# Google Autocomplete API

{% hint style="success" %}
To enable this engine, set the **`engine=google_autocomplete`** parameter.
{% endhint %}

The Google Autocomplete API is used to scrape real time suggestions from Google, which makes it perfect for (but not limited to) SEO and Marketing projects. Using this engine only requires you to pass the [**General API Parameters**](/google-search-api/getting-started/api-parameters.md#google-api-general-parameters) and the `q` parameter which specifies your keyword.

<figure><img src="/files/ZEsd6ijZ9pEDlBF3CmvV" alt=""><figcaption><p>Scrape Google Autocomplete Results</p></figcaption></figure>

### Google Autocomplete API Integration Examples

We will use following URL as an example for this request:

```
https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=freecod
```

### Ready to Use Google Autocomplete Scraping Scripts:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --request GET --url "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJS" %}

```javascript
const http = require("https");

const options = {
  "method": "GET",
  "hostname": "serpapi.webscrapingapi.com",
  "port": null,
  "path": "/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod",
  "headers": {}
};

const req = http.request(options, function (res) {
  const chunks = [];

  res.on("data", function (chunk) {
    chunks.push(chunk);
  });

  res.on("end", function () {
    const body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
    console.log(body.toString());
  });
});

req.end();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("serpapi.webscrapingapi.com")

conn.request("GET", "/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod")

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod")
  .asString();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title=".NET" %}

```csharp
var client = new RestClient("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&q=freecod")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Google Autocomplete Parameters

#### #1: Query Parameter

<table><thead><tr><th width="187">Parameter</th><th width="107" align="center">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>q</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">Required</mark></td><td align="center"><code>string</code></td><td>The keywords that you are searching for on Google (the query).</td></tr></tbody></table>

To access this API, your GET request should be sent to the following address:

```
https://serpapi.webscrapingapi.com/v1?engine=google_autocomplete&api_key=<YOUR_API_KEY>&q=<KEYWORD>
```

<details>

<summary>Response Example</summary>

```javascript
{
  "search_parameters": {
    "google_autocomplete_url": "https://www.google.com/",
    "engine": "google_autocomplete",
    "google_domain": "google.com",
    "device": "desktop",
    "query": "freecod"
  },
  "search_information": {
    "autocomplete_results_state": "Showing completion results."
  },
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp python"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp javascript"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp review"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp java"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp vs codecademy"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp c++"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp certificate"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp react"
    },
    {
      "suggestion": "freecodecamp sql"
    }
  ]
}
```

</details>


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/google-search-api/google-search-engines/google-autocomplete-api.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.