Google Jobs

Perform Search

Overview

Method	Endpoint	Version	Description
`POST`	`/api/v1/open/search`	v1	Google Search API endpoint for retrieving search results

Request Headers

Header	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Type`	`string`	Yes	Must be set to `application/json`
`Accept`	`string`	No	Response format (defaults to `application/json`)

Authentication

API Key Authentication

Pass the API key as a request parameter: api_key=your_api_key
Example: "api_key": "your_api_key_here"

HTTP Status Codes

Code	Status	Description	Retry
200	OK	Request successful	No

Response Codes

Code	Description	Retry
200	Request successful	No
400100	Unsupported search engine	No
400200	The search service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later	No
400300	ForUserQuery contains prohibited content	No
400400	No results found, please adjust keywords and try again	No
400500	Authorization failed, please check your API credentials	No
400600	The request frequency is too high, please try again later	No
400700	You have reached the daily search limit	No
400710	Insufficient Balance	No

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Default
`api_key`	`string`	Yes	API key for authentication
`engine`	`string`	Yes	Search engine type, currently engine value is `google_jobs`	google
`q`	`string`	Yes	Search query, supports regular Google search syntax (like inurl:, site:, intitle:) and advanced search parameters
`google_domain`	`string`	No	Google domain, defaults to google.com	google.com
`chips`	`string`	No	Parameter defines additional query conditions. Top of a job search page contains elements called chips, its values are extracted in order to be passed to chips parameter. E.g. city:Owg_06VPwoli_nfhBo8LyA== will return results for New York. This parameter has been deprecated by Google
`lrad`	`string`	No	Defines search radius in kilometers. Does not strictly limit the radius
`uds`	`string`	No	Parameter enables to filter search. It's a string provided by Google as a filter. uds values are provided under the section: filters with uds, q and serpapi_link values provided for each filter
`ltype`	`string`	No	Parameter will filter the results by work from home. This parameter has been deprecated by Google	0
`html`	`string`	No	Whether to return HTML format, 1-yes, 0-no	0

Response Example

{
    "code": 200,
    "data": {
        "search_metadata": {
            "raw_html_file": "oss_html",
            "total_time_taken": 2.032416469,
            "id": "1985902431212408832",
            "json_endpoint": "oss_json",
            "created_at": "2025-10-29 08:53:31",
            "processed_at": "2025-10-29 08:53:33",
            "google_url": "https://www.google.com/search?q=coffee&udm=8",
            "status": "Success"
        },
        "search_information": {
          "organic_results_state": "Showing results for exact spelling despite spelling suggestion",
          "time_taken_displayed": 0.033
        },
        "search_parameters": {
            "engine": "google_jobs",
            "html": "0",
            "google_domain": "www.google.com",
            "q": "coffee", 
            "udm": 8
        },
        "organic_results": [
            {
                "position": 1,
                "title": "AI Engineer - Now Hiring",
                "company_name": "MassMutual",
                "location": "New York, NY",
                "via": "Snagajob",
                "share_link": "https://www.google.com/search?",
                "thumbnail": [
                    "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADgAAAAcCAMAAAAADZYWAAAA"
                ],
                "extensions": [
                    "2 days ago",
                    "Full-time and Part-time"
                ],
                "detected_extensions": {
                    "posted_at": "2 days ago",
                    "schedule_type": "Full-time and Part-time",
                    "salary": "250K–350K a year"
                },
                "description": "Overall Responsibilities:\n· Architect and lead end-to-",
                "apply_options": [
                    {
                        "title": "Snagajob",
                        "link": "https://www.snagajob.com/jobs/1175117237?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&utm_source=google_jobs_apply&utm_medium=organic"
                    }
                ],
                "job_highlights": [
                    {
                        "title": "Qualifications",
                        "items": [
                            "Recognized industry expertise in AI/ML, with a track record of delivering impactful solu"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "msg": "string",
    "reqId": "string"
}

Complete Response Parameters Overview

search_metadata

object Contains metadata about the search execution

Parameter	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	Unique identifier for the search request
`json_endpoint`	`string`	Provide an interface endpoint for searching related JSON data, through which JSON-formatted search data can be obtained
`created_at`	`string`	The timestamp when the search request was created, recording the time when the search was initiated
`processed_at`	`string`	The timestamp when the search results were processed and became available for return, recording the time point from processing to completion of the search
`google_url`	`string`	The Google search URL, which contains the search keyword "coffee" along with language parameters (hl=en for English), regional parameters (gl=us for the United States), and other search parameters, used to redirect to the corresponding Google search page
`status`	`string`	Status of the search execution (e.g., Success)
`raw_html_file`	`string`	Identifier for the original HTML file
`total_time_taken`	`number`	The total time spent on the entire search process (including request sending, result parsing, and other stages)

search_information

object Contains information about the search results

Parameter	Type	Description	Applicable Terminal
`organic_results_state`	`string`	State of organic results
`time_taken_displayed`	`number`	TDisplay time (i.e., the time spent on displaying the search results)

search_parameters

object Contains the parameters used for the search

Parameter	Type	Description
`q`	`string`	Keywords used for this query
`engine`	`string`	Search engine used for this query (e.g., google_web)
`html`	`string`	When HTML=0, returns JSON; when HTML=1, returns HTML; when HTML=2, returns both JSON and HTML
`google_domain`	`string`	Specifies the corresponding Google domain (e.g., google.com, etc., used to distinguish Google services in different regions/locales)
`udm`	`number`	8

organic_results

object[] Job/position results (including recruitment postings and workplace-related content)

Parameter	Type	Description
`position`	`number`	The ranking of this position in organic job search results
`title`	`string`	Job title (displaying position name)
`company_name`	`string`	Company name of the hiring employer
`location`	`string`	Work location
`via`	`string`	Job posting source platform
`share_link`	`string`	Job position shareable link
`thumbnail`	`string[]`	Job-related thumbnail list, elements being Base64-encoded image strings (typically including company logos, etc.)
`extensions`	`string[]`	Job additional information list
`detected_extensions`	`object`	Split additional information into specific subfields
`detected_extensions.posted_at`	`string`	Job posting time
`detected_extensions.schedule_type`	`string`	Work schedule type (e.g. Full-time)
`detected_extensions.salary`	`string`	Salary range‌ / ‌Salary description
`description`	`string`	Job description fragment displaying core information such as responsibilities
`apply_options`	`object[]`	Job application channels list
`apply_options[].title`	`string`	‌Application channel name
`apply_options[].link`	`string`	Job application specific link
`job_highlights`	`object[]`	‌Job highlights / key information list
`job_highlights[].title`	`string`	‌Category title for highlight information‌ (e.g. Qualifications)
`job_highlights[].items`	`string[]`	Category item list