# Keyword Suggestions Scraper (`searchapi/keyword-suggestions-scraper`) Actor

Scrape keyword suggestions and autocomplete data from multiple search engines and e-commerce platforms including Google, Amazon, YouTube, Pinterest, and more. Perfect for SEO research and content optimization.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/searchapi/keyword-suggestions-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Search API](https://apify.com/searchapi) (community)
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## Pricing

from $1.99 / 1,000 search results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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?

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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

## Keyword Suggestions Scraper

Collect public autocomplete suggestions from Google, Bing, Yahoo, Amazon, Etsy, YouTube, Pinterest, and Wikipedia. The Actor accepts the values a user would enter in those services rather than requiring result-page URLs.

### Input

```json
{
  "keywords": ["software", "ai tools"],
  "platforms": ["google", "bing", "etsy", "pinterest", "wiki"],
  "language": "en",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "useApifyProxy": false
}
```

- keywords is required and supports 1–100 unique, non-empty values.
- maxItems applies independently to every keyword/platform pair.
- Custom proxyUrls take precedence over Apify Proxy. A stable proxy session is reused for API calls and browser fallbacks.
- Etsy and Pinterest use their public API when available and fall back to the visible autocomplete/refinement UI.

### Output

The dataset contains only successful, source-backed records:

```json
{
  "id": "2a768334b7b084cb18aa02e2",
  "keyword": "software",
  "platform": "google",
  "suggestions": ["software engineer", "software developer"],
  "suggestionCount": 2,
  "language": "en",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "source": "google.com",
  "extractionMethod": "api",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-30T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

The OUTPUT key-value record reports each requested source as success, empty, blocked, unavailable, temporary\_error, timeout, invalid\_response, or failed. Diagnostics never enter the result dataset.

### Current source limitation

Answers.com has removed its former public search/autocomplete surface. The answers choice remains for backward compatibility and is reported as unavailable without substituting another service or fabricating suggestions. Runs with other successful platforms complete with limitations.

Autocomplete results are time- and location-sensitive research signals, not search-volume measurements. Use small batches and only proxies you are authorized to use.

# Actor input Schema

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

One to 100 keywords to enter into each selected public autocomplete surface.

## `platforms` (type: `array`):

Public autocomplete sources to query. Answers is retained for compatibility but its former suggestion surface is currently unavailable.

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

Language code sent to sources that support locale selection.

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

Two-letter country code sent to sources that support market selection.

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

Maximum suggestions retained for every keyword/platform pair.

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

Maximum keyword/platform requests processed at once.

## `maxRequestRetries` (type: `integer`):

Retries for temporary network, rate-limit, and server failures.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Timeout in seconds for each API or browser operation.

## `useApifyProxy` (type: `boolean`):

Route requests through an authorized Apify Proxy session.

## `proxyGroups` (type: `array`):

Optional Apify Proxy groups. Used only when Apify Proxy is enabled.

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

Optional two-letter Apify Proxy country code.

## `proxyUrls` (type: `array`):

Authorized HTTP(S) proxy URLs. These take precedence over Apify Proxy.

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Enable additional non-sensitive diagnostics.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "software"
  ],
  "platforms": [
    "google",
    "bing",
    "yahoo",
    "amazon",
    "etsy",
    "youtube",
    "pinterest",
    "wiki",
    "answers"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "countryCode": "US",
  "maxItems": 20,
  "maxConcurrency": 3,
  "maxRequestRetries": 2,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 30,
  "useApifyProxy": false,
  "debug": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `runSummary` (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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("searchapi/keyword-suggestions-scraper").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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("searchapi/keyword-suggestions-scraper").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 '{}' |
apify call searchapi/keyword-suggestions-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/PIhkxYci7u9x6Ev4k/builds/0bhU5SB7wUzsOESnJ/openapi.json