Google Vision API Python Client

Extract Google Vision data with our Google Vision API Python client. Get programmatic access to website origins, thumbnail data, image dimensions, page titles, Image URLs, and more using simple Python code. Start free, no credit card required.

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The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Google Vision API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors. Get started with simple pip installation and robust error handling built-in.

Python

JavaScript

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "queries": ["apify"] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("hooli/google-images-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

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Use our Python API client to extract Google Images data by providing search queries and the number of images you want to scrape. The API returns structured data, including image URLs, dimensions, origins, page titles, thumbnail URLs and dimensions, and content URLs.

Input

{
 "queries": [
  "Alfons Mucha"
 ],
 "maxResultsPerQuery": 300
}

Output

[
 {
  "query": "Alfons Mucha",
  "title": "Alphonse Mucha - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia",
  "origin": "simple.wikipedia.org",
  "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Alfons_Mucha_-_F._Champenois_Imprimeur-%C3%89diteur.jpg/1200px-Alfons_Mucha_-_F._Champenois_Imprimeur-%C3%89diteur.jpg",
  "contentUrl": "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Mucha",
  "imageWidth": 1200,
  "imageHeight": 1630,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQXLRmm59tZoOT4I5Q-wuqKAQHFmR9YY68_vikuak4tSAWhCMPf&s",
  "thumbnailWidth": 193,
  "thumbnailHeight": 262
 },
 {
  "query": "Alfons Mucha",
  "title": "Fine Art Print Moet & Chandon (Vintage Art Nouveau) - Alfons Mucha",
  "origin": "www.europosters.eu",
  "imageUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/pod_public/1300/128482.jpg",
  "contentUrl": "https://www.europosters.eu/art-photo/moet-chandon-vintage-art-nouveau-alfons-mucha-v90599",
  "imageWidth": 975,
  "imageHeight": 1300,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTEyU6CbBP7P9c_8YDpDMdo_q_Vvdwv8eQ6taJmTbeaWhzh0QL6&s",
  "thumbnailWidth": 194,
  "thumbnailHeight": 259
 },
 {
  "query": "Alfons Mucha",
  "title": "Biography - Mucha Museum E-shop",
  "origin": "www.mucha.cz",
  "imageUrl": "https://www.mucha.cz/en/image/catalog/biography/alfons-mucha-loc-3c05828u.jpg",
  "contentUrl": "https://www.mucha.cz/en/biography",
  "imageWidth": 2877,
  "imageHeight": 3574,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSNMsNKi6AeGHT4IVvA-ZjWkRHJ097t1Ohedme4k5cDoGiGyPU&s",
  "thumbnailWidth": 201,
  "thumbnailHeight": 250
 },
 {
  "query": "Alfons Mucha",
  "title": "Spring 1900, Alphonse Mucha",
  "origin": "rueroyalefinearts.com",
  "imageUrl": "https://rueroyalefinearts.com/wp-content/uploads/Mucha-edited-8.jpg",
  "contentUrl": "https://rueroyalefinearts.com/shop/art-nouveau/alphonse-mucha/spring-1900-by-alphonse-mucha/",
  "imageWidth": 2326,
  "imageHeight": 4722,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTxaSjbx1cD1ofbqXDkQ05WUs1MeOk6pWaoytZDbx6p0JBi9Xw&s",
  "thumbnailWidth": 157,
  "thumbnailHeight": 320
 },
 {
  "query": "Alfons Mucha",
  "title": "Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary – NCMALearn",
  "origin": "learn.ncartmuseum.org",
  "imageUrl": "https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/L-114-Reverie-1897-769x1024.jpg",
  "contentUrl": "https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/resources/alphonse-mucha-art-nouveau-visionary/",
  "imageWidth": 769,
  "imageHeight": 1024,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTGSDQqiWMn865wOdmPu3cAExRVMDPwB_oLaEOXAW21TOXqD8&s",
  "thumbnailWidth": 194,
  "thumbnailHeight": 259
 }
]

How to use Google Vision API

Sign up for Apify account01

Creating an account is quick and free — no credit card required. Your account gives you access to more than 5,000 scrapers and APIs.

Get started for free

Install Apify Python client02

Install the Apify Python client using pip: pip install apify-client. This package provides a simple interface to interact with Google Vision API from your Python applications.

Get your Apify API token03

Go to settings in the Apify console and navigate to the “API & Integrations” tab. There, create a new token and save it for later.

Integrate Google Vision API04

Navigate to the Google Vision API page and click on the API dropdown menu in the top right corner. In the dropdown menu, you can see API clients, API endpoints, and more. Use the provided Python code examples to integrate Google Vision API into your Python application.

Open Google Vision Python API

Get your Google Vision data via API05

The Google Vision API returns structured JSON data that works perfectly with pandas, NumPy, and other Python data analysis libraries.

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Python-ready Google Vision data extraction

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Frequently asked questions

No, Google does not provide a dedicated Python API client to get images from Google. Since there isn't an official Google Image Search Python API client to extract data from Google image results, people use web scraping tools like this Google Images Scraper Python library to visit the Google Images website, conduct searches, and extract image information from the pages they find.

Yes, you can try the Google Vision Python API client for free. Apify provides $5 in free usage credits every month on the Free plan, which allows you to process over 1,600 Google Vision API calls at no cost. The Python API client uses a pay-per-result pricing model at $3 per 1,000 vision analysis results ($0.003 per item).

You can extract comprehensive image data including image URLs, image width and height, thumbnail URLs and dimensions, website of origin, page titles, page URLs, and search query information using the Python API client. The data is returned in structured JSON format through Python objects and can be processed and exported as Excel, CSV, JSON, or HTML using Python libraries.

Yes, it is legal to use Python API clients to access Google Vision data for legitimate purposes such as market research, brand monitoring, SEO analysis, and AI model training. However, you should always respect the terms of service and use the data responsibly.

Getting started with our Google Vision Python API is easy — simply create a free Apify account, get your API token, and start using the Google Vision API in Python, JavaScript, CLI, cURL, OpenAPI, or MCP.