# Google Autocomplete API

Quickly harness keyword suggestions from Google utilizing our SERP Scraping API.

To activate this tailored capability, append the `engine=google_autocomplete` parameter to your request.

The Google Autocomplete API specializes in rapidly extracting real-time keyword suggestions directly from Google. This makes it an invaluable asset, especially for ventures centered around SEO and Marketing. Engaging with this engine is a breeze - all it necessitates is the inclusion of the `q` parameter to pinpoint your target keyword.

### Google Autocomplete API Integration Examples

We will use following URL as an example for this request:

```
https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=freecod
```

### Ready to Use Google Autocomplete Scraping Scripts:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --request GET --url "https://sserp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const http = require("https");

const options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "serp.shifter.io",
  "port": null,
  "path": "/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod",
  "headers": {}
};

const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  const chunks = [];

  res.on("data", function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });

  res.on("end", function () {
    const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});

req.end();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("serp.shifter.io")

conn.request("GET", "/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod")

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod")
  .asString();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}

```vbnet
var client = new RestClient("https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Google Autocomplete Parameters

#### #1: Query Parameter

<table><thead><tr><th width="187">Parameter</th><th width="107" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>q</code><br> <mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">Required</mark> </td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The keywords that you are searching for on Google (the query).</td></tr></tbody></table>

To access this API, your GET request should be sent to the following address:

```
https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=<KEYWORD>
```

<details>

<summary>Response Example</summary>

```javascript
{
  "search_parameters": {
    "google_autocomplete_url": "https://www.google.com/",
    "engine": "google_autocomplete",
    "google_domain": "google.com",
    "device": "desktop",
    "query": "freecod"
  },
  "search_information": {
    "autocomplete_results_state": "Showing completion results."
  },
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp python"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp javascript"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp review"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp java"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp vs codecademy"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp c++"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp certificate"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp react"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp sql"
    }
  ]
}
```

</details>