# Google Images API — Image URLs, Sources & Sizes (`highbrow_fame/google-images-api`) Actor

Google Images results as JSON for any query, country and language: original image URL, width and height, thumbnail, source page and domain. Filter by size, type, color and time. Pay per image.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/highbrow_fame/google-images-api.md
- **Developed by:** [yestrue](https://apify.com/highbrow_fame) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, AI, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 image delivereds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Google Images API — Image URLs, Sources & Sizes

Turn any Google Images search into clean JSON in seconds: the **original full-size image URL** with its width and height, the thumbnail, the **page the image sits on**, its domain and title. Any country, any language, filters for size, type, color and time. No Google account, no API key, no browser to babysit.

**Try it in 1 minute:**

1. Press **Start**. The prefilled input searches Google Images for "golden retriever" and "eiffel tower" (US, English, 50 images each).
2. A few seconds later the **Output** tab lists about 100 images: original URL, size, source page, domain and title.
3. Download JSON, CSV or Excel, call it from the API or from an AI agent, or schedule it to track your visibility daily.

Price: **$1.00 per 1,000 images**. Proxies are included. Queries that return nothing and errors are free.

**Use it to:**

- Build image datasets for research, training data collection and moodboards, with the source page for every picture.
- Find where your product or brand images appear around the web, per country.
- Check which sites rank in Google Images for your keywords.
- Give an AI agent or a pipeline real image links plus the page they come from.
- Compare Google Images results between countries and languages in one run.

**Why this one:**

- **Originals, not previews.** `imageUrl` is the picture's real address with its true width and height; the Google thumbnail is a separate field.
- **Always the source page.** Every record carries `sourcePageUrl` and `sourceDomain`, ready to click or to attribute.
- **Pay per image, not per run.** No monthly minimum, nothing to pay for empty queries or errors.
- **The Google Images filters.** Size, type, color and time, as in the toolbar.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `queries` | Search terms, one per line. Required. |
| `country` | Two-letter country code, default `us`. |
| `language` | Two-letter language code, default `en`. |
| `maxImagesPerQuery` | 1-100 (default 50). Google serves up to about 100 images per search. |
| `size` | `any`, `large`, `medium`, `icon`. |
| `type` | `any`, `photo`, `clipart`, `lineart`, `face`, `animated`. |
| `color` | `any`, `color`, `gray`, `transparent`, or a color name. |
| `time` | `any`, `day`, `week`, `month`, `year`. |
| `maxConcurrency` | Queries searched at the same time, 1-10 (default 3). |

### Output

One record per image:

| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| `query`, `country`, `language`, `filters` | What was searched and with which filters |
| `position` | Rank of the image among the query's images (1 = first) |
| `title` | The title Google shows for the image |
| `imageUrl`, `width`, `height` | The original image and its size in pixels |
| `thumbnailUrl` | Google's small preview |
| `sourcePageUrl`, `sourcePageResolved`, `sourceDomain` | The page the image appears on and its domain |
| `fileSize`, `publishedText` | File size and, for recent images, the age text, when Google shows them |
| `status`, `error`, `scrapedAt` | `OK`, or `NO_RESULTS` / `FAILED` for a query that gave nothing (free), and when it was collected |

### Good to know

- Google's own limit is about 100 images per search; use several related queries or filters for more.
- Image links belong to the sites that host them; check the source page for usage rights before reusing a picture.
- Google sometimes asks for a verification instead of results. The Actor does not try to get around it: that query gets one free `FAILED` record, run it again later.

Found a problem or need a field? Open an issue on the Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Search terms, one per line. Each is searched on Google Images and every image becomes one record.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code for the results (Google's gl parameter): us, gb, de, fr, in, br ...

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code (Google's hl parameter): en, de, fr, es, pt ...

## `maxImagesPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many images to return per query (1-100). Google serves up to about 100 images per search.

## `size` (type: `string`):

Only images of this size: large (about 500 px and up), medium or icon.

## `type` (type: `string`):

Only this kind of image.

## `color` (type: `string`):

Only images in this color.

## `time` (type: `string`):

Only images Google found within this period.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Set automatically; leave it as it is. Proxy use is included in the price per image. Another proxy setting is replaced at run time.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many queries to search at the same time (1-10).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "golden retriever",
    "eiffel tower"
  ],
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxImagesPerQuery": 50,
  "size": "any",
  "type": "any",
  "color": "any",
  "time": "any",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "GOOGLE_SERP"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Every result as a JSON record, with a status for each input.

## `resultsCsv` (type: `string`):

The same records as CSV, for a spreadsheet.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "golden retriever",
        "eiffel tower"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "GOOGLE_SERP"
        ]
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("highbrow_fame/google-images-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "queries": [
        "golden retriever",
        "eiffel tower",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["GOOGLE_SERP"],
    },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("highbrow_fame/google-images-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "golden retriever",
    "eiffel tower"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "GOOGLE_SERP"
    ]
  }
}' |
apify call highbrow_fame/google-images-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,highbrow_fame/google-images-api"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/vy9coi6V2dcjPDMAd/builds/iN4i0h2YTf2GbMckD/openapi.json