SerpApi PHP Library

Integrate search data into your PHP application. This library is the official wrapper for SerpApi.

SerpApi supports Google, Google Maps, Google Shopping, Baidu, Yandex, Yahoo, eBay, App Stores, and more.

This is the new library provided by SerpApi as a replacement for our old library that can be found here. Feel free to contact us in case you need any help: contact@serpapi.com

The full documentation is available here.

The following services are provided:

SerpApi provides a script builder to get you started quickly.

Installation

PHP 7.2+ with ext-curl and ext-json must be installed along with composer dependency management tool.

Tested PHP versions:

7.2
7.3
7.4
8.0
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5

Package available from packagist.

Quick start

composer require serpapi/serpapi-php

Simple Usage

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

This example runs a search for "coffee" on Google. It returns the results as a PHP object decoded from JSON.

See the playground to generate your own code.

Configuration

API key

The API key can be set in the constructor or later via setApiKey:

use SerpApi\Client;

// via constructor
$client = new Client('Your Private Key');

// or later
$client = new Client();
$client->setApiKey('Your Private Key');

Get your API key from serpapi.com/dashboard.

Engine

The default engine is google. You can change it via the second constructor parameter:

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'), 'bing');
$results = $client->search(['q' => 'coffee']);

Timeout

The default request timeout is 120 seconds. Customize it via the third constructor parameter:

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'), 'google', 30);

Search API

Search Google

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google',
  'tbm' => 'isch',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->images_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/search-api

Search Google Scholar

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_scholar',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleScholarTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-scholar-api

Search Google Autocomplete

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_autocomplete',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleAutocompleteTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-autocomplete-api

Search Google Shopping

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_shopping',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleShoppingTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-shopping-api

Search Google Maps

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_maps',
  'q' => 'pizza',
  'll' => '@40.7455096,-74.0083012,15.1z',
  'type' => 'search',
]);

print_r($results->local_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleMapsTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-maps-api

Search Google Jobs

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_jobs',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->jobs_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleJobsTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-jobs-api

Search Google Events

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_events',
  'q' => 'Events in Austin',
  'location' => 'Austin, Texas, United States',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleEventsTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-events-api

Search Google Lens

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_lens',
  'url' => 'https://i.imgur.com/5bGzZi7.jpg',
  'gl' => 'us',
  'hl' => 'en',
]);

print_r($results->visual_matches);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleLensTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-lens-api

Search Google Play

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_play',
  'q' => 'kite',
  'store' => 'apps',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGooglePlayTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-play-api

Search Google Local Services

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'google_local_services',
  'q' => 'electrician',
  'data_cid' => '6745062158417646970',
]);

print_r($results->local_ads);

source: tests/ExampleSearchGoogleLocalServicesTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/google-local-services-api

Search Bing

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'bing',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchBingTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/bing-search-api

Search Baidu

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'baidu',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchBaiduTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/baidu-search-api

Search Yahoo

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'yahoo',
  'p' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchYahooTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/yahoo-search-api

Search YouTube

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'youtube',
  'search_query' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->video_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchYoutubeTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/youtube-search-api

Search Walmart

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'walmart',
  'query' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchWalmartTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/walmart-search-api

Search eBay

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'ebay',
  '_nkw' => 'water',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchEbayTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/ebay-search-api

Search Naver

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'naver',
  'query' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->ads_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchNaverTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/naver-search-api

Search Home Depot

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'home_depot',
  'q' => 'table',
]);

print_r($results->products);

source: tests/ExampleSearchHomeDepotTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/home-depot-search-api

Search Apple App Store

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'apple_app_store',
  'term' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchAppleAppStoreTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/apple-app-store

Search DuckDuckGo

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'engine' => 'duckduckgo',
  'q' => 'coffee',
]);

print_r($results->organic_results);

source: tests/ExampleSearchDuckduckgoTest.php see: https://serpapi.com/duckduckgo-search-api

APIs supported

Location API

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$locations = $client->location(['q' => 'Austin', 'limit' => 3]);

echo "Number of locations: " . count($locations) . "\n";
print_r($locations);

NOTE: api_key is not required for this endpoint.

Search Archive API

First, run a search and save the search ID:

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$results = $client->search([
  'q' => 'Coffee',
  'location' => 'Austin, Texas',
]);
$search_id = $results->search_metadata->id;

Now retrieve the previous search from the archive (free of charge):

$archived = $client->searchArchive($search_id);
print_r($archived);

Account API

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$account = $client->account();
print_r($account);

HTML results

use SerpApi\Client;

$client = new Client(getenv('API_KEY'));
$html = $client->html(['q' => 'Coffee']);

echo strlen($html) . " bytes of HTML\n";

Error handling

SerpApiException includes structured context for HTTP and API errors (status code, endpoint, search params, search id).

use SerpApi\Client;
use SerpApi\SerpApiException;

try {
  $client = new Client('invalid_key');
  $client->search(['q' => 'test']);
} catch (SerpApiException $exception) {
  echo $exception->getMessage() . "\n";
  // HTTP request failed with status: 401 error: Invalid API key... from url: https://serpapi.com/search

  echo $exception->getSerpApiError() . "\n";
  echo $exception->getResponseStatus() . "\n";
  echo $exception->getSearchId() . "\n";
  print_r($exception->getSearchParams());
  print_r($exception->toArray());
}

Testing

We love "true open source", "continuous integration", and Test Driven Development (TDD). We use PHPUnit to test our infrastructure around the clock using GitHub Actions to achieve the best QoS (Quality Of Service).

The tests/ directory includes specifications which serve the dual purposes of examples and functional tests.

Set your secret API key in your shell before running tests:

export API_KEY="your_secret_key"

Install dependencies and run the test suite:

make install
make test

Contributions are welcome. Feel free to submit a pull request!

Change log

1.0 - First stable version

Conclusion

SerpApi supports all the major search engines. Google has the more advanced support with all the major services available: Images, News, Shopping and more...