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This guide maps SerpApi's Google Search and Google Maps engines to SerpWiz. For pricing, see SerpApi vs SerpWiz.

Requests

SerpApi SerpWiz
Search endpoint GET https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google GET https://api.serpwiz.com/v1/google/search
Maps endpoint GET https://serpapi.com/search?engine=google_maps&type=search GET https://api.serpwiz.com/v1/google/maps
API key api_key query parameter X-API-Key header (an api_key query parameter also works, but the header keeps keys out of logs)

Search parameters

SerpApi SerpWiz Notes
q q Same. Google operators such as site: work.
gl gl Same two-letter country code.
hl hl Same language code.
start page SerpApi uses a result offset (0, 10, 20…). SerpWiz uses page numbers (1, 2, 3…), so page = start / 10 + 1.
tbs tbs Supported: qdr:h/d/w/m/y, li:1 and custom date ranges (cdr:1,cd_min:…,cd_max:…).
lr lr One value, e.g. lang_en.
cr cr One value, e.g. countryUS.
location — Not available on Search yet. Use gl for the country.
device, safe, num — Not available. Results are desktop, 10 per page.
no_cache — Results may come from a cache up to about an hour old.
output — Always JSON.

Maps parameters

SerpApi (google_maps) SerpWiz (/v1/google/maps) Notes
q q Same.
ll (@lat,lng,zoomz) lat, lng, zoom Split into three parameters. radius_km is also available.
place_id place_id Look up one place.
start (steps of 20) num (1–20) Up to 20 places per request.
hl, gl hl, gl Same.

Responses

SerpApi SerpWiz
organic_results[] results[]
organic_results[].position results[].position
organic_results[].title results[].title
organic_results[].link results[].url
organic_results[].snippet results[].description
related_searches[] related_keywords.keywords[] (keyword)
related_questions[] (People Also Ask) related_keywords.keywords[], as question text only
knowledge_graph knowledge_panel
pagination / serpapi_pagination next_page: pass it as page
local_results[] (Maps) results[]
local_results[].gps_coordinates results[].location (lat, lng)
local_results[].reviews results[].reviewsCount
local_results[].type results[].categoryName

See Google Search and Google Maps for every field.

Code: before and after

# Before: SerpApi
import requests
r = requests.get("https://serpapi.com/search", params={
    "engine": "google", "q": "best crm for startups", "gl": "us", "start": 10,
    "api_key": SERPAPI_KEY,
})
for item in r.json().get("organic_results", []):
    print(item["position"], item["title"], item["link"])

# After: SerpWiz
import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.serpwiz.com/v1/google/search", params={
    "q": "best crm for startups", "gl": "us", "page": 2,
}, headers={"X-API-Key": SERPWIZ_KEY}, timeout=60)
r.raise_for_status()
for item in r.json()["results"]:
    print(item["position"], item["title"], item["url"])

Errors

  • SerpApi returns {"error": "…"}.
  • SerpWiz returns {"error": {"status", "code", "message", "request_id"}} with a matching HTTP status. Retry 429 and 503 after the Retry-After header. See Errors.
  • Charging: SerpWiz never charges for an error.
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