Gemini Search Scraper

Gemini Search Scraper collects what Google Gemini answers to a search query, without login. Give it a list of queries (best electric cars of 2026, Notion vs Obsidian, best running shoes for beginners) and get back, for each one, the full answer, every source Gemini searched and cited (URL, title, domain, position), the citations sentence by sentence (which source backs which part of the answer, with character offsets), the products Gemini shows for shopping queries (price, store, rating, Google Shopping link), follow-up suggestions, model version, country and date. One clean row per query, ready for a spreadsheet, a dashboard or an AI pipeline.

US$ 0.04 per answer. No monthly fee, no start fee. Error rows are free.

At a glance

• Price per answer: US$ 0.04 (US$ 40 per 1,000), no run start fee
• Engine: Google Gemini with web search, logged-out
• Sources: Every searched or cited URL with position, title, domain and site name, flagged citedInAnswer
• Citations: Each cited sentence with its text, startIndex / endIndex in the answer and the sources behind it
• Products: For shopping queries, each product card with title, brand, store, price and currency, rating, review count, image and Google Shopping link
• Location: Ask from any country with a 2-letter code (US, GB, DE, BR, JP...); answers and sources change by country
• Brand check (optional): Mentioned or not, mention count, rank, cited as a source, same price
• Error rows: Free, with an errorCode

What it fixes

• Price. A Gemini answer with its sources costs US$ 0.04 here, with no start fee and no charge for errors.
• Inputs that just work. Country and language are free text: US, us, Japan, en-GB and pt-BR all work, and an unknown value falls back to US with a log line instead of failing the run.
• Citations you can use. Sources come de-duplicated, with tracking parameters and #:~:text= fragments removed, and each one says whether Gemini actually cited it in the answer or only searched it.
• No dead links. Gemini's answer points product mentions and images to internal app links that do not open outside Gemini; here product links are replaced with their Google Shopping link, internal placeholders are removed, and citation offsets match the cleaned answer.
• Two answer formats. answer keeps Gemini's Markdown (headings, lists, inline links); answerText is the same answer as plain text for spreadsheets and NLP.
• Clear failures. A query that could not be answered becomes a free error row with a reason, so you never pay for an empty result.

Switching from another Gemini search actor? Your existing input works

The input names used by other Gemini and AI search actors are accepted as they are, so you can paste your current input:

You send	Read as
queries, prompts, searchQueries, questions, query, prompt, keywords, searchTerms	Search queries (a list or a single string)
country, countryCode, location, proxyCountry, gl	Country (code or name)
language, languageCode, lang, hl	Interface language

Each output row carries both query and prompt, so downstream code written for either name keeps working.

One real row

Query What are the best electric cars of 2026?, country US (collected in the Apify cloud on 2026-10-09; answer and lists shortened here):

{
  "type": "answer",
  "query": "What are the best electric cars of 2026?",
  "answer": "The automotive market features an impressive lineup of electric vehicles spanning various categories, from affordable daily drivers to high-performance sports cars and spacious family SUVs. \n\n### Best Electric Sedans and Hatchbacks\n* **[Tesla Model 3](https://www.edmunds.com/electric-car/)**: Continues to be a top recommendation ...",
  "answerText": "The automotive market features an impressive lineup of electric vehicles spanning various categories, from affordable daily drivers to high-performance sports cars and spacious family SUVs. \n\nBest Electric Sedans and Hatchbacks\n- Tesla Model 3: Continues to be a top recommendation ...",
  "answerLength": 2468,
  "sourceCount": 8,
  "citedSourceCount": 7,
  "sources": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1uz0izi/the_10_bestselling_evs_of_2026_so_far_in_the_us/",
      "title": "The 10 best-selling EVs of 2026 so far in the U.S. (Car & Driver)",
      "domain": "reddit.com",
      "citedInAnswer": false,
      "siteName": null
    },
    {
      "position": 2,
      "url": "https://www.carwow.co.uk/electric-cars",
      "title": "Best Electric Cars 2026 | EVs to Consider & Avoid - Carwow",
      "domain": "carwow.co.uk",
      "citedInAnswer": true,
      "siteName": "Carwow"
    },
    {
      "...": "6 more"
    }
  ],
  "citedDomains": [
    "carwow.co.uk",
    "roadandtrack.com",
    "caranddriver.com",
    "edmunds.com",
    "insideevs.com",
    "kbb.com"
  ],
  "citationCount": 8,
  "citations": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "text": "The automotive market features an impressive lineup of electric vehicles spanning various categories, from affordable daily drivers to high-performance sports cars and spacious family SUVs.",
      "startIndex": 0,
      "endIndex": 189,
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.edmunds.com/electric-car/",
          "title": "Best Electric Cars of 2026 and 2027 - Expert Reviews and Rankings",
          "domain": "edmunds.com",
          "siteName": "Edmunds",
          "snippet": "Luxury electric cars tend to cost a lot more than mainstream models, but you also get a lot more, typically including sports-car acceleration and the latest in..."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "...": "7 more"
    }
  ],
  "searchResultCount": 7,
  "webSearchUsed": true,
  "productCount": 0,
  "products": [],
  "followUpSuggestions": [],
  "model": "Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite",
  "answerLanguage": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "geminiLocation": "New York, NY, USA",
  "responseSeconds": 6.3,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T02:29:01Z"
}

