapResult'
        video_results:
          type: array
          description: Video/YouTube results (when tbm=vid).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/VideoResult'
        trends_results:
          type: array
          description: Google Trends data points (when tbm=trends).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TrendsResult'
    RelatedSearch:
      type: object
      description: A related search suggestion.
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: Related query text.
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: 'Zenserp error envelope for request-level failures. Verbatim example from the live
        API: {"error": "No apikey provided."}'
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
          example: No apikey provided.
    NewsResult:
      type: object
      description: A single news article result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        source:
          type: string
          description: News source name.
        published_at:
          type: string
          description: Publication timestamp or relative time.
        thumbnail:
          type: string
          format: uri
    RequestInfo:
      type: object
      description: Metadata about the API request.
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the request was successful.
        credits_used:
          type: integer
          description: Number of API credits consumed by this request.
        credits_remaining:
          type: integer
          description: Remaining credits in the current billing period.
    VideoResult:
      type: object
      description: A single YouTube/video search result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        channel:
          type: string
          description: Channel or uploader name.
        published_at:
          type: string
          description: Video publication date or relative time.
        duration:
          type: string
          description: Video duration (e.g., "5:32").
        views:
          type: string
          description: View count as formatted string.
        thumbnail:
          type: string
          format: uri
    ImageResult:
      type: object
      description: A single image search result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        image_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Direct URL to the image.
        thumbnail:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL to thumbnail version.
        source:
          type: string
          description: Originating website domain.
    QueryInfo:
      type: object
      description: Echo of the query parameters used for this search.
      properties:
        q:
          type: string
          description: The search query.
        gl:
          type: string
          description: Country code used.
        hl:
          type: string
          description: Language code used.
        num:
          type: integer
          description: Number of results requested.
        engine:
          type: string
          description: Search engine used.
        tbm:
          type: string
          description: Search type modifier used.
        location:
          type: string
          description: Geo location used.
    TrendsResult:
      type: object
      description: A Google Trends comparison data point.
      properties:
        query:
          type: string
          description: The search term being tracked.
        date:
          type: string
          description: Date or time period.
        value:
          type: integer
          description: Relative popularity score (0-100).
    MapResult:
      type: object
      description: A single Google Maps local business result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        address:
          type: string
        phone:
          type: string
        website:
          type: string
          format: uri
        rating:
          type: number
          format: float
        reviews:
          type: integer
        category:
          type: string
        hours:
          type: string
          description: Business hours summary.
        latitude:
          type: number
          format: double
        longitude:
          type: number
          format: double
    FeaturedSnippet:
      type: object
      description: Google featured snippet (answer box).
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        description:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          description: Snippet type (paragraph, table, list, etc.).
    PaidResult:
      type: object
      description: A paid advertisement result.
      properties:
        position:
          type: integer
          description: Ad position.
        title:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        domain:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        displayed_url:
          type: string
          description: The URL as displayed in the ad.
    StatusResponse:
      type: object
      description: Remaining request quota for the authenticated API key.
      properties:
        remaining_requests:
          type: integer
          description: Number of searches left in the current billing period.
          example: 1500
    ValidationErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Zenserp validation error envelope, documented verbatim in the Error Codes section of
        the Zenserp documentation.
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          description: One object per failing request, keyed by parameter name.
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties:
              type: string
      example:
        errors:
        - q: no query specified.
          search_engine: search engine not found.
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apikey
      description: API key passed in the request header.
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
      description: API key passed as a query parameter.