---
title: Reverse Image
slug: serpwow/search-api/searches/google/reverse-image
docTags: 
createdAt: 2024-08-05T14:13:33.938Z
---

# Google Reverse Image Parameters

<font color="#52c41a">`GET`</font>  `/search?engine=google&search_type=reverse_image_search`

SerpWow parses the Google Reverse Image search results the  `visual_matches`  property in the JSON output when the  `search_type=reverse_image_search`  search parameter is set.

The image to perform the reverse image search on is supplied in the  `image_url`  request parameter.

:::hint{type="info"}
**Specifying an  `image_url`&#xD;**&#xA;You must supply a publicly Internet-accessible image URL in the  `image_url`  parameter. The  `image_url`  cannot be a private internal URL - it must be publicly accessible.
**Important**  your  `image_url`  must be URL-encoded.
:::

![](https://apiimages.imgix.net/serpwow/images/png/docs/google_reverse_image_new.png?auto=format\&ixlib=react-9.5.1-beta.1\&w=600 "Google Reverse Image Results")

For example, to request reverse image results for the  `image_url`  of [https://assets.api-cdn.com/serpwow/apple.jpg](https://assets.api-cdn.com/serpwow/apple.jpg), the request would be:

:::CodeblockTabs
HTTP

```HTTP
https://api.serpwow.com/live/search?api_key=demo&search_type=reverse_image_search&image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.api-cdn.com%2Fserpwow%2Fapple.jpg
```

```curl
curl -L --get https://api.serpwow.com/live/search \
-d api_key="demo" \
-d image_url="https://assets.api-cdn.com/serpwow/apple.jpg" \
-d search_type="reverse_image_search"
```

```nodejs
const axios = require('axios');

// set up the request parameters
const params = {
  api_key: "demo",
  image_url: "https://assets.api-cdn.com/serpwow/apple.jpg",
  search_type: "reverse_image_search"
}

// make the http GET request
axios.get('https://api.serpwow.com/live"/search', { params })
  .then(response => {

    // print the JSON response
    console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, 0, 2));

  }).catch(error => {
    // catch and print the error
    console.log(error);
  })
```

```python
import requests
import json

# set up the request parameters
params = {
  'api_key': 'demo',
  'image_url': 'https://assets.api-cdn.com/serpwow/apple.jpg',
  'search_type': 'reverse_image_search'
}

# make the http GET request
api_result = requests.get('https://api.serpwow.com/live/search', params)

# print the JSON response
print(json.dumps(api_result.json()))
```

```php
<?php
      
# set up the request parameters
$queryString = http_build_query([
  'api_key' => 'demo',
  'image_url' => 'https://assets.api-cdn.com/serpwow/apple.jpg',
  'search_type' => 'reverse_image_search'
]);

# make the http GET request
$ch = curl_init(sprintf('%s?%s', 'https://api.serpwow.com/live/search', $queryString));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
# the following options are required if you're using an outdated OpenSSL version
# more details: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2021/09/13/LetsEncryptRootCertExpire/
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 180);

$api_result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

# print the JSON response
echo $api_result;

?>
```
:::

***

### Google Reverse Image Parameters

The following parameters are available for all requests made when  `search_type=reverse_image_search` .

| *`Parameter`*   | *`Required`*        | *`Description`*                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *`engine`*      | <u>*`required`*</u> | Should be set to `engine=google` .                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| *`search_type`* | <u>*`required`*</u> | Should be set to `search_type=reverse_image_search` .                                                                                                                                                                       |
| *`image_url`*   | <u>*`required`*</u> | The publicly-accessible image URL to use for the Reverse Image search.                                                                                                                                                      |
| *`hl`*          | *`optional`*        | The `hl` parameter determines the Google UI language to return results. View the full list of supported `hl` values [here ](https://docs.trajectdata.com/serpwow/search-api/reference/google-languages). Defaults to `en` . |

***

**Next Steps**
     [Google Reverse Image Results](https://docs.trajectdata.com/serpwow/search-api/results/google/reverse-image)