Google Search Keyword Volume API
Returns Google monthly search volume, cost per click, competition and a 12-month trend for up to 20 keywords in one country, one row per keyword.
GET /v1/google/keyword-volumeLast updated November 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
When to use the Google Search Keyword Volume API
Use it to compare demand for a product across countries by calling it once per country with the same keywords.
From the API reference
Returns Google monthly search volume, cost per click, competition, and a 12-month trend for up to 20 keywords in one country. Response is { location, location_name, language, items }: each item carries keyword, search_volume (average monthly searches), cpc with its currency, competition (0 to 1) with competition_level, monthly_searches (the last 12 months, oldest first, as { year, month, search_volume }) and, where Google classifies it, search_intent. Use it to compare demand for a product across markets: call it once per country with the same keywords. You get one item per keyword you asked for, in your order. A keyword Google holds no volume for comes back with search_volume: null, never 0, so a null means unknown and a 0 means Google reports none. Every null row says why in null_reason: "withheld" means Google stopped publishing volume for the term (since December 2023 it withholds many health and other sensitive terms, such as "shingles" or "herniated disc"), and such a row carries last_reported ({ year, month, search_volume }, the last month Google published a figure) with an empty monthly_searches; "no_data" means Google holds no figure at all (very rare or unknown terms). For relative interest in a withheld term, use /v1/google_trends/explore, or /v1/naver/search-trend in Korea. When no keyword has current volume the call returns 404 and costs 0 credits; its message lists the last published figures. Volumes are Google's own rounded monthly averages and are refreshed monthly, so results are cached for 24 hours. Typical latency is 2 seconds. Priced at a flat 16 credits per call whatever the keyword count, so send all 20 at once.
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What can you do with the Keyword Volume API?
The Keyword Volume endpoint gives you structured Google Search data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
# GET /v1/google/keyword-volume: 16 credits per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
# --max-time 10: this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
# --retry 3: retries timeouts, 429 and 5xx, honoring Retry-After.
# -o response.json keeps only the final attempt's body.
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY=$(od -An -N16 -tx1 /dev/urandom | tr -d ' \n')
curl -sS --max-time 10 --retry 3 -o response.json \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $IDEMPOTENCY_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/google/keyword-volume?keywords=lip+gloss%2Clip+oil&location=GB" && cat response.json# GET /v1/google/keyword-volume: 16 credits per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
# Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
import os
import random
import time
import uuid
import requests
API_KEY = os.environ.get("SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY", "YOUR_API_KEY")
TIMEOUT_S = 10 # this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
MAX_RETRIES = 3
URL = "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/google/keyword-volume"
def backoff(attempt):
# Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
return 2 ** attempt * (0.5 + random.random() / 2)
def socialcrawl(params):
# One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
idempotency_key = str(uuid.uuid4())
for attempt in range(MAX_RETRIES + 1):
try:
res = requests.get(
URL,
params=params,
headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY, "Idempotency-Key": idempotency_key},
timeout=TIMEOUT_S,
)
body = res.json()
except (requests.RequestException, ValueError):
# A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise
time.sleep(backoff(attempt))
continue
if body["success"]:
return body
error = body["error"]
# Branch on error["type"], never on the message text.
if error["type"] == "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND":
return None # refunded: nothing to read
retry_after = res.headers.get("Retry-After")
# SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
permanent = error["type"] == "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" and retry_after is None
if not error.get("retryable") or permanent or attempt == MAX_RETRIES:
raise RuntimeError(f"{error['type']}: {error['message']} (request_id {body['request_id']})")
# Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
time.sleep(float(retry_after) if retry_after else backoff(attempt))
params = {
"keywords": "lip gloss,lip oil",
"location": "GB",
}
body = socialcrawl(params)
if body is not None:
print(body["data"])// GET /v1/google/keyword-volume: 16 credits per call. Cache hits are free and failed calls are refunded.
