Google autocomplete

When to use this

Use it for keyword research (what people search around a term) or to build search-as-you-type. Pass what's typed so far as query; region and language pick the market, US English by default.

These are the suggestions Chrome's address bar shows. Most are searches (type query); some are websites (navigation, with the URL in value) or instant answers (calculator: = 4 for 2+2). An unusual query can have none.

Parameters

All parameters go in the query string.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key, or set LURKAPI_KEY for the code. Get a free key.

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/autocomplete?query=best+coff" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "best coff",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/autocomplete?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.LURKAPI_KEY },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!data.success) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.error}`);
console.log(data.suggestions);

import os
import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/google/autocomplete",
    params={
        "query": "best coff",
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["LURKAPI_KEY"]},
    timeout=60,
)
data = res.json()
if not data["success"]:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{data['code']}: {data['error']}")
print(data["suggestions"])

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured from the live API and trimmed to a couple of items. Strings over 96 characters (mostly signed media URLs) are cut short and end in ….

{
  "success": true,
  "credits_remaining": 999999,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "value": "best coffee",
      "type": "query",
      "title": null
    },
    {
      "value": "best coffee near me",
      "type": "query",
      "title": null
    }
  ]
}

Response fields

Every field of a successful response. [] marks a list: a[].b is the b of each item in a. nullable fields can be null; optional fields can be missing.

Caching and freshness

Responses are cached for up to 6 hours, so a repeat call within that window can return the same data. It still costs 1 credit.

Errors

Errors return { success: false, error, code, docs } with the HTTP status below. Validation errors, 401/402/429 rejections and 5xx failures are free; not_found is charged (how charging works). All error codes.

Use it in Claude

Once LurkAPI is connected to Claude, this endpoint is the google_autocomplete tool. Ask in plain English, for example:

Use LurkAPI's google_autocomplete with query "best coff" and summarize what you find.

Claude calls google_autocomplete with arguments like these, and each call costs 1 credit:

{
  "query": "best coff"
}

Tool results are compact to save tokens: no nulls or empty lists, one URL per image or video, transcripts as plain text unless you pass timestamps=true. A result over 45,000 characters comes in parts: its _note gives the offset for the rest, and later parts are free for 15 minutes. trim=false returns the full response.