The week at SerpApi brought new APIs, features, expanded scraping capabilities, steady improvements to existing APIs, and a range of important bug fixes.
⭐️ Top Updates #
Introducing direct image uploads for the Google Lens API
We've expanded our Google Lens API with a new image_id
parameter, enabling developers to perform visual searches by directly up local image files rather than hosting them on public URLs. By submitting an image file to our Image API and generating an image_id
, you can seamlessly pass this ID into your Google Lens API requests to retrieve visual matches, product details, exact matches, and extracted text in a structured format. This eliminates the need for external cloud storage and simplifies file handling, making it ideal for e-commerce visual search tools, AI-powered product recognition engines, digital asset management systems, and automated inventory cataloging workflows that process direct user uploads. Details
📑 Full List of Updates #
Google Ads API Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API was missing to extract multiple fields from the carousel section.
[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4096)
[Google News Results API](https://serpapi.com/news-results)
Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API was returning empty results for some searches.
Details - We have fixed the issue where the API was timing out when
tbs
parameter was being used.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4091)
[Instagram Profile API](https://serpapi.com/instagram-profile-api)
Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API was returning empty results for some searches.
[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4044)
[Tripadvisor Place API](https://serpapi.com/tripadvisor-place-api)
Improvements
- We have improved the success rate and response time of the API.
[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4114)
[Google AI Overview API](https://serpapi.com/google-ai-overview-api)
Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API would return empty results for some searches.
Details DuckDuckGo Search API
DuckDuckGo Search API
Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API would return a 500 error in some cases.
Google Shopping API Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API would return a 500 error in some cases.
Google Patents Details API Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API would merge the original and translated text into one field, instead of extracting them separately.
[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/2744)
[Google Lens API](https://serpapi.com/google-lens-api)
Features
- We have added support for extracting
organic_results
andshort_videos
sections.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4076)
[Google Finance API](https://serpapi.com/google-finance-api)
Bug fixes
- We have fixed the issue where the API was missing to extract
graph
andsummary
results.Details
💬 We’d Love Your Feedback
Your input helps us improve. If something’s not working as expected, or if there’s a feature you’d love to see, let us know. You can reach us at any time at contact@serpapi.com. Or you can open an issue on our Public Roadmap.
Thanks for building with SerpApi!