# Google Lite Web Search (/docs/google-apis/google-lite-web-search-api)





Retrieve real-time Google Web Search results with a fast, lightweight response, including organic listings, website titles, links, and snippets.

<Callout type="warn">
  Requires authentication → provide your API key as a Bearer token in the
  Authorization header.
</Callout>

`POST` `https://api.serphouse.com/web-search-lite`

## Headers [#headers]

| Name                                                           | Type   | Description             |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ----------------------- |
| Authorization <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span> | String | Bearer `<YOUR_API_KEY>` |
| Content-Type <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span>  | String | application/json        |

## Request Body [#request-body]

| Name                                                    | Type              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| q <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span>      | string            | Search phrase that you want to search                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| domain <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span> | string            | Choose google domain.<br /><br />You can retrieve the list of supported Google domains by making a separate request to the [Domains List](/extra-apis/domains-list)                                                                                                                                                        |
| lang <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span>   | string            | You can set language for e.g. `en` for english `fr` for french.<br />Get the list of available languages by making a separate request to the [Languages List](/extra-apis/languages-list)                                                                                                                                  |
| gl <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span>     | string            | Optional field if you specify `loc`<br />&#x2A;*The request must include either `loc` or `gl`**<br />The `gl` parameter accepts only two-letter ISO country codes (e.g. `IN`, `US`, `GB`). You can retrieve the list of supported country codes from the [Locations List](/extra-apis/locations-list)                      |
| loc <span style="{color: &#x22;red&#x22;}">\*</span>    | string            | Optional field if you specify `gl`<br />&#x2A;*The request must include either `loc` or `gl`**<br />You can receive the list of available locations of search engines with their loc\_id by making a separate request to the [Locations List](/extra-apis/locations-list)                                                  |
| page                                                    | integer           | Give specific page to get the result of that page number. By default it will get you first page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| date\_range                                             | String            | Sometimes you may want to only find information published during a specific time frame. To limit Google results by date<br /><br />Parameter values can be comma separated date range `YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD` OR<br /><br />`h` Past hour<br />`d` Past 24 hours<br />`w` Past week<br />`m` Past month<br />`y` Past year |
| verbatim                                                | integer           | Set Google Verbatim search, Parameter value can be `0` or `1`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| no\_trace                                               | string \| integer | Enterprise only. Enables NoTrace mode. Accepted values: `0`, `1`, `true`, and `false`. When enabled (`1` or `true`), search parameters, files, and metadata are not stored on our servers.                                                                                                                                 |

## Response [#response]

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  Returns lightweight JSON with organic search results including title, site
  title, link, and snippet.
</Callout>

## Example Request [#example-request]

<ApiExample endpoint="https://api.serphouse.com/web-search-lite" query="Best ai tools" domain="google.com" lang="en" params="{&#x22;gl&#x22;: &#x22;us&#x22;, &#x22;page&#x22;: 1}" />

## Example Response [#example-response]

<ApiExample mode="response">
  <ApiTab label="JSON" response="googleLiteWebSearchJsonResponse" />
</ApiExample>

## Related Links [#related-links]

<Cards>
  <Card title="Google Search API" href="/google-apis/google-search-api" />

  <Card title="Google News API" href="/google-apis/google-news-api" />
</Cards>