# Google Images Scraper - Image URLs, Sizes & Sources (`scrapesage/google-images-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Google Images search results into rows: full-size image URL, width and height, file size, thumbnail, source page, page title, domain and credits. Size, color, type, time, usage-rights and file-type filters; related-search expansion. Independent tool, not affiliated with Google LLC.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/google-images-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Automation, AI
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.55 / 1,000 image scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Google Images Scraper - Image URLs, Sizes & Sources

> **Disclaimer:** This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. "Google Images" is referenced only to describe the publicly available website this Actor collects data from.

Search Google Images and get every result as a clean row: the **full-size image URL**, its width and height, file size, Google's thumbnail, the page the image lives on, that page's title, the site name and domain, and licensing credits where Google shows them. 100 images per search, with Google's own filters (size, color, type, time, usage rights, aspect ratio, file type) and optional related-search expansion. No login, no browser, no API key.

### What you get

| Field | What it holds |
|---|---|
| `imageUrl`, `width`, `height`, `format`, `fileSize`, `fileSizeBytes` | The original image exactly as Google links it, with the dimensions and size Google reports |
| `thumbnailUrl`, `thumbnailWidth`, `thumbnailHeight` | Google's hosted preview (stable, fast to load) |
| `title`, `pageUrl`, `pageTitle`, `domain`, `siteName` | Where the image comes from - the hosting page, its title and site |
| `creditProvider`, `creditAuthor` | Licensing credits when the source publishes them (stock agencies, photographers) |
| `docid`, `position`, `searchQuery`, `filtersApplied` | Google's image id, its rank in the results, and how the row was found |

### Why this scraper

- **Original image URLs, not thumbnails.** Every row carries the full-size source URL with its real dimensions and file size, so you can filter by resolution before downloading anything.
- **Google's own filters, as URL parameters.** Size, color (including transparent backgrounds), type (photo, clip art, line drawing, face, animated), time, usage rights, aspect ratio and file type are applied by Google itself, so the 100 results you get are the 100 that match.
- **Past 100 per topic.** Turn on related-search expansion and the actor follows the suggestion chips Google shows for the query ("puppy", "wallpaper", ...) until your image cap is reached; duplicates are removed and never charged.
- **Source intelligence.** Domain, site name, page title and credits per image make it easy to see who publishes what, and to respect licensing.
- **International.** Pick the country edition and interface language; queries in any script work (Japanese, Arabic, Hindi and so on).

### Use cases

- **Dataset building** for computer vision, with resolution and file-type filters and Creative Commons rights where the source labels them.
- **Brand and content monitoring** - watch a brand, product or person for newly indexed images with monitor mode plus a Schedule.
- **Design and editorial research** - collect reference images with their sources and credits in one table.
- **SEO and visual search analysis** - see which domains and pages Google ranks for an image query and in what order.
- **E-commerce** - find product imagery and the pages that host it for competitor and catalogue research.

### How to use

1. Enter one or more searches - `golden retriever puppy`, `modern kitchen interior`, `eiffel tower at night`.
2. Optionally set filters (size, color, type, time, usage rights, aspect ratio, file type), a minimum width/height, the country edition and language.
3. Set **Maximum images** and run. A Google Images page takes one to five minutes to come back through the search proxy (usage-rights pages are the slowest); rows land as each page completes, and a page that does not answer in time is retried once and reported in the status message. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or via the API.

You can also paste Google Images search URLs into **Google Images URLs** (filters in the URL are kept), or import a list of them from a text file or Google Sheet.

### Input

```json
{
    "queries": ["iceland landscape", "northern lights"],
    "countryCode": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "size": "large",
    "type": "photo",
    "usageRights": "cc",
    "expandRelatedSearches": true,
    "maxRelatedPerQuery": 5,
    "maxResults": 500
}
```

Every field is optional. With no input at all the actor runs a small sample search so you can see the output shape.

