# Google Keyword Suggestions Scraper (`leorochasantos/keyword-volume`) Actor

A scraper for Google's public autocomplete keyword data: expand seed keywords into ordered suggestions, each carrying Google's relevance weight, suggestion type and a ready search URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/leorochasantos/keyword-volume.md
- **Developed by:** [Leonardo Santos](https://apify.com/leorochasantos) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $12.35 / 1,000 keyword rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Google Keyword Suggestions Scraper

Expand seed keywords into Google's public autocomplete suggestions — ordered the
way Google orders them — and profile specific keywords with their suggestion
neighborhood. Every row is flat, typed and null-safe for SEO research, content
planning, spreadsheets and pipelines.

### Why this actor?

- Two buyer-shaped modes: expand seeds into keyword ideas, or profile a keyword list.
- One flat row per keyword: the keyword text, Google's own ordering position and
  relevance weight, the suggestion type, and a ready Google search URL.
- Hard local result limits keep delivery and spend bounded.
- Invalid input, a keyword with no suggestions, and blocked/5xx/timeout fetches
  are free error rows.
- Public suggest endpoint only: no login, no cookies, no challenge bypass.

### Input

```json
{"mode":"keyword","keywords":["web scraping","keyword research"],"maxResults":100}
```

For keyword profiles, set `mode` to `detail`:

```json
{"mode":"detail","keywords":["web scraping","keyword research"]}
```

| Input | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `mode` | `keyword` (expand seeds into suggestions) or `detail` (profile specific keywords). |
| `keywords` | Seeds to expand (up to 20) or keywords to profile (up to 50); trimmed, deduplicated, capped. One suggest request per keyword. |
| `maxResults` | Hard local cap on delivered rows and charges in `keyword` mode (1–1000). |
| `language` | Language code for the query (`hl`), e.g. `en`, `de`, `pt-BR`. |
| `country` | Country code for the query (`gl`), e.g. `us`, `gb`, `br`. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Proxy for the requests; datacenter is the validated default. |

### Output

One `keyword`-mode row:

```json
{"mode":"keyword","input":"web scraping","keyword":"web scraping meaning","seed":"web scraping","kind":"suggestion","position":0,"suggest_relevance":1250,"suggest_type":"QUERY","suggest_subtypes":[512],"verbatim_relevance":null,"language":"en","country":"us","url":"https://www.google.com/search?q=web%20scraping%20meaning","related":[],"error":null,"scraped_at":"2026-09-11T10:11:03.240Z"}
```

One `detail`-mode row (the `related` list is truncated here; the field carries
Google's full ordered suggestion list for the keyword):

```json
{"mode":"detail","input":"web scraping","keyword":"web scraping","seed":"web scraping","kind":"detail","position":null,"suggest_relevance":null,"suggest_type":null,"suggest_subtypes":[],"verbatim_relevance":1300,"language":"en","country":"us","url":"https://www.google.com/search?q=web%20scraping","related":[{"keyword":"web scraping meaning","position":0,"relevance":1250,"suggest_type":"QUERY"},{"keyword":"web scraping python","position":1,"relevance":950,"suggest_type":"QUERY"}],"error":null,"scraped_at":"2026-09-11T10:11:03.240Z"}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `mode` | Which mode produced the row: `keyword` or `detail`. |
| `input` | The seed keyword (keyword mode) or profiled keyword (detail mode) this row came from. |
| `keyword` | The delivered keyword: a suggestion in keyword mode, the profiled keyword in detail mode. |
| `seed` | The seed keyword this row was suggested for. |
| `kind` | `suggestion` (keyword mode) or `detail` (detail mode). |
| `position` | 0-based rank in Google's suggestion list, `keyword` mode only. |
| `suggest_relevance` | Google's own ordering weight for this suggestion (`google:suggestrelevance`); null when Google omits it. |
| `suggest_type` | Google's suggestion type, e.g. `QUERY`. |
| `suggest_subtypes` | Raw `google:suggestsubtypes` codes for the suggestion. |
| `verbatim_relevance` | `detail` mode only: `google:verbatimrelevance` for the keyword itself. |
| `language` | `hl` request parameter used for this row. |
| `country` | `gl` request parameter used for this row. |
| `url` | Canonical Google search URL for the keyword. |
| `related` | `detail` mode only: Google's ordered suggestions for the keyword; `[]` in keyword mode. |
| `error` | Free per-keyword error message; null on keyword rows. |
| `scraped_at` | Extraction timestamp. |

### Pricing

Pay per event, and **the platform usage is on us** — the price you see is the price you pay, with no compute bill on top.

| Event | Price | What one charge buys |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword row | **$0.019** | One delivered keyword row: an ordered suggestion in keyword mode, or a keyword profile in detail mode. Invalid or empty input, a keyword with no suggestions, and any blocked, 5xx or timed-out fetch are free error rows and are never charged. |
| Actor Start | **$0.002** | One run, whatever it returns. |

Higher Apify subscription tiers pay less on every event (Silver −20%, Gold −35%).

### Proxy

Requests use the Apify proxy configured in `proxyConfiguration`. The validated
default is datacenter. This actor does not bypass challenges, log in, or read
private pages.

### Use cases

- Grow a seed term into long-tail keyword ideas, in Google's own order.
- Profile an existing keyword list with Google's suggestion neighborhood.
- Export keyword ideas with positions and weights for scoring in a spreadsheet.
- Refresh keyword research for a niche on a schedule (task runs).

### FAQ

**Does this return absolute search volume?** No — Google's public autocomplete
surface does not expose absolute volume, and no number here is invented. Each
row carries Google's own ordering position and relevance weight (`suggest_relevance`),
which are the signals Google uses to rank suggestions. Any actor that claims
absolute volume from this surface is estimating, not measuring.

**Do I need a Google account?** No. Only the public suggest endpoint is read.

**Why is `position` empty in `detail` rows?** `position` belongs to a
suggestion inside a list; detail rows carry the list itself in `related`.

**Why do some rows have a null `suggest_relevance`?** Google omits the weight
for some queries and regions; the key is always present, the value may be null.

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Google.

# Actor input Schema

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

keyword: expand each seed keyword into Google's ordered autocomplete suggestions. detail: profile specific keywords with Google's suggestions and relevance figure.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Seed keywords. keyword mode takes up to 20; detail mode takes up to 50. Entries are trimmed, deduplicated, and capped. One autocomplete request is made per keyword.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard local limit on delivered suggestion rows and charges in keyword mode. Error rows are free and never count.

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

Language code for the autocomplete query, e.g. en, de, pt-BR. Bounded to 2-3 letters with an optional region suffix.

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

Country code for the autocomplete query, e.g. us, gb, br.

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

Proxy for the Google Suggest requests. Datacenter is the validated default; a residential tier is for targets that refuse datacenter traffic.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "keyword",
  "keywords": [
    "web scraping",
    "keyword research"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "web scraping",
        "keyword research"
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "us",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("leorochasantos/keyword-volume").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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "web scraping",
        "keyword research",
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "us",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("leorochasantos/keyword-volume").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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "web scraping",
    "keyword research"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "country": "us",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call leorochasantos/keyword-volume --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/UA1QeLWO65jW3594z/builds/TE2dpxA9SXm6cs52p/openapi.json