# google-search

Fetches raw Google search results as JSON via fetcher.sh with native operators like site: and filetype:. Useful for SERP tracking and research without Google Custom Search quotas.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3800 installs · ★ 2
- Author: fetcher-sh
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-search/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/google-search

## What it does

The skill sends an HTTP GET request to `https://google.fetcher.sh/api/search` and returns parsed JSON. Google search operators pass through without changes. The agent can isolate domains via `site:`, target document formats using `filetype:`, or match phrases in quotes. Requests also accept pagination parameter `page` and regional filter `country`.

Each call costs $0.005. Users authenticate with prepaid credits via `FETCHER_API_KEY` in the `Authorization: Bearer` header, or pay per call via the x402 protocol in USDC across Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad, or Solana. Unpaid queries return an HTTP 402 code.

Fetcher imposes no rate limits on calls. Because settlement happens before upstream delivery, the provider issues no refunds if Google fails upstream. Teams can also connect directly using the remote MCP endpoint at `https://google.fetcher.sh/mcp`, which exposes the `google_search` tool.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-search -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/google-search/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/google-search/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-search -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/google-search/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-search -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/google-search/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills google-search
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/google-search/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-search -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --path skills/google-search
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/google-search/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills --skill google-search -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/fetcher-sh/fetcher-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/google-search/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- fetch clean Google search results in structured JSON
- filter search queries using `site:`, `filetype:`, and `intitle:` operators
- track search engine ranking positions without Google Custom Search quotas
- scope web search queries to specific countries and languages

## Example prompts
- Search Google for all PDF reports on 'agentic commerce filetype:pdf'
- Query Google for 'site:github.com x402 payments' scoped to region GB
- Find exact phrase matches in Google for 'pay per call api'

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: google-search
description: >-
  A Google Search API alternative and SERP API alternative on fetcher.sh —
  pay-per-call in USDC via x402, or prepaid credits with a Bearer key, no
  API key application. Use when the user wants programmatic Google search
  results as clean JSON, including Google's own operators — site:, filetype:,
  intitle:, and quoted exact phrases — plus pagination, language (hl), and
  country/region scoping. Also covers rank tracking input, competitive
  research, and search-result monitoring without Google's own Custom Search
  API quota and billing.
keywords:
  - google-search
  - serp-api
  - serp-api-alternative
  - google-search-api
  - web-search
  - web-search-api
  - x402
  - ai-agent
---

# 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](../fetcher/SKILL.md):

```bash
# 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:**

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

**PDFs only:**

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

**Exact phrase:**

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $FETCHER_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'query="pay per call api"' -G \
````
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