Google Images (up to 30k)

Extract full-size image URLs from Google with or without related images.

Features

• Full-size image URLs, not encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com thumbnails
• Related images Automatically opens the related images page for every found image, massively expanding your results (up to 30k in my testing)
• Structured output Clean JSON with image URL, source page, title, and relationships
• Simple limits: just state the amount you need, only get charged for a unique result (null does not count)

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
search_query	string	Yes		Search term for Google Images
max_results	integer	No	200	Maximum total images to collect
get_related_images	boolean	No	true	Follow visually similar image links to expand results (up to 30k)

Example input

{
  "search_query": "cat",
  "max_results": 500,
  "get_related_images": true
}

How it works

1. Searches Google Images for your query and extracts all image URLs from the initial results (~450 images)
2. For each found image, follows its "related images" link to discover visually similar images
3. This typically yields up to 30,000 unique images from a single search query, depending on how many related images are available

Data quality

Only images with their original resolved URL are included. Duplicates or null do not count as a result.

Estimated run times

Actual run times using the keyword "cat". Your times may vary depending on the query and number of available results.

Mode	Images	Time
Without related images	438	0m 32s
With related images	29,870	48m 33s

Output

Each result contains:

Field	Description
image_url	Full-size image URL (the actual image, not thumbnail)
thumbnail_url	Google's thumbnail URL
width	Image width in pixels
height	Image height in pixels
page_url	URL of the webpage containing the image
title	Image title/alt text
related_link	Google link to visually similar images
search_query	The search term used
depth_level	0 = main results, 1 = from related images

Example output

[
  {
    "image_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/example.jpg",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...",
    "width": 1920,
    "height": 1080,
    "page_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example",
    "title": "Example cat photo",
    "related_link": "https://www.google.com/search?tbs=rimg:...",
    "search_query": "cat",
    "depth_level": 0
  },
  {
    "image_url": "https://example.com/similar-cat.jpg",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:...",
    "width": 1600,
    "height": 900,
    "page_url": "https://example.com/gallery",
    "title": "Similar cat photo",
    "related_link": "https://www.google.com/search?tbs=rimg:...",
    "search_query": "cat",
    "depth_level": 1
  }
]

Pricing

$2.50 per 1,000 results (pay-per-result model)

You only pay for the images you actually receive. Apify's free tier provides $5 monthly credits to get started.

Limitations

• Google may rate-limit requests for very high volumes aborting the request early
• Platform migrations: If Apify migrates the run to a different server, the actor will stop and save all results collected so far. This actor cannot resume after migration because it relies on browser state that cannot be serialized. It will restart.

Support

Something not working as expected? Message me in the Issues tab and I'll look into it as quickly as possible. I'm a solo dev, so don't hesitate to reach out with any other questions.

• Thodor

P.S. If everything works well, please leave a review! And if it doesn't, you don't know me!