For a shopping query (best budget noise cancelling headphones, same run) the row also carries the product cards Gemini showed, one entry per product:

{
  "productCount": 6,
  "products": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "JLab JBuds Lux ANC Over-Ear Headphones",
      "brand": "JLab",
      "merchant": "Best Buy",
      "price": "$39.99",
      "priceValue": 39.99,
      "currency": "USD",
      "rating": 4.6,
      "reviewCount": 7250,
      "productId": "8139787361734834398",
      "googleShoppingUrl": "https://google.com/search?q=JLab+JBuds+Lux+ANC+Over-Ear+Headphones&prds=...&ibp=oshop",
      "imageUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=...",
      "description": "...",
      "mentionedInAnswer": true
    },
    {
      "...": "5 more"
    }
  ]
}

What you can do with it

• AI search monitoring: see which pages Gemini searches and cites for the queries that matter in your market, by country.
• GEO / AEO research: find the domains Gemini trusts in a category, and where your content needs to earn coverage.
• Product research: which products, prices and stores Gemini recommends for "best X" shopping queries, by country.
• Content and SEO research: compare Gemini's answer and sources with the classic search results for the same query.
• Datasets for analysis: build a dated record of AI answers and citations, and track how they change run after run.

Input

Field	What it does
queries	Search queries, up to 300 characters each
country	Where the queries are asked from (IP location). Default US
language	Interface language. Empty follows the country
brands	Optional: brands or domains to check in each answer (Tesla | tesla.com)

{
  "queries": ["What are the best electric cars of 2026?", "Notion vs Obsidian for personal notes"],
  "country": "US"
}

With no input at all, the Actor runs one example query, so a test run always returns data.

This Actor is built for search queries. Content generation requests (write, generate, translate, code...) and queries over 300 characters are returned as free INVALID_INPUT rows. Queries are asked one at a time, in a fresh chat each.

Output fields

query and prompt (same value), answer (Markdown), answerText (plain text), answerLength, sourceCount, citedSourceCount, sources (position, url, title, domain, siteName, citedInAnswer), citedDomains, allDomains, citationCount, citations (position, text, startIndex, endIndex, sources with snippet), searchResultCount, webSearchUsed, productCount, products (position, title, brand, merchant, price, priceValue, currency, rating, reviewCount, productId, googleShoppingUrl, imageUrl, description, mentionedInAnswer), followUpSuggestions, model, answerLanguage, country, language, geminiLocation (the location Gemini inferred from the IP), responseSeconds, scrapedAt.

When you pass brands, each row also has brands (brand, mentioned, mentionCount, firstMentionOffset, firstMentionRank, cited, citationPosition), brandsMentioned and brandsCited.

Error codes (never charged)

errorCode	Meaning
INVALID_INPUT	Query over 300 characters, or a content generation request
BLOCKED	Gemini did not answer after retries from fresh IPs; run again
NOT_REACHED, UNEXPECTED	The run timeout arrived, or something unforeseen broke; only that query is lost

Pricing

Event	Price
Gemini answer delivered	US$ 0.04

100 queries cost US$ 4. Error rows are free, and there is no Apify compute or proxy bill on top.

Limitations

• Answers are what a logged-out visitor sees on Gemini. AI answers vary from one run to the next; compare several runs before drawing conclusions.
• Queries run one at a time with a short pause, about 8 to 12 seconds each.
• If Gemini ever shows a challenge (captcha) to logged-out visitors, the Actor does not try to solve it: the query becomes a free BLOCKED row.
• This Actor reads public answers only and respects the sites' terms.

FAQ

Do I need a Google account, an API key or cookies? No. Queries are asked logged-out, as a visitor sees Gemini, through the Apify proxy.

What does a run cost? US$ 0.04 per answer delivered, with no start fee. 100 queries cost US$ 4. Error rows are free, and there is no Apify compute or proxy bill on top.

How do I get the products Gemini recommends? For shopping queries, each row carries products with title, brand, merchant, price, rating, reviewCount and googleShoppingUrl. Queries that show no product cards return an empty products list.

Can I check whether my brand is mentioned or cited? Yes. Add it to brands as a name, a domain or both (Tesla | tesla.com). Each row then also has brands, brandsMentioned and brandsCited, at the same price.

Can I ask from another country? Yes. Set country to a 2-letter code (US, GB, DE, BR, JP...) or a country name. Answers and cited sources change by country.

What are the limits? Queries run one at a time, about 8 to 12 seconds each, up to 300 characters each. Content generation requests come back as free INVALID_INPUT rows, and a captcha is never solved: that query becomes a free BLOCKED row.

Changelog

• 2026-10-17: FAQ in this page.
• 2026-10-09, 0.1: first release. Gemini answers with searched and cited sources, sentence-level citations with offsets, product cards, follow-up suggestions, any country, optional brand check, input names of other Gemini search actors accepted, free error rows.