Scrape Google Images results
google_imagesRuns the Google Images vertical (udm=2) for q and returns the image results as JSON. Every result carries imageUrl (the full-resolution origin image, not a Google thumbnail; for an image found inside a document such as a PDF, which has no URL of its own, it is Google's thumbnail and sourcePageUrl is the document), sourceDomain and googleImagesUrl (the Google Images viewer link, i.e. the /imgres?... URL a browser copies from the result tile), plus sourcePageUrl, title, sourceName, thumbnailUrl, width, height and fileSize where available. Set proxy_country to target a market: the Google market (gl) follows it automatically, and gl is only an optional override. pages fetches up to 5 result pages of ~100 each; every page fetched is billed as one request. time_range (past hour/day/week/month/year) or date_from/date_to limit the results to images Google found in that period, so a repeated scan returns only what is new. Returns JSON. Billed like an API request; listing plugins bill one unit per result page they fetch, so keep max_results modest.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | Yes | Image search term, e.g. 'eiffel tower'. | |
| gl | No | Optional Google market override (ISO-2, e.g. 'us', 'de'). Leave empty and the market follows `proxy_country` ('us' when neither is set). The market, not the proxy country, is what decides which images rank. | |
| pages | No | How many Google Images result pages to fetch (1-5, ~100 results each; Google stops at ~400-500 per query). Each page fetched is billed as one request. Default: 1. | |
| date_to | No | Only images Google found on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Works alone or with `date_from`; cannot be combined with `time_range`. | |
| date_from | No | Only images Google found on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Works alone or with `date_to`; cannot be combined with `time_range`. | |
| time_range | No | Only images Google found within this recent period: `hour`, `day`, `week`, `month` or `year` (Google Images' Tools > Time filter). Use it to get just the new results on repeated scans. Cannot be combined with `date_from`/`date_to`. | |
| max_results | No | Optional cap on the number of results returned (default: all results of the fetched pages). | |
| proxy_country | No | Proxy country the request is sent from (ISO-2, e.g. 'US', 'DE'). Image results are market-specific. |