// Check the price first for 0 credits: add dry_run=1 to the query. Nothing is fetched or charged.
const API_KEY = process.env.SOCIALCRAWL_API_KEY ?? "YOUR_API_KEY";
const TIMEOUT_MS = 10_000; // this endpoint's measured p99 latency x 1.5.
const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
type Page = { next_cursor: string | null; has_more: boolean };
type SocialCrawlResponse =
| { success: true; data: any; pagination?: Page; credits_used: number; request_id: string }
| { success: false; error: { type: string; message: string; retryable: boolean }; request_id: string };
const sleep = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
// Exponential backoff with jitter: about 1 s, 2 s, then 4 s.
const backoffMs = (attempt: number) => 2 ** attempt * 1000 * (0.5 + Math.random() / 2);
async function socialcrawl(url: URL) {
// One Idempotency-Key per request, reused on every retry, so a retried call is never charged twice.
const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
for (let attempt = 0; ; attempt++) {
let res: Response;
let body: SocialCrawlResponse;
try {
res = await fetch(url, {
headers: {
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Idempotency-Key": idempotencyKey,
},
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(TIMEOUT_MS),
});
body = (await res.json()) as SocialCrawlResponse;
} catch (error) {
// A timeout, a dropped connection or a non-JSON gateway page: retry with the same key.
if (attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) throw error;
await sleep(backoffMs(attempt));
continue;
}
if (body.success) return body;
// Branch on error.type, never on the message text.
if (body.error.type === "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND") return null; // refunded: nothing to read
const retryAfter = res.headers.get("Retry-After");
// SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE without Retry-After is a withdrawn endpoint: permanent.
const permanent = body.error.type === "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE" && retryAfter === null;
if (!body.error.retryable || permanent || attempt >= MAX_RETRIES) {
throw new Error(`${body.error.type}: ${body.error.message} (request_id ${body.request_id})`);
}
// Retry-After (seconds) wins; otherwise back off.
await sleep(retryAfter ? Number(retryAfter) * 1000 : backoffMs(attempt));
}
}
const url = new URL("https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/google/keyword-volume");
url.searchParams.set("keywords", "lip gloss,lip oil");
url.searchParams.set("location", "GB");
const body = await socialcrawl(url);
if (body) console.log(body.data);Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| keywords | Yes | 1-20 comma-separated keywords (e.g. 'lip gloss,lip oil'). Each keyword may be up to 80 characters. Duplicates are ignored. More than 20 keywords, or a keyword over 80 characters, is rejected with a free 400 before the request is billed. |
| location | No | Country as an ISO code ('US', 'GB', 'KR'), a full country name ('United Kingdom', 'South Korea') or a numeric location code ('2826'). Defaults to the United States. Volume is published for 94 countries; any other location is rejected with a free 400 naming the accepted forms. |
| language | No | Language code ('en', 'de', 'ko') the keywords are searched in. Defaults to the first language listed for the country: Germany is 'de' and Belgium is 'fr', but Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Singapore default to 'en', so pass their local language (e.g. 'vi', 'id', 'hi') explicitly. A language the country does not hold (Germany in English) is rejected with a free 400 listing the ones it does. |
What does the Google Search Keyword Volume API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "google",
"endpoint": "/v1/google/keyword-volume",
"data": {
"location": "US",
"location_name": "United States",
"language": "en",
"items": [
{
"keyword": "hyperhidrosis",
"search_volume": 110000,
"cpc": 11.73,
"currency": "USD",
"competition": 0.21,
"competition_level": "LOW",
"monthly_searches": [
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 9,
"search_volume": 135000
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 10,
"search_volume": 135000
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 11,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2025,
"month": 12,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 1,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 2,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 3,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 4,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 5,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 6,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 7,
"search_volume": 110000
},
{
"year": 2026,
"month": 8,
"search_volume": 135000
}
],
"search_intent": "informational"
},
{
"keyword": "shingles",
"search_volume": null,
"cpc": null,
"currency": "USD",
"competition": null,
"competition_level": null,
"monthly_searches": [],
"search_intent": "informational",
"null_reason": "withheld",
"last_reported": {
"year": 2023,
"month": 11,
"search_volume": 673000
}
},
{
"keyword": "herniated disc",
"search_volume": null,
"cpc": null,
"currency": "USD",
"competition": null,
"competition_level": null,
"monthly_searches": [],
"search_intent": "informational",
"null_reason": "withheld",
"last_reported": {
"year": 2023,
"month": 12,
"search_volume": 165000
}
}
],
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 16,
"credits_remaining": 100,
"request_id": "req-AkyBmdWENDrwA50W",
"cached": false
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the Google Search Keyword Volume API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
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"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
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