Google Images Scraper — Tiles, Thumbnails, URLs

What does Google Images Scraper do?

Scrape Google Images at scale with full filter support — size, colour, type, licence, time range. Each image tile is pushed as its own dataset record.

Why use Google Images Scraper?

• Full Google Images filter set. Size, colour, type, licence, time — everything the web UI exposes.
• Direct original + thumbnail URLs. No more clicking-through to grab the real image.
• 200+ country domains + safe. Local rankings, safe-search control.
• Pagination. Up to 10 pages — stops early when Google runs out.
• Stream-friendly output. Each image as its own record — ML pipeline friendly.

What data can Google Images Scraper extract?

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Image alt text / caption
original	string	Full-resolution image URL
thumbnail	string	Small thumbnail URL
source	string	Host website
link	string	Source page URL
width / height	number	Image dimensions
position	number	Rank within the page

How to scrape Google Images

1. Click Try for free.
2. Enter your query in q.
3. Optional: set imgsz (size), imgcolor (colour), imgtype (type), safe.
4. For licence / time filtering, use the tbs free-form string (Google's filter syntax).
5. Set max_pages — each page is ≈ 100 images.
6. Click Start — images stream into the dataset.

How much will it cost?

$0.0015 per image (≈ $1.50 per 1,000 images). One call per page; pages return ≈ 100 images each. A 3-page run pushes ~300 images for $0.45.

Competitor benchmark

Actor	Author	Price	Notes
hooli/google-images-scraper	hooli	$1.90-$3.50 / 1k (tier-gated)	Gold tier required for lowest price
apify/google-search-scraper	Apify	~$1.80 / 1k pages	Images as SERP block, not dedicated
scrape-badger/google-images-scraper	ScrapeBadger	$1.50 / 1k images	Flat, no tier gating

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab above, or pass a JSON object matching the fields below when calling the Actor via the Apify API.

Field	Required	Description
q	✅	Search query.
gl / hl	—	Country + language.
imgsz	—	l / m / i / icon — Google's size enum.
imgcolor	—	red, blue, transparent, etc.
imgtype	—	face, photo, clipart, lineart, animated.
safe	—	off / medium / high.
tbs	—	Free-form Google filter string (licence, time).
max_pages	—	1-10, default 3.

Output

Every successful run streams records into the run's dataset. Download as JSON, CSV, XML, Excel, or HTML from the Dataset tab; consume programmatically via the Apify API or webhooks.

Example record:

{
  "title": "Golden retriever puppy",
  "original": "https://example.com/puppy.jpg",
  "thumbnail": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:\u2026",
  "source": "example.com",
  "link": "https://example.com/puppies-article",
  "width": 1920,
  "height": 1080,
  "position": 1
}

Tips / Advanced options

• Always check the original URL is hot-linkable. Some sources block direct access. Test with a HEAD request before bulk-downloading.
• For licence-safe images. Use tbs=il:cl (Creative Commons only) — safer for commercial use.
• Use imgsz: l for ML training data. Guaranteed ≥ 1 MP — avoids low-res thumbnails polluting your dataset.
• Dedupe by original. Google occasionally returns the same image from multiple source pages.

FAQ, Disclaimers, Support

Can I download the images?

This actor returns URLs only. Use a separate Apify actor or a script to download — we keep actor runtime lean.

What's tbs?

Google's free-form filter string. il:cl for Creative Commons, qdr:w for past week. See Google's docs.

Can I search by image (reverse)?

Yes — use google-lens-scraper instead. This actor is text-search only.

Why fewer images than max_pages × 100?

Google sometimes returns fewer per page; the actor stops early when no more pages.

Disclaimer

This Actor scrapes public Google data only. You're responsible for compliance with Google's Terms of Service and any applicable data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) in your jurisdiction. ScrapeBadger does not store the scraped results — they are delivered directly to your Apify dataset.

Support

Something not working? Open a ticket in the Issues tab above — we triage within one business day. Full API reference: docs.scrapebadger.com.

Related Actors

• google-lens-scraper — Reverse image search (visual matches)
• google-search-scraper — SERP with inline Images block

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