SerpApi Changelog: February, 2023

Summary of February Updates

A sum-up of SerpApi's latest product improvements, and feature releases 🙂

Features

• [Feature] Google Maps API: now scraping experiences section of results
• [Feature] Google Jobs API: now scraping job highlight section
• [Feature] Google Search API: now scraping date for Google images results
• [Feature] Knowledge Graph API: now scraping working at and typical company salaries in Knowledge Graph
• [Feature] Google Reverse Image Search: remove forced q parameter
• [Feature] [Documentation]: now supports keyboard shortcuts for 'Search' menu
• [Feature] Google Jobs Listing API: now scraping website and other data on the page
• [Feature] Google Shopping API: now support deals related to your search
• [Feature] Google Shopping API: now scraping second hand condition tags
• [Feature] Google Shopping API: now scraping number of compare prices options on Google Shopping
• [Feature] Google Shopping API: now scraping related searches

Fixes

• Google APIs:

  • Google Search API:
    • [Fix] Google Search API: Missing statistic value from user_statistics
    • [Fix] Google Search API: rich_snippet -> bottom not parsed for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: Shopping Blocks not Parsed and Returned
    • [Fix] Google Search API: displayed_results parsed in date key
    • [Fix] Google Search API: organic_results with videos not parsed for some desktop searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: rich_snippet.bottom.questions of organic_results not parsed for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: Local Pack Map image link has no domain
    • [Fix] Google Search API:'People also search for' is not scraped on mobile
    • [Fix] Google Search API: Short Videos not parsed for some searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: Multiple images not parsed on mobile
    • [Fix] Google Search API: organic_results not parsed for some mobile queries
    • [Fix] Google Search API: related_searches[query] not returned in tablet searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: knowledge_graph elements are parsed as organic_results
    • [Fix] Google Search API: header_images of knowledge_graph for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: knowledge_graph with carousel not parsed for some searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: jobs_results not parsed for some searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: events_results not parsed for some searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: immersive_products not parsed for some searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: thumbnail of organic_results not parsed for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: images of organic_results not parsed for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: organic_results with videos not parsed for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: knowledge_graph not parsed for some mobile searches
    • [Fix] Google Search API: inline_images -> title not scraped for mobile
    • [Fix] Google Search API: related_searches had duplicated results on mobile
    • [Fix] Google Search API: related_searches not returned on mobile version
    • [Fix] Google Search API: Knowledge Graph Confused Over Website and Directions
  • Google Events API:
    • [Fix] Google Events API: Incorrect thumbnail, link link parsed in JSON response
    • [Fix] Google Events API: Incorrect thumbnail returned for some events
  • Google Maps API:
    • [Fix] Google Maps API: Scrape Admission section of results
    • [Fix] Google Maps Reviews API: Ratings are parsed as snippet for some searches
  • Google Related Questions API:
    • [Fix] Google Related Questions API: No results returned for any query
  • Google Trends API:
    • [Fix] Google Trends API: prettified_html_file and results iframe broken
  • Google Images Results API:
    • [Fix] Google Images Results API: Missing related searches result

• Yahoo Search API:

  • [Fix] Yahoo Search API: Missing to extract sitelinks
  • [Fix] Yahoo Search API: First organic_result is not parsed for some mobile searches

• Yandex API:

  • [Fix] Yandex Reverse Image API: Return "No matching images found" in JSON response
  • [Fix] Yandex API: serpapi_pagination and pagination blocks are not returned in JSON response

• Apple Product API:

  • [Fix] Apple Product API: ipad_screenshots key is served as _screenshots

• Bing Search API:

  • [Fix] Bing Search API: Bold text duplicated in snippet

• Baidu API:

  • [Fix] Baidu API: Baidu searches are timed out

• Walmart Reviews API:

  • [Fix] Walmart Reviews API: No response

• Documentation:

  • [Fix] [Documentation] Update Reverse Image Search API examples to not include title and original

Projects built with SerpApi:

1. steamship-langchain
2. seo-keyword-research-tool for Python
3. js-seo-keywords-generator

API Updates

[Feature] Google Maps API: now scraping experiences section of results

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Jobs API: now scraping job highlight section

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Search API: now scraping date for Google images results

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Knowledge Graph API: now scraping working at and typical company salaries

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Reverse Image Search: remove forced `q` parameter from `serpapi_link`

Now it is possible to use Google Reverse Image API without a q parameter. And forced q parameter was also removed from the image_sizes array serpapi_link key.

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] [Documentation]: now supports keyboard shortcuts for 'Search' menu

Now you can search through the docs page using new "Search" menu.

Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Jobs Listing API: now scraping website and other data on the page

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Shopping API: now support deals related to your search

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Shopping API: now scraping second hand condition tags

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Shopping API: now scraping number of compare prices options on Google Shopping

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

[Feature] Google Shopping API: now scraping related searches

Try in the Playground | Documentation | Public Roadmap Issue

Conclusion

If you notice any bugs or possible improvements, then you can directly improve the product by creating a issue in the SerpApi Public Roadmap.

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