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SERP CLI

A command-line tool for Google Search (SERP) via the AceDataCloud platform.

Features

  • Web Search — Search Google and get structured results (organic, knowledge graph, answer box)
  • Image Search — Find images with serp images
  • News Search — Get news articles with time filtering
  • Video Search — Find video content from YouTube and more
  • Places Search — Find local businesses and places
  • Maps Search — Search Google Maps for locations
  • Rich Output — Beautiful terminal formatting with --json for scripting
  • Localization — Country and language support for localized results

Installation

pip install serp-cli

Quick Start

# Set your API token
export ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN=your_token_here

# Web search
serp search "artificial intelligence"

# Image search
serp images "sunset photography"

# Image search with image-size filter
serp images "sunset photography" --image-size 12mp

# News with time filter
serp news "tech news" --time-range qdr:d

# Places search
serp places "coffee shops near Times Square" -c us

# Search with pagination
serp search "python tutorials" -n 20 -p 2

# Get JSON output
serp search "hello world" --json | jq '.organic[0].title'

Commands

Command Description
search Google web search (all types via -t)
images Google Image search
news Google News search
videos Google Video search
places Google Places search
maps Google Maps search
search-types List available search types
time-ranges List time range filters
config Show current configuration

Search Options

Option Description
-t, --type Search type: search, images, news, maps, places, videos
-c, --country Country code (e.g. us, cn, uk)
-l, --language Language code (e.g. en, zh-cn, fr)
--time-range Time filter: h, d, w, m, y (or qdr:h, qdr:d, qdr:w, qdr:m, qdr:y)
--image-size Image size filter: large, medium, icon, 2mp, 4mp, 6mp, 8mp, 10mp, 12mp, 15mp, 20mp, 40mp, 70mp
-n, --number Number of results per page (default: 10)
-p, --page Page number for pagination
--json Output raw JSON

Configuration

Environment Variable Description Default
ACEDATACLOUD_API_TOKEN API authentication token (required)
ACEDATACLOUD_API_BASE_URL API base URL https://api.acedata.cloud
SERP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT Request timeout in seconds 30

You can also use a .env file or pass --token directly.

Docker

docker compose run serp-cli search "hello world"

Development

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[all]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run linter
ruff check .
ruff format --check .

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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