# Google Search Scraper — SERP Results & Web Search API (`nexgendata/google-cse-replacement`) Actor

Drop-in replacement for Google Custom Search JSON API's "Search entire web" mode (killed Jan 1, 2027). Queries Google SERP directly, returns CSE-compatible JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/google-cse-replacement.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 15 total users, 3 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$20.00 / 1,000 web search query (cse-compatible)s

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Search Scraper

SERP Results & Web Search API

**CSE replacement:** a Google Custom Search Engine substitute for programmatic SERP.

### 📊 What you get

Clean JSON output (6 fields):

- `query` — Query
- `position` — Position
- `title` — Title
- `url` — Url
- `snippet` — Snippet
- `source` — Source

**Pricing:** $0.020 per result (Pay-Per-Event) — about **50 results per $1**.

### 🤖 Use with AI agents

Point Claude, the OpenAI Agents SDK, an n8n flow or any MCP-aware client at it.

**Sample agent prompt:**

```
Run Google Search Scraper on my input and return the structured results.
```

**Agentic payments (x402):** Supports agentic payment via x402 — call this actor with USDC, no API key required.

### 🔗 Related tools — Search & SERP tools

[Google SERP Scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/google-search-scraper) · [SERP Rank Tracker](https://apify.com/nexgendata/serp-rank-tracker-lite)

***

*A NexGenData utility actor.*

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One or more web-search queries. Each query is run independently and returns a CSE-compatible JSON object (one dataset record per query).

## `num` (type: `integer`):

Number of results to return per query. Mirrors the CSE `num` parameter. Max 100 (matches CSE max).

## `start` (type: `integer`):

1-based start index of the first result. Use `start=11, num=10` to get page 2, etc. Mirrors the CSE `start` parameter.

## `gl` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code biasing results toward that region. Mirrors CSE `gl`. Examples: us, gb, de, fr, ca, au, jp, br, in.

## `hl` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code for the Google UI and results. Mirrors CSE `hl`. Examples: en, es, fr, de, ja, pt.

## `safe` (type: `string`):

Safe search level. `off` = no filtering, `medium` = moderate, `high` = strict (adult content filtered).

## `site` (type: `string`):

Restrict results to a single domain, e.g. `github.com`. Equivalent to appending `site:<site>` to the query. Mirrors CSE `siteSearch`.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "apify scraper",
    "google custom search alternative"
  ],
  "num": 10,
  "start": 1,
  "gl": "us",
  "hl": "en",
  "safe": "off",
  "site": ""
}
```

# 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 = {
    "queries": [
        "apify scraper",
        "google custom search alternative"
    ],
    "num": 10,
    "start": 1,
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "safe": "off",
    "site": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/google-cse-replacement").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 = {
    "queries": [
        "apify scraper",
        "google custom search alternative",
    ],
    "num": 10,
    "start": 1,
    "gl": "us",
    "hl": "en",
    "safe": "off",
    "site": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/google-cse-replacement").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "apify scraper",
    "google custom search alternative"
  ],
  "num": 10,
  "start": 1,
  "gl": "us",
  "hl": "en",
  "safe": "off",
  "site": ""
}' |
apify call nexgendata/google-cse-replacement --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/google-cse-replacement",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/gXG2bboguRMvU6g4p/builds/AJhfs5Iy5VPpVgtzX/openapi.json