### Output example

```json
{
    "type": "image",
    "docid": "jUS0xT_ulT-SUM",
    "title": "How to Train a Golden Retriever Puppy: Growth & Training Timeline",
    "imageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn-origin-etr.akc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/09151754/Golden-Retriever-puppy-standing-outdoors.jpg",
    "width": 729,
    "height": 486,
    "format": "jpg",
    "fileSize": "190KB",
    "fileSizeBytes": 194560,
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUNLBz...&s=10",
    "thumbnailWidth": 678,
    "thumbnailHeight": 452,
    "pageUrl": "https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/golden-retriever-puppy-training-timeline/",
    "pageTitle": "How to Train a Golden Retriever Puppy: Growth & Training Timeline",
    "domain": "www.akc.org",
    "siteName": "American Kennel Club",
    "creditProvider": "Getty Images/iStockphoto",
    "creditAuthor": "Bigandt_Photography",
    "searchQuery": "golden retriever puppy",
    "position": 1,
    "filtersApplied": [],
    "countryCode": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-06T05:39:33.107Z"
}
```

### Reliability - read this before you buy

- **100 images per search.** That is what a Google Images results page carries, and this actor does not pretend otherwise. To collect more for one topic, turn on **related-search expansion**, add filters (each filter set is a different 100), or run several queries; duplicates are removed and never charged.
- **Image URLs point at third-party sites.** They are the source URLs Google indexed at crawl time; a small share may have moved or be hot-link protected. The thumbnail URL is always Google-hosted.
- **Credits are rare.** Google shows provider/author credits only where the source page publishes them (typically stock agencies) - a few percent of images. All other fields are present on practically every row.
- **Every run ends with a plain-language status message** that says what happened and, when a run returns nothing, which input to change.

### How much does it cost to scrape Google Images?

This Actor uses Apify's **pay-per-event** pricing: you are charged only for the results it delivers, with no monthly rental and no start fee. The events it can charge are:

- **Image scraped** - Charged once per image result written to your dataset - full-size image URL, width and height, file size, thumbnail, source page, title, domain and credits. Duplicates and images below your minimum size are never charged.
- **Google Images results page** - Charged once per Google Images results page fetched (up to 100 images each), including related-search pages when that option is on. A search that returns no images is charged as one page.

The current price of each event is shown on the **Pricing** tab of this page. Set a maximum total charge on the run if you want a hard cap on spend, and use the input limits to control how much the Actor fetches.

### Automate & schedule

Run this Actor on autopilot and pull results into your own stack:

- **[Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2)** - start runs, fetch datasets and manage schedules over REST.
- **[apify-client for JavaScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/)** and **[apify-client for Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/)** - official SDKs.
- **[Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules)** - run it hourly, daily or weekly and keep your dataset current.
- **[Webhooks](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks)** - trigger downstream actions (CRM import, Slack alert, email sequence) the moment a run finishes.

```js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'MY_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('scrapesage/google-images-scraper').call({
    "queries": [
        "golden retriever puppy",
        "modern kitchen interior"
    ],
    "countryCode": "us",
    "language": "en",
    "maxResults": 100
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} records`);
```

### Integrate with any app

Connect the dataset to thousands of apps - no code required:

- **[Make](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/make)** - multi-step automation scenarios.
- **[Zapier](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/zapier)** - push new records straight into your CRM or spreadsheet.
- **[Slack](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/slack)** - get notified when a scheduled run finds something new.
- **[Google Drive / Sheets](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/drive)** - auto-export every run to a spreadsheet.
- **[Airbyte](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/airbyte)** - pipe results into your data warehouse.
- **[GitHub](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/github)** - trigger runs from commits or releases.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

The output is clean, LLM-ready JSON. You can call this Actor from Claude, ChatGPT or any agent framework through the **[Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp)** - describe the data you need and let the assistant run this Actor for you.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** — AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** — an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) — no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** — agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

### More scrapers from scrapesage

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- **[Instagram Hashtag Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/instagram-hashtag-scraper)** - Filtered Post Search
- **[Google Play Store Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/google-play-scraper)** - Apps, Reviews & Developer Leads
- **[Keyword Research Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/keyword-research-scraper)** - Google, YouTube, Amazon & More
- **[Google Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/google-trends-scraper)** - Interest, Regions & Trends
- **[Bing Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/scrapesage/bing-ads-library-scraper)** - Microsoft Ads Transparency

### Tips

- For training data, combine `size: "large"`, `type: "photo"` and a `minWidth` so you only pay for images you can use.
- `color: "trans"` with `fileType: "png"` is the fastest way to a logo or icon set with transparent backgrounds.
- Usage-rights filters reflect the labels the source sites give Google; always check the licence on the source page before commercial use.
- For a daily watch on a brand or person, turn on monitor mode with a store name and add a Schedule.

