google-search

Google Search API

Google's own search results as clean JSON — one plain HTTP GET per call, paid as you go. Google's search operators pass straight through: site:, filetype:, intitle:, and quoted exact phrases all work exactly as they do in the browser. No Custom Search Engine setup, no per-day query quota, no billing account.

Base URL: https://google.fetcher.sh

Authentication

Two ways to pay, same data — full mechanics in the fetcher skill:

# 1. Prepaid credits (recommended — get a key at https://fetcher.sh/topup
#    or via POST /api/credits/topup, see the fetcher skill)
export FETCHER_API_KEY="bby_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  "https://google.fetcher.sh/api/search?query=hello"

# 2. x402 pay-per-call — omit the header; a GET with no payment returns 402
#    with machine-readable payment requirements (USDC on Base, Polygon,
#    Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana). @x402/fetch signs and retries automatically.

Every response is { "status": number, "message": string, "data": ... }; the HTTP status mirrors status.

Endpoint ($0.005/call)

Endpoint	What it returns
/api/search	Google web search results for a query

Required: query. Optional: safe (SafeSearch), page (pagination), hl (UI language, e.g. en), country (region scope), count (results per page — currently 10), noEncode (skip query re-encoding for pre-formatted operator strings).

Scenarios

Restrict to one site:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=site:github.com x402 payments" -G \
  "https://google.fetcher.sh/api/search"

PDFs only:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "query=agentic commerce filetype:pdf" -G \
  "https://google.fetcher.sh/api/search"

Exact phrase:

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'query="pay per call api"' -G \
  "https://google.fetcher.sh/api/search"