Google Search Scraping API
Google Search scraping without maintaining an anti-bot stack
ScrAPI handles the browser, residential proxy, CAPTCHA handling, and Google-specific scraping behaviour behind the same API used for any other website.
The simplest working request
POST https://api.scrapi.tech/v1/scrape
{
"url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=web+scraping+api"
}url is the only required field. ScrAPI recognises google.com as the target and applies browser rendering and a residential proxy automatically, so you do not need to set useBrowser or proxyType yourself for this target.
How it works
Send a Google Search URL to the same /v1/scrape endpoint you would use for any other page. There is no separate Google product or endpoint to configure. sessionId is not applied to google.com requests specifically, since ScrAPI manages the browser and proxy identity for that target itself.
What ScrAPI handles for you
None of this is exposed as a setting you manage per request for Google Search URLs.
Real browser execution
Requests run through an actual browser instead of a raw HTTP client, so JavaScript-rendered results load the way a real visitor would see them.
Residential proxy routing
A residential-tier proxy is applied to Google Search requests automatically, with no extra parameter to set.
CAPTCHA handling
Challenges that appear during a request are handled as part of the built-in behaviour, not a setting you toggle yourself.
Retries and blocked responses
A blocked or malformed response is retried instead of being handed back to your code as a final answer.
Google-specific anti-bot behaviour
Google's detection signals change over time. ScrAPI's Google handling is maintained and adjusted as that happens, so it is not something your team has to track.
Example response
The response shape is the same as any other ScrAPI scrape.
{
"requestUrl": "https://www.google.com/search?q=web+scraping+api",
"responseUrl": "https://www.google.com/search?q=web+scraping+api",
"duration": "00:00:03.214000",
"attempts": 1,
"creditsUsed": 35,
"statusCode": 200,
"content": "<html>...</html>"
}200
Status code
~3s
Duration
1
Attempts
35
Credits used
content holds the page HTML by default. If the result feeds an LLM or agent, request Markdown instead of HTML to cut noise and token count, or narrow the response with a response selector.
Why not simply use Playwright and a proxy?
A headless browser clears one layer: whether the request looks like a real browser. A self-hosted setup built around it still needs its own proxy supply, its own handling for when a captcha appears anyway, its own retry logic, and someone watching how Google's behaviour changes over time.
Why Google Search scraping has become harder covers that in more depth.
ScrAPI is closing down
ScrAPI is no longer taking new subscriptions or credit purchases. Existing customers can keep using their remaining credits until the service shuts down in the coming months.
No new accounts are being created, and active subscriptions are being cancelled so they will not renew.
Questions? Email support@scrapi.tech
For the full technical breakdown, read how to scrape Google Search without getting blocked in 2026.
Google scraping is adversarial and changes over time. ScrAPI does not claim that Google scraping is permanently solved. ScrAPI maintains the browser, proxy, and challenge-handling infrastructure so customers do not have to continually maintain that stack themselves.