# Google Custom Search

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/google-custom-search/  
**Website:** https://developers.google.com/custom-search  
**APIs profiled:** 1

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.

## Kin Score — 47.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 47.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 63.6 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 52.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 34.7 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (1)

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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Google Custom Search Agentic Access** — 2 operations

## Security (3)

- **Google Custom Search Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Google Custom Search Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Google Custom Search Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Google Custom Search Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Custom Search, Google, Image Search, Search, Web Search

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/google-custom-search/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.