Images
GET /search?search_type=images
The Google Image Parameters are applicable when making a request with search_type=images to retrieve image results for a given search term. The search term is specified in the q parameter and the optional location parameter can be used to geo-locate the image request (locations can be retrieved via the Locations API).
For example, to request image results for the keyword pizza in the location United States , the request would be:
The following parameters are available for all requests made when search_type=images .
Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
search_type | required | Should be set to search_type=images . |
q | required | The keyword you want to use to perform the Images search. |
location | optional | Determines the geographic location in which the query is executed. You can enter any location as free-text, but if you choose one of the VALUE SERP built-in locations then the google_domain , gl and hl parameters are automatically updated to the domain, country and language that match the built-in location (note that this behaviour can be disabled via the location_auto parameter). |
location_auto | optional | If the location field is set to a VALUE SERP built-in location from the Locations API , and location_auto is set to true (default) then the google_domain , gl and hl parameters are automatically updated to the domain, country and language that match the built-in location. Valid values are true (default) to enable this behaviour or false to disable. |
uule | optional | The Google UULE parameter - use to pass through a custom uule parameter to Google. VALUE SERP automatically generates the uule when you use the location parameter but we allow you to overwrite it directly by specifying a uule directly. |
google_domain | optional | The Google domain to use to run the search query. View the full list of supported google_domain values here . Defaults to google.com . |
gl | optional | The gl parameter determines the Google country to use for the query. View the full list of supported gl values here . Defaults to us . |
hl | optional | The hl parameter determines the Google UI language to return results. View the full list of supported hl values here . Defaults to en . |
lr | optional | The lr parameter limits the results to websites containing the specified language. View the full list of supported lr values here . |
cr | optional | The cr parameter instructs Google to limit the results to websites in the specified country. View the full list of supported cr values here . |
images_page | optional | Determines the page of results to get when search_type=images . For images Google will return 100 results per page (a Google-imposed limit). Use images_page to specify the page of results to retrieve, for example is images_page=2 the API will return images 100-199. |
images_color | optional | Allows you to set the color of the images returned when search_type=images . Valid values are any , black_and_white , transparent , red , orange , yellow , green , teal , blue , purple , pink , white , gray , black or brown . |
images_size | optional | Allows you to set the size of the images returned when search_type=images . Valid values are large , medium , or icon . |
images_type | optional | Allows you to set the size of the images returned when search_type=images . Allows you to set the type of the images returned when search_type=images . Valid values are clipart , line_drawing , or gif . |
images_usage | optional | Allows you to specify the usage rights of the images returned when search_type=images . Valid values are non_commercial_reuse_with_modification or non_commercial_reuse . |
time_period | optional | Determines the time period of the results shown. It can be set to last_hour , last_day (for the last 24 hours), last_week (for the last 7 days), last_month , last_year or custom . When using custom you must also specifiy one or both of the time_period_min or time_period_max parameters to define the custom time period. |
time_period_min | optional | Determines the minimum (i.e. 'from') time to use when time_period is set to custom . Should be in the form MM/DD/YYYY , I.e. for 31st December 2018 time_period_min would be 12/31/2018 . |
time_period_max | optional | Determines the maximum (i.e. 'to') time to use when time_period is set to custom . Should be in the form MM/DD/YYYY , I.e. for 31st December 2018 time_period_max would be 12/31/2018 . |
safe | optional | Determines whether Safe Search is enabled for the results. Can be set to active to enable Safe Search, or off to disable Safe Search. |
tbs | optional | Sets a specific string to be added to the Google tbs parameter in the underlying Google query. The tbs parameter is normally generated automatically by the API, but it can be set explicitly also. |
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