Fetch Google search results as structured JSON via SerpAPI's Search API

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Documented steps

  1. GET https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google with required params api_key (your private key) and q (search query) — docs: https://serpapi.com/search-api.
  2. Add localization params as needed: location (e.g. 'Austin,Texas,United States'), google_domain (defaults to google.com), gl (2-letter country code), hl (2-letter language code).
  3. Paginate with start: 0=page 1, 10=page 2, 20=page 3, etc.; device can be desktop, tablet, or mobile.
  4. Example: curl "https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google&q=coffee&api_key=YOUR_KEY&location=Austin,Texas&gl=us&hl=en&start=10"
  5. Parse the JSON: search_metadata (status/id), organic_results (main listings), plus knowledge_graph, local_results, shopping_results, news_results depending on the query.
  6. Set output=html instead of the default json if you need raw HTML.

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