> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.stophy.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Google images API

> Search Google Images and get each full-size image with the page it comes from. Call the Google images API for JSON. From 1 credit per call.

Searches Google Images and returns each full-size image with the page it comes from.

## Request

`query` is required.

<CodeGroup>
  ```typescript TypeScript icon="https://mintcdn.com/sirathic/7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc/images/icons/typescript.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=7E4w9-IC4ysabjfc&q=85&s=d8272a85e64145620f1fbbfcf7932986" theme={null}
  import { Stophy } from "stophy";

  const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
  const result = await stophy.google.images({ query: "golden retriever puppy" });
  console.log(result.data.results);
  ```

  ```python Python icon="python" theme={null}
  from stophy import Stophy

  stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
  result = stophy.google.images(query="golden retriever puppy")
  print(result["data"]["results"])
  ```

  ```bash cURL icon="terminal" theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/google/images \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
    -H "content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{"query":"golden retriever puppy"}'
  ```

  ```bash CLI icon="square-terminal" theme={null}
  stophy google images "golden retriever puppy"
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. `data.results[]` contains the images, each with its full-size link and the page it comes from.

The following example is illustrative.

```json theme={null}
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "imageUrl": "https://images.example.com/golden-retriever-puppy.jpg",
        "title": "Golden retriever puppy in the grass",
        "pageUrl": "https://www.example.com/dog-breeds/golden-retriever",
        "source": "example.com",
        "width": 1600,
        "height": 1067,
        "thumbnailUrl": "https://images.example.com/thumbs/golden-retriever-puppy.jpg",
        "position": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `position` | integer | The 1-based position of the result in the list. |

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

## Optional parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `country` | string | The country to query, as a two-letter ISO 3166-1 code such as `us`. |
| `language` | string | The language of the results, as a two-letter ISO 639-1 code such as `en`. |
| `size` | string | Restricts results to images of this size. Acceptable values are `large`, `medium` and `icon`. |
| `color` | string | Restricts results to images in this color. Accepts one of 14 values, such as `blackAndWhite`, `transparent` and `red`. |
| `type` | string | The kind of image. Acceptable values are `clipArt`, `lineDrawing` and `gif`. |
| `time` | string | Restricts results to images from this period. Acceptable values are `past24Hours`, `pastWeek`, `pastMonth` and `pastYear`. |
| `usageRights` | string | Restricts results to images with this license. Acceptable values are `creativeCommons` and `commercial`. |
| `limit` | integer | The maximum number of images to return. Billed at 1 credit per 10 returned. Must be between 1 and 100. |

## Billing

A successful request consumes 1 credit per 10 images, up to 10 credits. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed. Set `limit` to cap the number of items returned and billed.

## Pagination

This method is not paginated. A single request returns the complete result.


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /v1/google/images
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Stophy API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Every endpoint is a POST that takes its input as a JSON object body. Unknown
    fields are rejected with 400.


    Responses leave out empty values: null, empty strings, empty objects and
    empty nested lists are not sent.


    x-credits is what one call costs. Every call costs the same, whatever it
    returns, unless an operation's description says it costs per 10 results, or
    per second of audio. Then x-credits is the lowest price and x-credits-max
    the most one call can cost. Where an operation takes limit, send it to
    return fewer results and pay for fewer.


    When a response has a cursor, send it back unchanged with the same input to
    get the next page. When it has a page, send the next page number.
servers:
  - url: https://api.stophy.dev
security:
  - apiKey: []
paths:
  /v1/google/images:
    post:
      summary: >-
        Search Google Images and get each full-size image with the page it comes
        from
      description: Costs 1 credit per 10 images.
      operationId: googleImages
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 400
                country:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$
                  description: >-
                    ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, e.g. us. Any case is
                    accepted.
                language:
                  type: string
                  pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$
                  description: >-
                    Two-letter language code like en or pt. Any case is
                    accepted.
                size:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - large
                    - medium
                    - icon
                color:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - blackAndWhite
                    - transparent
                    - red
                    - orange
                    - yellow
                    - green
                    - teal
                    - blue
                    - purple
                    - pink
                    - white
                    - gray
                    - black
                    - brown
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - clipArt
                    - lineDrawing
                    - gif
                time:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - past24Hours
                    - pastWeek
                    - pastMonth
                    - pastYear
                usageRights:
                  description: Creative Commons, or commercial and other licenses.
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - creativeCommons
                    - commercial
                limit:
                  description: >-
                    Return at most this many images. You pay 1 credit per 10
                    returned.
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 100
              required:
                - query
              additionalProperties: false
            example:
              query: golden retriever puppy
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The data, and the credits this call used.
          headers:
            X-Request-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
            x-credits-used:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/CreditsUsed'
            X-RateLimit-Limit:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitLimit'
            X-RateLimit-Remaining:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitRemaining'
            X-RateLimit-Reset:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/RateLimitReset'
            x-cache:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/Cache'
            x-cache-age:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/CacheAge'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - success
                  - data
                  - creditsUsed
                  - requestId
                properties:
                  success:
                    const: true
                  data:
                    type: object
                    additionalProperties: false
                    properties:
                      results:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          type: object
                          additionalProperties: false
                          properties:
                            imageUrl:
                              type: string
                              format: uri
                            title:
                              type: string
                            pageUrl:
                              type: string
                              format: uri
                            source:
                              type: string
                            width:
                              type: integer
                              minimum: -9007199254740991
                              maximum: 9007199254740991
                            height:
                              type: integer
                              minimum: -9007199254740991
                              maximum: 9007199254740991
                            thumbnailUrl:
                              type: string
                              format: uri
                            position:
                              type: integer
                              minimum: -9007199254740991
                              maximum: 9007199254740991
                          required:
                            - imageUrl
                            - pageUrl
                            - width
                            - height
                            - thumbnailUrl
                            - position
                    required:
                      - results
                  creditsUsed:
                    type: integer
                  requestId:
                    type: string
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  headers:
    RequestId:
      description: The request id. Quote it when you report a problem.
      schema:
        type: string
    CreditsUsed:
      description: Credits this call used.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimitLimit:
      description: Requests allowed in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimitRemaining:
      description: Requests left in the current window.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RateLimitReset:
      description: Unix time in seconds when the current window resets.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Cache:
      description: hit if this result came from the cache, miss if it was fetched live.
      schema:
        type: string
    CacheAge:
      description: Seconds since the returned result was written to the cache.
      schema:
        type: integer
    RetryAfter:
      description: Seconds to wait before retrying.
      schema:
        type: integer
  responses:
    Error:
      description: The request failed. retryable says whether trying again can help.
      headers:
        X-Request-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RequestId'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/RetryAfter'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - error
      properties:
        success:
          const: false
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - retryable
            - requestId
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - cliSessionCompleted
                - cliSessionExists
                - cliSessionNotFound
                - forbidden
                - insufficientCredits
                - internalError
                - inviteClaimed
                - inviteDisabled
                - inviteExpired
                - inviteUsedUp
                - invalidCliSession
                - invalidCliVerifier
                - invalidRequest
                - notFound
                - rateLimited
                - sourceChanged
                - sourceRefused
                - sourceTimeout
                - sourceUnavailable
                - tooManyInFlight
                - unauthorized
                - unsupportedMediaType
            message:
              type: string
            retryable:
              type: boolean
            retryAfterSeconds:
              type: integer
            requestId:
              type: string
            requiredCredits:
              type: number
            availableCredits:
              type: number
            billingUrl:
              type: string
              const: https://stophy.dev/billing
  securitySchemes:
    apiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````

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