Google Autocomplete API

Is there a Google Suggest API on upAPI?

Yes. The Google Suggest API on upAPI is a query suggestions API: send a seed query and get real Google autocomplete suggestions as JSON, with relevance and type on the default client. Set expand to mine long-tail variants. No Google key of your own is needed, only one upAPI key. The Free plan includes 1,000 weighted units a month.

Real Google search suggestions (autocomplete/suggest) via pure HTTP — no browser, no CAPTCHA. Set expand=true to mine long-tail keywords.

Part of: Google Autocomplete API

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How to call it

Send one POST to api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 30 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, unbilled.

endpoint

POST https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post

Google Autocomplete API reference

Request parameters

query: stringrequired — Seed query to autocomplete
client: string — 'chrome' (rich: relevance+type) or 'firefox' (simple)
expand: boolean — Also query '{query} a..z' to mine long-tail suggestions
country: string — gl param (e.g. us, ca, gb)
language: string — hl param (e.g. en, fr, es)
proxyUrl: string — Optional proxy URL
maxSuggestions: integer — Max suggestions to return

Response fields

count: integerrequired
query: stringrequired
message: stringrequired
success: booleanrequired
elapsedMs: integerrequired
fetchedAt: stringrequired
suggestions: arrayrequired
suggestions[].kind: string
suggestions[].text: stringrequired
suggestions[].relevance: integer

Example request and response

The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.

json — example request body

{
  "query": "typescript",
  "client": "chrome",
  "expand": false,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxSuggestions": 50
}

json — example response shape

{
  "count": 3,
  "query": "typescript",
  "message": "example",
  "success": false,
  "elapsedMs": 1,
  "fetchedAt": "example",
  "suggestions": [
    {
      "kind": "example",
      "text": "Hello, world",
      "relevance": 1
    }
  ]
}

Code snippets

cURL

curl

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "query": "typescript", "client": "chrome", "expand": false, "country": "us", "language": "en", "maxSuggestions": 50 }'

JavaScript

javascript

const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "query": "typescript",
  "client": "chrome",
  "expand": false,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxSuggestions": 50
}),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post',
    headers={
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
    json={
  "query": "typescript",
  "client": "chrome",
  "expand": False,
  "country": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "maxSuggestions": 50
},
)

print(response.json())

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	payload := []byte(`{ "query": "typescript", "client": "chrome", "expand": false, "country": "us", "language": "en", "maxSuggestions": 50 }`)

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	var result map[string]any
	json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
	fmt.Println(result)
}

PHP

php

<?php

$payload = json_encode([
    'query' => 'typescript',
    'client' => 'chrome',
    'expand' => false,
    'country' => 'us',
    'language' => 'en',
    'maxSuggestions' => 50,
]);

$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST           => true,
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => $payload,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);

Ruby

ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "query": "typescript", "client": "chrome", "expand": false, "country": "us", "language": "en", "maxSuggestions": 50 }.to_json

response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)

Java

java

import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

String json = "{ \"query\": \"typescript\", \"client\": \"chrome\", \"expand\": false, \"country\": \"us\", \"language\": \"en\", \"maxSuggestions\": 50 }";

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url("https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post")
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
    .build();

try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
    Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
    System.out.println(result);
}

csharp

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");

var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"query\": \"typescript\", \"client\": \"chrome\", \"expand\": false, \"country\": \"us\", \"language\": \"en\", \"maxSuggestions\": 50 }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/google-autocomplete.post", payload);

var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);

Frequently asked questions

How much does the Google Autocomplete API cost per call?

Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.

How do I authenticate to the Google Autocomplete API?

Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.

Are Google Autocomplete API responses cached?

Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 300 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.

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