### FAQ

**Does it download the images?** No - it returns the full-size URLs, dimensions and sources so you can download exactly the ones you want with your own tooling (or feed them to an image model directly).

**Can I get more than 100 images for one query?** Yes: turn on related-search expansion, or vary filters and wording. Google itself serves 100 per search page.

**Which countries and languages work?** Any edition in the country list and any interface language; the query itself can be in any language or script.

**What happens on a Google challenge page or a network error?** The page is retried up to three times; if it still fails the run continues with the other searches and the status message names the failure. A run never fails hard on a transient block.

### Disclaimer

**This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC or any of its subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.**

"Google Images" and any related marks are the property of their respective owners and are used here only in a descriptive, nominative sense - to identify the publicly accessible website from which this Actor collects data. This Actor is not an official Google Images product, is not authorised or certified by Google LLC, and does not distribute Google Images software. It collects only publicly available information; you are responsible for ensuring your use of that data complies with applicable laws, regulations and the terms of the source website.

### Need help?

Open an issue on the Actor's **Issues** tab, or visit the [Apify help center](https://help.apify.com/). Feature requests are welcome - this Actor is actively maintained.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

One Google Images search per line, e.g. `golden retriever puppy`, `modern kitchen interior`, `eiffel tower at night`.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional. Paste Google Images search URLs (google.com/search?q=...\&tbm=isch or udm=2). The query, filters, country and language are read from each URL. Use the file/link option to import a list.

## `urlsFromFile` (type: `string`):

Optional. Either paste a block of Google Images URLs (one per line) or a single link to a .txt/.csv file (or a Google Sheet share link) that lists them.

## `countryCode` (type: `string`):

Google country edition used for the search.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Interface language for the search.

## `size` (type: `string`):

Google's size filter.

## `color` (type: `string`):

Google's color filter - full color, black and white, transparent, or a dominant color.

## `type` (type: `string`):

Google's type filter.

## `time` (type: `string`):

Only images Google indexed within this window.

## `usageRights` (type: `string`):

Google's usage-rights filter (Creative Commons or commercial licences, as labelled by the source site - verify before use).

## `aspectRatio` (type: `string`):

Google's aspect-ratio filter.

## `fileType` (type: `string`):

Google's file-type filter.

## `safeSearch` (type: `boolean`):

Keep Google's SafeSearch on (recommended for any public-facing use).

## `expandRelatedSearches` (type: `boolean`):

After each query, run the related-search chips Google shows on the page (e.g. "puppy", "wallpaper") until the image cap is reached. The fastest way past 100 images per topic.

## `maxRelatedPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many related-search chips to follow per query when the option above is on.

## `minWidth` (type: `integer`):

Drop images narrower than this. Checked against the full-size image dimensions Google reports.

## `minHeight` (type: `integer`):

Drop images shorter than this.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many images across all queries (Google returns up to 100 per search).

## `monitorMode` (type: `boolean`):

Remember every image id seen in earlier runs and output only images not seen before. Pair with a Schedule to watch a search for new images.

## `monitorStoreName` (type: `string`):

Key-value store that keeps the seen image ids (lowercase letters, numbers and dashes).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many searches run at the same time.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "golden retriever puppy"
  ],
  "countryCode": "us",
  "language": "en",
  "size": "any",
  "color": "any",
  "type": "any",
  "time": "any",
  "usageRights": "any",
  "aspectRatio": "any",
  "fileType": "any",
  "safeSearch": true,
  "expandRelatedSearches": false,
  "maxRelatedPerQuery": 5,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "monitorMode": false,
  "monitorStoreName": "google-images-monitor",
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Every image result collected in this run.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "golden retriever puppy"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("scrapesage/google-images-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "queries": ["golden retriever puppy"],
    "maxResults": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("scrapesage/google-images-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "golden retriever puppy"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100
}' |
apify call scrapesage/google-images-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesage/google-images-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/FPNXOHGiwmoLeChQt/builds/P3Jsy6hbHa3eHcUFP/openapi.json