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Google Custom Search

The Google Custom Search JSON API allows programmatic searches over a website or collection of websites. It returns metadata about the search performed, metadata about the search engine used, and the search results including web pages and images.

Google Custom Search publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Customsearch API. Tagged areas include Custom Search, Google, Image Search, Search, and Web Search.

The Google Custom Search catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google Custom Search’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, pricing, support, and 9 more developer resources.

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61.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
Custom SearchGoogleImage SearchSearchWeb Search

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Composite quality — 61.4/100 · strong
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.2 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Custom Search Customsearch API

The Customsearch API from Google Custom Search — 2 operation(s) for customsearch.

Postman Collections 1

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Google Custom Search JSON Customsearch API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google Custom Search JSON API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Custom Search Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Custom Search Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Custom Search Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

context Context

14 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Custom Search API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Custom Search Result

14 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Custom Search Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Custom Search Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Custom Search Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Custom Search Agentic Access

2 operations

2 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: google-custom-search
name: Google Custom Search
description: The Google Custom Search JSON API allows programmatic searches over a website or collection of websites. It returns
  metadata about the search performed, metadata about the search engine used, and the search results including web pages and
  images.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-custom-search.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-custom-search/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Custom Search
- Google
- Image Search
- Search
- Web Search
apis:
- aid: google-custom-search:google-custom-search-customsearch-api
  name: Google Custom Search Customsearch API
  description: The Customsearch API from Google Custom Search — 2 operation(s) for customsearch.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
  baseURL: https://customsearch.googleapis.com
  tags:
  - Customsearch
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-custom-search-customsearch-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/reference/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/introduction
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/SearchResult.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-custom-search/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-custom-search-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-custom-search-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-custom-search-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-custom-search-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/introduction
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview#pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://developers.google.com/custom-search/v1/overview#support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com