How to Use the SerpApi API with Go: Complete Tutorial for Beginners

How to Use the SerpApi API with Go: Complete Tutorial for Beginners# How to Use the SerpApi API with Go: Complete Tutorial for Beginners

Hey devs! Today I'm going to show you how to integrate SerpApi with Go in less than 10 minutes.

If you want to extract data from Google without the headache, this tutorial is for you.

## What is SerpApi?

SerpApi is an API that extracts data from Google, Bing, Amazon, and other search engines.

It handles CAPTCHAs and layout changes for you. Clients include Nvidia, Shopify, and Adobe.

## Step 1: Get Your API Key

1. Go to: serpapi.com

2. Create a free account. You get 100 searches/month.

## Step 2: Create the Go Project

Create 2 files:

### 1. `go.mod`

go

module github.com/youruser/serpapi-go-search

go 1.21

### 2. `main.go`

go

package main

import (

 "encoding/json"

 "fmt"

 "io"

 "log"

 "net/http"

 "net/url"

 "os"

)

type SearchResult struct {

 OrganicResults []OrganicResult json:"organic_results"

}

type OrganicResult struct {

 Title string json:"title"

 Link string json:"link"

 Snippet string json:"snippet"

}

func main() {

 apiKey := os.Getenv("SERPAPI_KEY")

 if apiKey == "" {

  log.Fatal("Error: Set SERPAPI_KEY. Ex: export SERPAPI_KEY=your_key")

 }

 query := "Go developer jobs Brazil"

 fmt.Printf("Searching for: %s\n", query)

 results, err := searchGoogle(query, apiKey)

 if err!= nil {

  log.Fatal(err)

 }

 for i, result := range results.OrganicResults {

  if i >= 3 { break }

  fmt.Printf("%d. %s\n", i+1, result.Title)

  fmt.Printf(" %s\n", result.Link)

  fmt.Printf(" %s\n", result.Snippet)

 }

}

func searchGoogle(query string, apiKey string) (*SearchResult, error) {

 params := url.Values{}

 params.Add("engine", "google")

 params.Add("q", query)

 params.Add("api_key", apiKey)

 params.Add("hl", "en") // English results

 resp, err := http.Get("https://serpapi.com/search?" + params.Encode())

 if err!= nil {

  return nil, err

 }

 defer resp.Body.Close()

 body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)

 var result SearchResult

 json.Unmarshal(body, &result)

 return &result, nil

}

## Step 3: Run the Project

In your terminal:

bash

export SERPAPI_KEY=your_api_key_here

go run main.go

## Full Code on GitHub

I left the complete project here: [github.com/Aureliopires186/SerpApi-Go-Search](https://github.com/Aureliopires186/SerpApi-Go-Search)

## Conclusion

With 30 lines of Go you can already extract Google data professionally.

SerpApi is perfect for developers who want to focus on the product instead of solving CAPTCHAs.

Got any questions? Hit me up on Telegram: [@PiresAurelio](https://t.me/PiresAurelio)

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