# Autocomplete Keyword Scraper: Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing (`honestdata/autocomplete-keywords`) Actor

Search suggestions from Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing and DuckDuckGo in one run, deduplicated, with how many engines agree. Not search volume.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/honestdata/autocomplete-keywords.md
- **Developed by:** [Honest Data](https://apify.com/honestdata) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 suggestions

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

### What does Autocomplete Keyword Scraper: Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing do?

**In short:** Returns deduplicated autocomplete suggestions for each seed keyword from Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing and DuckDuckGo, each with an `engineCount` showing how many engines offered it, for $0.001 per unique suggestion plus a $0.00005 start fee. Optional a-z expansion finds many more; **Only new since the last run** bills no suggestions when none is new. A suggestion is what people type, not search volume.

Use it for keyword research, SEO and content ideas, YouTube topic research and Amazon listing keywords: type a seed phrase, get what each search box completes it to, merged into one list. Each row says which engines offered the suggestion, so you can see which ideas are shared and which only one platform shows. Amazon suggestions are for the US marketplace; Google and YouTube follow the language you set. Every engine is asked from US IP addresses by default, so suggestions are US-localised unless you pick another proxy country.

### What you get

Sample output (a real row from a test run, trimmed):

```json
{
  "query": "standing desk",
  "suggestion": "standing desk converter",
  "engines": ["google", "amazon", "bing", "duckduckgo"],
  "engineCount": 4,
  "bestRank": 2,
  "askedFor": "standing desk",
  "startsWithSeed": true,
  "note": "Autocomplete suggestion, not search volume."
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `suggestion` | The suggested phrase (the first engine's spelling and case). |
| `query` | The seed phrase it came from. |
| `engines`, `engineCount` | Which engines offered it, and how many. |
| `bestRank` | Best position (1 = first) in any engine's list for the prompt where it appeared. |
| `askedFor` | What was typed into the box: the seed, or the seed plus a letter with a-z expansion. |
| `startsWithSeed` | False for related rewordings. |
| `note` | A reminder that this is not search volume. |

Free rows (`delivered: false`) explain themselves with `missReason`: `engine_unavailable` (an engine kept refusing after retries; the other engines' results are still delivered) `engine_partial` (an engine answered only some of the a-z requests, so its share in `engines` and `engineCount` may be too low) or `no_suggestions` (no engine had anything for the phrase). An engine that answers with an empty list is not an error.

### How to use it

1. Enter your seed phrases in the input (one per line).
2. Choose the engines (Google, YouTube, Amazon, Bing and DuckDuckGo; the first four by default), a language for Google and YouTube, and whether to expand with a-z.
3. Set **Max suggestions per phrase** if you want fewer.
4. Click **Start**. Results appear in the Overview tab; export to CSV, JSON or Excel, or use the API.
5. **For monitoring:** schedule it weekly with **Only new since the last run** on. Each run returns and bills only suggestions you haven't seen for that input.

### How much does it cost?

**$0.001 per unique suggestion** delivered, so **1,000 suggestions
cost $1.00**. Engines that fail are listed free, with the reason. There's also a tiny start fee
of $0.00005 per run. Apify's free plan includes $5 of monthly credit.

### Input

See the **Input** tab. Choose the engines, a language, and whether to expand each seed with a-z.

### Tips

- **Read agreement carefully.** With a-z expansion, every engine completes `seed a`, `seed b` ... in a similar way, so many suggestions show 4 or 5 engines almost by construction (and when you cap results, the most-agreed suggestions are kept first). Rank and agreement are most meaningful for the plain seed.
- **Not volume.** Autocomplete reflects what people tend to type, shaped by each engine's own ranking. It is a source of ideas, not a measure of demand.
- **Cap before you expand.** a-z expansion asks 27 times per engine per seed; set **Max suggestions per phrase** so you pay only for what you want. The cap applies before the "only new" filter, so on a schedule the cap decides which suggestions are ever considered.
- **Scheduling.** Run weekly with **Only new since the last run** to see newly appearing suggestions for your topics.

### FAQ

**Can I use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?** Yes, through Apify's MCP server:
`https://mcp.apify.com?tools=honestdata/autocomplete-keywords`.

**Is it legal?** It collects publicly available data. You are responsible for how you use it;
check the site's terms and your local laws.

**Something broke?** Open an issue on the **Issues** tab. We test every tool every morning and
answer fast.

### More from Honest Data

- [Google Trends Scraper: 200 Keywords on One Scale](https://apify.com/honestdata/google-trends-one-scale)
- [AliExpress Scraper: Real Prices, Ads Flagged](https://apify.com/honestdata/aliexpress-product-search)
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/honestdata/youtube-transcript-scraper)
- [Product Demand Radar](https://apify.com/honestdata/product-demand-radar)

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# Actor input Schema

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

Phrases to get suggestions for, one per line, for example 'standing desk'. Each unique suggestion is one result.

## `engines` (type: `array`):

Which search boxes to ask. Each suggestion lists the engines that offered it. Amazon uses the US marketplace.

## `expandAlphabet` (type: `boolean`):

Also ask for the phrase followed by each letter a-z ('standing desk a', 'standing desk b' ...) to find many more suggestions. You get more results, so set Max suggestions per phrase.

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

Language code for Google and YouTube suggestions, for example en, de, es. Amazon, Bing and DuckDuckGo use their default.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many unique suggestions for each phrase (suggestions offered by the most engines come first).

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

For schedules: return (and pay for) only suggestions this input hasn't returned before, so a weekly run shows new search ideas. The memory is kept per input in a key-value store in your account.

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

Plain Apify Proxy (the default) starts on cheap datacenter IPs and moves to residential only when the site refuses.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "standing desk"
  ],
  "engines": [
    "google",
    "youtube",
    "amazon",
    "bing"
  ],
  "expandAlphabet": false,
  "language": "en",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

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

No description

# 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": [
        "standing desk"
    ],
    "engines": [
        "google",
        "youtube",
        "amazon",
        "bing"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("honestdata/autocomplete-keywords").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": ["standing desk"],
    "engines": [
        "google",
        "youtube",
        "amazon",
        "bing",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("honestdata/autocomplete-keywords").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": [
    "standing desk"
  ],
  "engines": [
    "google",
    "youtube",
    "amazon",
    "bing"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call honestdata/autocomplete-keywords --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,honestdata/autocomplete-keywords"
        }
    }
}
```

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/ueScRwvbKvaN4M5sQ/builds/J2Nxky2G5ogsZUApT/openapi.json