SerpApi Weekly Changelog: August 03 - 09, 2026

SerpApi introduced direct image uploads for its Google Lens API, adding an image_id parameter that lets developers submit local image files instead of hosting them on public URLs, simplifying visual search workflows for e-commerce and product recognition tools. The weekly changelog also detailed bug fixes and improvements across Google Ads, Google News, Instagram Profile, Tripadvisor Place, Google AI Overview, DuckDuckGo Search, Google Shopping, Google Patents Details, Google Lens, and Google Finance APIs.

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 https://serpapi.com/google-lens-upload-an-image We've expanded our Google Lens API with a new image id parameter, enabling developers to perform visual searches by directly uploading local image files rather than hosting them on public URLs. By submitting an image file to our Image API https://serpapi.com/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 https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/948 📑 Full List of Updates Google Ads API https://serpapi.com/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 https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4103 - 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 https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4078 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 https://serpapi.com/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 https://serpapi.com/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 and short 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 and summary results. Details https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4124 💬 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 https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap . Thanks for building with SerpApi