# Google Images API - Fast & Cheap (`muted_network/google-images-scraper`) Actor

The fastest Google Images Scraper on Apify. Stop overpaying! This premium API returns the exact same high-quality JSON format, full image URLs, and dimensions that enterprise customers expect. Huge cost savings for AI Developers & Data Scientists: Only $0.25 per 1,000 images!

- **URL**: https://apify.com/muted_network/google-images-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Zubair Shah](https://apify.com/muted_network) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Developer tools, SEO tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 6 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.25 / 1,000 successful image scrapes

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🚀 Google Images Scraper API

The **fastest** and **cheapest** Google Images Scraper on the Apify platform.

Stop paying overpriced rates for basic image scraping. This premium API provides enterprise-grade Google Images extraction for only **$0.25 per 1,000 images**—saving you massive amounts of money compared to competitors charging $1.90+.

### 🔥 Why use this Scraper?

- **Ultra-Fast**: Built on lightweight architecture for maximum speed.
- **Cost-Effective**: Only $0.25 per 1,000 images. Unbeatable profit margins for your own projects.
- **High Quality**: Returns the original, full-resolution image URLs, not just thumbnails.
- **SEO & AI Ready**: Perfect for auto-blogging, training AI models, and Data Science.

### 📥 Input Configuration

The scraper accepts a simple JSON input. You can pass as many search queries as you want!

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "technology news",
    "latest gadgets"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10
}
```

### 📤 Output Data Format

The API returns incredibly clean, standardized JSON that is ready to be instantly injected into your database, WordPress site, or AI model:

```json
{
  "searchQuery": "technology news",
  "title": "Technology Industry News",
  "imageUrl": "https://example.com/high-res-image.png",
  "imageWidth": 1860,
  "imageHeight": 1046,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=...",
  "sourceDomain": "www.example.com",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.example.com/article"
}
```

### 🛡️ Support & Maintenance

This Actor is actively maintained and monitored 24/7. If you encounter any issues, bugs, or have feature requests, please open a ticket in the **Issues** tab!

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Press enter after each search term you want to scrape.

## `maxResultsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many images to scrape for each search term (max 100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "technology news",
    "latest gadgets"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "technology news",
        "latest gadgets"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("muted_network/google-images-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "queries": [
        "technology news",
        "latest gadgets",
    ],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("muted_network/google-images-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "technology news",
    "latest gadgets"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 10
}' |
apify call muted_network/google-images-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,muted_network/google-images-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/VjkmLvVosHEAtD09L/builds/ggUItz2jwRnCIkbd6/openapi.json