Google Reverse Image API

Find where an image appears across the web using Google’s reverse image search. Set engine=google_reverse_image and pass a publicly accessible image URL in the image_url parameter.

Endpoint

GET https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_reverse_image&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
api_key	string	yes	Your SERP API key
engine	string	yes	Must be google_reverse_image
image_url	string	yes	URL of the image to search for (must be URL-encoded)
device	string	no	desktop, mobile, or tablet
google_domain	string	no	Google domain to use
location	string	no	Geotargeting location name
uule	string	no	Google encoded location string
hl	string	no	Interface language code
gl	string	no	Country code
lr	string	no	Language restriction, format lang_xx

Example request

curl

curl "https://serp.shifter.io/v1?engine=google_reverse_image&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRjlJi4t9H9nOiAAv_nRGq8arI_Ed9ILW1lY9lKWa63q8AL_UwI"

Python

import requests

params = {
    "engine": "google_reverse_image",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "image_url": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjlJi4t9H9nOiAAv_nRGq8arI_Ed9ILW1lY9lKWa63q8AL_UwI",
}
r = requests.get("https://serp.shifter.io/v1", params=params)
data = r.json()

Node.js

import fetch from 'node-fetch';

const url = 'https://serp.shifter.io/v1?' + new URLSearchParams({
  engine: 'google_reverse_image',
  api_key: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  image_url: 'https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjlJi4t9H9nOiAAv_nRGq8arI_Ed9ILW1lY9lKWa63q8AL_UwI',
});
const data = await (await fetch(url)).json();

Example response

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "google_reverse_image",
    "image_url": "https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:..."
  },
  "image_sizes": [
    { "size": "1920 x 1080", "image": "https://...", "link": "https://..." }
  ],
  "inline_images": [
    { "source": "https://example.com", "thumbnail": "https://..." }
  ],
  "image_results": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "title": "Image from example.com",
      "link": "https://example.com/page",
      "source": "example.com",
      "thumbnail": "https://..."
    }
  ]
}

See also

• Google SERP overview
• Response shape
• Google Search API